Plastic keytops

[Ted Simmons]

There's an excellent ivory history article in the July 1995 PTJ, page
17.

Ted Simmons

Dick Beaton wrote:
> 
> Clyde....
> Not sure of the year but celluloid was used in the teens.  Plastic wasn't
> invented until late 30s as I recall. Ivory became too hard to come by. It is
> made from elephant tusks and is no longer legal to import. Each keyboard
> represented the death of one human.....the slaves had to pack them to the
> port for shipment and many died in the process.  Seems to me there was an
> article in PT Journal a number of years back about ivory.
> Dick MT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clyde Hollinger <cedel@redrose.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 5:19 PM
> Subject: Plastic keytops
> 
> >I would like to learn a little more piano history>