Keytop Mat'l, thickness

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Dave,
              The length of Baldwin naturals was increased to the same
diamentions afew year back. FWIW.
Roger


At 11:41 PM 25/11/00 -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
>>>
>>
>>
> 
Roger Jolly
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