---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 12/10/2004 7:44:36 P.M. Central Standard Time, jlolson@cal.net writes: 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). This came up in conjunction with a Steinway rebuild project, where the customer requested new ivories, and pointed out that they are now available legally (in a limited way, apparently, according to my online searches). Any thoughts? Thanks, Jeff Jeff >From what I have been told, and I might be mistaken, is that it is still illegal to import ivory. There are some piano technicians who have gone to the trouble of removing ivories from older pianos, and reconditioning them to look like new. There are also a lot of older pianos that still have ivory keytops, and the whole piano is restored, with new parts and a new finish, but with the original ivories still in tact. Wim Willem Blees, RPT Piano Technician School of Music University of Alabama ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/bf/d7/8b/d2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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