---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment 3/8" ? I doubt it. Even 3/16" would be pushing it. 3/32" I would believe. Regards, Jon Page At 11:41 PM 11/25/2000 -0800, you wrote: >At our last concert the pianist mentioned that our 1958 Baldwin Concert >Grand' naturals were 3/8" shorter than her Steinway! I had to admit I >didn't know that. She said she had to be careful or she would be playing >the key slip on occasion. > >David I. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dick Beaton <rbeaton@initco.net> >To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> >Date: Saturday, November 25, 2000 11:03 AM >Subject: Re: Keytop Mat'l, thickness > > > >Good way to go. You need to know that Steinway ivorys are a bit longer >than > >most others. > >Dick RPT MT > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Greg Anderson <greg@planetbeagle.com> > >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>; <pianotech@ptg.org> > >Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 12:17 PM > >Subject: Re: Keytop Mat'l, thickness + sspppppppelllllling > > > > > >> At 08:36 PM 11/23/00 -0500, Walter Gramza wrote: > >> >... and ivory is outlawed and if available would be so costly to us as > >> >the technician that we might have to take out a second mortgage on our > >> >houses to pay for the ivory and the customer would never be willing to > >pay > >> >the price to recover our cost let alone make any proffit on the job. > >> > >> I have seen some places advertise that they can get old keytop ivory > >(legal because it comes from antiques), cut it to fit your keys and install > >it, giving you a new "old" ivory keyboard. Has anyone ever tried this or > >seen it done? Just how expensive would it really be? > >> > >> I'm seriously considering looking into it, because my oldie Steinway lost > >its ivories long before I fell in love with it, and I'm thinking it might > >like a new old set. ;-) > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> Greg > >> ___________________________________________________________________ > >> Greg Anderson greg@PlanetBeagle.com > >> > > > > Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/9b/d3/ac/cd/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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