RE: Help bending smaller dia. music wire!!!
How about something like dental pliers designed for bending wire?? The two on the bottom are my own that I used for bending wire for retainers, they work on much larger wire and they come in different sizes and prices. The bottom left is a three tang and used for bending Ls and circles plus very tight little bends. Problem is they run about $150.00 a piece. The single on top is what students use in school, bigger and cheaper, about $5.00 a pair. Just find any JC with a Dental Lab Tech class or dental supply place.
You really are better off looking at the wire bending pliers sold through places like K&S or the Higley stuff. Try closing you eyes and think about walking into Harbor freight, go to where the vises are and pick up that real cheap one that clamps to any table, it's designed for apt. dwellers that have no shop. Go buy one!! Shazam!!!! Now you can use a Higley wire bender almost any place you want. Even clamps onto the kitchen table without leaving a mark.