Don wrote: >Hi Jeff, > >Just tell them that Ivory was the "cheap substitute" for the "real deal" >and put on bone. It out performs ivory from the point of view of wear and >touch. It is much harder than ivory. > > It is also much more slippery, and gives rise to pianists finding strange solutions to that <<problem>>. On the nordic list we are talking about one of the worlds great pianists right now, and his habit of spraying hair spray on plastic keys to increase friction . Wonderful Cheers RicB >At 05:43 PM 10/12/2004 -0800, you wrote: > > >>I recently became aware that new ivory is back on the market -- supposedly >>legal -- again. Does anyone here have any knowledge of the source of this >>ivory, or thoughts on the ethical questions (assuming some of the ivory >>might be harvested from elephants, which I personally wouldn't want to be a >>part of). >>Any thoughts? >> >>Thanks, >> >>Jeff >> >> > >Regards, >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. >Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat > >mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ > >3004 Grant Rd. >REGINA, SK >S4S 5G7 >306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >
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