Ivories on an old Kimball Grand

[Farrell]

IMHO, either fix the existing ivories with AcrillyKey and bleach and sand and buff, or replace. On an older piano I really like the creamy off-white German keytops from Pianotek (#KTF-5C "Keytops with Fronts, Light Cream").

If you elect to replace, I highly recommend the keytop replacement services of Jon Rolinovsky  ralinoj at muohio.edu . He has done several beautiful sets for me.

Terry Farrell
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Samuel Choy 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 9:17 AM
  Subject: Ivories on an old Kimball Grand


  Hello,

  As I explained before, for learning experience and hopefully to resell, I am refurbishing an old WW Kimball Grand, made around the 30's. The key tops have the original elephant ivory. However, 20 of them have ugly cracks and some are yellowing. I tried ordering some used ivory tops from Schaff, but they not have any in stock. I've seen some on sale on eBay, for a log more than was printed in the Schaff catalogue.

  Do you recommend looking for replacement ivory or would you recommend replacing them with acrylic or ivorine tops?

  Thanks.

  Sam Choy
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