Keytop Mat'l, thickness

[David Ilvedson, RPT]

At our last concert the pianist mentioned that our 1958 Baldwin Concert
Grand' naturals were 3/8" shorter than her Steinway!  I had to admit I
didn't know that.  She said she had to be careful or she would be playing
the key slip on occasion.

David I.


-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Beaton <rbeaton@initco.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Saturday, November 25, 2000 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: Keytop Mat'l, thickness


>Good way to go.  You need to know that Steinway ivorys are a bit longer
than
>most others.
>Dick RPT MT
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Greg Anderson <greg@planetbeagle.com>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>; <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 12:17 PM
>Subject: Re: Keytop Mat'l, thickness + sspppppppelllllling
>
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>> 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
>>
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