[CAUT] New Ivory ethical questions

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Sat, 11 Dec 2004 09:17:12 +0100


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:
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>>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.
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