Keytop Mat'l, thickness + sspppppppelllllling

[Jon Page]

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I have performed this 'ivory transplant' with good results. Measure the 
width of the keyboards
so you won't be fitting a narrow set onto a wider set.

Regards,

Jon Page


At 09:59 PM 11/24/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Greg,
>         One way to do this job is to cut the old ivory off the keytop 
> with a band
>saw, and leave a thin veneer of wood under the ivory.  If done correctly,
>there will be no wood to be seen at the front of the key but as the ivory
>tapers from front to back there is enough wood under the joint to keep it
>all in one piece.  Then simply glue the unit onto the old key that has been
>dressed down correctly to take the new keytops.
>
>Chris Gregg
>
>At 11:17 AM 11/24/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> >At 08:36 PM 11/23/00 -0500, Walter Gramza wrote:
> >>... and ivory is outlawed and if available would be so costly to us as
> >>the technician that we might have to take out a second mortgage on our
> >>houses to pay for the ivory and the customer would never be willing to pay
> >>the price to recover our cost let alone make any proffit on the job.
> >
> >I have seen some places advertise that they can get old keytop ivory
>(legal because it comes from antiques), cut it to fit your keys and install
>it, giving you a new "old" ivory keyboard.  Has anyone ever tried this or
>seen it done?  Just how expensive would it really be?
> >
> >I'm seriously considering looking into it, because my oldie Steinway lost
>its ivories long before I fell in love with it, and I'm thinking it might
>like a new old set.  ;-)
> >
> >Best Regards,
> >Greg
> >___________________________________________________________________
> >Greg Anderson                                 greg@PlanetBeagle.com
> >
> >
> >
>  http://www.cadvision.com/cgregg

Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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