Hi Paul, I have used the German cream key tops for years and have had great feed back from everyone who has a piano that I put them on. The feel is good and not slippery as a lot of other plastic tops are. They are also very easy to work with. While there is always the possiblilty of ivory key tops, one wanders if the cost of the ivory is worth it. I have had clients that I offered the choice to and when they saw the German keys from Pianotek, they did not think that the ivory was even worth considering especially for the cost even though they could have paid for the ivory easily.  I would go for these from Pianotek. Bill Balmer, RPT Ohio Northern University and the University of Findlay -----Original Message----- From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu> To: caut@ptg.org Sent: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 7:51 am Subject: [CAUT] ketop replacement <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_e257925d-6602-4601-8381-a7b3e0e646c7> Hi All, One of our Steinway D's has very yellowed plastic keytops.  They appear to be original, but I've never seen keytops this far off white. They look like the piano's been a smoker for 30 years! The new interim director of the performing arts center wants to have me replace them (or I may choose to out-source it).  She said she also didn't like the real bright white keytops.  Pianotek offers a few that are light cream, and slightly off-white. Could somebody post a photo of either or both styles? I'd like to see how 'light' the cream is.  Better yet, if somebody wants to send me a sample one, I'd return it after showing it to the director for approval....or do you think Pianotek would do this? Thanks in advance. Paul </div> <div id='u8CACBA912315845-BC8-FB3' class='aol_ad_footer'><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">It's time to go back to school! Get the latest trends and gadgets that make the grade on <A title="http://shopping.aol.com/back-to-school?ncid=aolins00050000000007" href="http://shopping.aol.com/back-to-school?ncid=aolins00050000000007" target="_blank">AOL Shopping</A>. </div>