getting ivory into the US

[FRANCES HELMS]

And I see you have the trained technician in the pic.  Is he/she
available for detecting?
Fran Helms,
Topeka, KS

>>> "Terry" <terry@farrellpiano.com> 2/1/2005 12:26:23 PM >>>
Differentiating between ivory and bone is not a joking matter. IMHO,
the only way to tell for sure is to have a trained x-ray eye-ball
technician give it the taste test. Then you know for sure.   ;-)

Terry Farrell



> > Speaking of ivory keytops...I was told many years ago that many of
what
> > is regarded as "ivory" in keytops is actually bone.  My source, who
was
> > an antique dealer also told me that the only definitive way to tell
the
> > difference is to taste them.  According to him, ivory tastes
salty.
> > Comments??
> > Fran Helms,
> > Topeka,Ks