Keytop Mat'l, thickness

[Jon Page]

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3/8" ?   I doubt it. Even 3/16" would be pushing it. 3/32" I would believe.

Regards,

Jon Page



At 11:41 PM 11/25/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>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
> >
> >
> >----- 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
> >
> >
> >> 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
> >>
> >
> >

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