Steinway keytops

[Steinway & Sons]

Mark and List,

All D's made in New York from 1984 to 1988 had ivory keys, and some B's.

Stephen Dove
STEINWAY & SONS


At 10:25 AM 2/1/98 -0500, you wrote:
>We have a Steinway D from the 1980's that is commonly referred to as "the
>one with ivory keys". But I have always thought that they can't be ivory.
>They are ivory-colored, and have a grain pattern. But the pattern seems to
>repeat exactly, which is unlikely, and the keytops are of one piece, not
>separate front rectangles and back rectangles.
>
>Is this simulated ivory? What do we have here? They feel great. They are
>the factory original material.
>
>Mark Graham
>Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music
>Berea, Ohio
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