Wire saw for cutting a piece of material, particularly for slicing, squaring and/or bricking a piece of semiconductor material and/or for cutting a plurality of wafers from a workpiece, comprising: - a first compartment in which wire guide rollers (13, 14) for supporting a cutting field formed from a cutting wire are arranged, wherein the wire saw further comprises: - a second compartment in which a first cutting wire spool for storing, at least temporarily, cutting wire in multiple loops is arranged, - a first cutting wire path extending from one of the wire guide rollers (13, 14) to the first cutting wire spool, wherein the first cutting wire path comprises at least one rotatable deflection pulley (9a, 9b, 9c) for deflecting the cutting wire, characterized in that the rotational axis of the at least one deflection pulley (9a, 9b, 9c) extends transverse, preferably perpendicular, to the rotational axis of the cutting wire spool and/or to the rotational axes of the wire guide rollers (13, 14), and that at least one of thewireguiding rollers (13, 14) and/or the first cutting wire spool is/are at least partially formed from metal, preferably steel, and/or from a polymer, preferably reinforced polymer, wherein the second compartment is arranged at least partially below, preferably directly below, the first compartment and/or wherein the first cutting wire spool is arranged below, preferably in vertical direction below the first compartment and/or wherein the first cutting wire spool is at least partially, preferably completely arranged below, preferably in vertical direction below, the cutting field. - a first compartment in which wire guide rollers (13, 14) for supporting a cutting field formed from a cutting wire are arranged, wherein the wire saw further comprises: - a second compartment in which a first cutting wire spool for storing, at least temporarily, cutting wire in multiple loops is arranged, - a first cutting wire path extending from one of the wire guide rollers (13, 14) to the first cutting wire spool, wherein the first cutting wire path comprises at least one rotatable deflection pulley (9a, 9b, 9c) for deflecting the cutting wire, - a second compartment in which a first cutting wire spool for storing, at least temporarily, cutting wire in multiple loops is arranged, - a first cutting wire path extending from one of the wire guide rollers (13, 14) to the first cutting wire spool, wherein the first cutting wire path comprises at least one rotatable deflection pulley (9a, 9b, 9c) for deflecting the cutting wire, characterized in that the rotational axis of the at least one deflection pulley (9a, 9b, 9c) extends transverse, preferably perpendicular, to the rotational axis of the cutting wire spool and/or to the rotational axes of the wire guide rollers (13, 14), and that at least one of thewireguiding rollers (13, 14) and/or the first cutting wire spool is/are at least partially formed from metal, preferably steel, and/or from a polymer, preferably reinforced polymer, wherein the second compartment is arranged at least partially below, preferably directly below, the first compartment and/or wherein the first cutting wire spool is arranged below, preferably in vertical direction below the first compartment and/or wherein the first cutting wire spool is at least partially, preferably completely arranged below, preferably in vertical direction below, the cutting field.