A wire saw for cutting a solid workpiece (W), such as a block of concrete or stone, with - at least one sawing wire driven by a drive , wherein the sawing wire forms a sawing section for engagement in the workpiece (W) to be cut, - at least one guide device for guiding the driven sawing wire , wherein the guide device is designed to position the sawing section of the driven sawing wire relative to the workpiece (W), wherein the guide device allowing several independent directions of movement (A, B, C, D), so that, in addition to an infeed of the sawing section in the direction of the workpiece (W) to be cut, at least an extension or shortening of the formed cutting section is possible, at least one wire storage and wire tensioning device for taking up and releasing and tensioning the sawing wire when the position and/or length of the sawing section is changed by the guide device , wherein the guide device has two main telescopic extensions , via which the infeed of the sawing section in the direction of the workpiece (W) to be cut takes place, wherein the main telescopic extensions of the guide device being variable at a distance from each other in order to change the length of the sawing section , characterized in that the guide device has a separate wire store for each of the directions of movement (A, B, C, D) each of which being associated with a single direction of movement (A, B, C, D). - at least one sawing wire driven by a drive , wherein the sawing wire forms a sawing section for engagement in the workpiece (W) to be cut, - at least one guide device for guiding the driven sawing wire , wherein the guide device is designed to position the sawing section of the driven sawing wire relative to the workpiece (W), wherein the guide device allowing several independent directions of movement (A, B, C, D), so that, in addition to an infeed of the sawing section in the direction of the workpiece (W) to be cut, at least an extension or shortening of the formed cutting section is possible, at least one wire storage and wire tensioning device for taking up and releasing and tensioning the sawing wire when the position and/or length of the sawing section is changed by the guide device , wherein the guide device has two main telescopic extensions , via which the infeed of the sawing section in the direction of the workpiece (W) to be cut takes place, wherein the main telescopic extensions of the guide device being variable at a distance from each other in order to change the length of the sawing section , characterized in that the guide device has a separate wire store for each of the directions of movement (A, B, C, D) each of which being associated with a single direction of movement (A, B, C, D). wherein the guide device is designed to position the sawing section of the driven sawing wire relative to the workpiece (W), wherein the guide device allowing several independent directions of movement (A, B, C, D), so that, in addition to an infeed of the sawing section in the direction of the workpiece (W) to be cut, at least an extension or shortening of the formed cutting section is possible, at least one wire storage and wire tensioning device for taking up and releasing and tensioning the sawing wire when the position and/or length of the sawing section is changed by the guide device , wherein the guide device has two main telescopic extensions , via which the infeed of the sawing section in the direction of the workpiece (W) to be cut takes place, wherein the main telescopic extensions of the guide device being variable at a distance from each other in order to change the length of the sawing section , characterized in that the guide device has a separate wire store for each of the directions of movement (A, B, C, D) each of which being associated with a single direction of movement (A, B, C, D). <EOS>