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 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 to the first cutting wire spool , wherein the first cutting wire path comprises at least one rotatable deflection pulley for deflecting the cutting wire , characterized in that the rotational axis of the at least one deflection pulley extends transverse, preferably perpendicular, to the rotational axis of the cutting wire spool and/or to the rotational axes of the wire guide rollers , and that at least one of thewireguiding rollers 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 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 to the first cutting wire spool , wherein the first cutting wire path comprises at least one rotatable deflection pulley 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 to the first cutting wire spool , wherein the first cutting wire path comprises at least one rotatable deflection pulley for deflecting the cutting wire , characterized in that the rotational axis of the at least one deflection pulley extends transverse, preferably perpendicular, to the rotational axis of the cutting wire spool and/or to the rotational axes of the wire guide rollers , and that at least one of thewireguiding rollers 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 . <EOS>