Ivories on an old Kimball Grand

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Thanks, Terry for the IHMO.

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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