Keytops Again - Still need help

[Robert Goodale]

Jim Coleman, Sr. wrote:
> 
> Hi Rob:
> 
> You've met my son Jim Jr.  He has lots of Ivory heads which are new. Give
> him a call at (602)966-4055
> 
> Jim Coleman, Sr.
> 
> On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Robert Goodale wrote:
> 
> > Sorry if some of you have received this message twice - the net server
> > went down and my mail became lost in space.
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Thanks to all that reponded to my questions regarding key tops. The info
> > on the synthetic tops is helpful and still remains very high on the
> > consideration list. I would still be interested, however, in learning
> > more about bone keytops. Who is providing this service, and about how
> > much? Any pros & cons that I should be aware of?
> >
> > Thanks for the help
> >
> > Rob Goodale, RPT
> >


Hi Jim,

Thanks for the info. My concern with using ivories is that they may
simply be too thin. This piano originally had ivories, but they were
replaced with the plastic a number of years ago. Of course during this
process the key wood was routed/cut down to allow for the thickness of
the plastic. The bone tops that I have seen are considerably thicker,
somewhat like the plastic. Thus I thought perhaps the bone might work
better in this case?  I have still yet heard from anyone who has any
input on bone tops. Anyone????

Thanks

Rob Goodale, RPT