Don't hold your breath. There is a reason eBay's sales are in decline. However, an occasional posting here could help put demand and supply together, albeit, a little inefficiently. So let it be known: I HAVE POUNDS OF USED IVORY I AM WILLING TO SELL. Good luck on finding what you need. Andrew On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Duaine & Laura Hechler <dahechler at att.net>wrote: > Andrew, et all, > > I don't know about that - BUT - eBay has told me on the phone that all > pure ivory is completely banned - which apparently includes key tops. > > They did say that they are allowing items to sell - if - the item has > less than 5% ivory. > > I tried to impress on them that they took away our "organized" way of > selling and buying used key tops. Also, unlike anything else ivory, > "used" keytops only come in certain shapes, thicknesses and patinas > (rarely - not - white) and that our organization can give them those > specs. And, hopefully, tried to impress on them that "used" keytops > would be hard to get from the black market because of the previously > defined specs. > > This could be "lip service" but, they said that they would take it to > their management and pass it along to the right people, consult with all > the necessary conservation groups as well as with PTG and the Reed Organ > Society and take it under advisement. > > Of course, they could not give me any time frame of any decisions and/or > contacts to follow up with. > > I've sent this idea (opening sales of keytops) to the home office of the > PTG and Reed Organ Society, > > I'm hoping the home offices can come up with a way to lobby this reversal. > > Best regards, > Duaine > > Andrew Anderson wrote: > > Ivory key covers are *not* illegal within the US when their source is > > known. African & Asian Ivory from a certain date onwards is banned. > > Ironically this ban is hampering some government conservation efforts > > (another story). Museums are still selling off their accumulated > > ivory. It gets sticky when you try to import or export because there > > you need to be able to document if the ivory on the instrument is > > pre-ban or if it was sourced legally. Btw ivory from Siberia is also > > for sale (from the frozen cousins of the elephant). In Europe bone > > (cattle) key covers are becoming preferred and I have sold a European > > piano so outfitted. > > > > Andrew Anderson > > -- Andrew Remillard ANRPiano.com 2211 Curtiss St. Downers Grove, IL 60515 630-852-5058 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090921/09ae7c5a/attachment.htm>
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