In a message dated 7/16/99 8:00:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, WallyTS@compuserve.com writes: > I just recently read in Music Trades magazine that Yamaha has bought a huge > stock of ivory from one of the African nations - ivory that had been stored > for years and was not able to be sold. > > Can anyone tell me how soon Yamaha will have ivory key tops available on > its new pianos? Which models? Available in USA? > Dear Wally, I know that here in the States, we cannot import any piano with ivory keys. In fact, we ship pianos all over the world, and we have problems in customs of some countries with ivory on OLD pianos. At Canadian customs, we had to have the ivory stripped off of two dozen grands once. Regards, Richard Galassini Cunningham Piano Co 1 800 394 1117
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