pianotech-digest V2002 #262

[John Ross]

Hi Alan,
Thank you.
I have never seen a piano with the one piece ivories.
You have received some good advice already.
I have the feeling that you are going to have to replace the two ivories.
Luckily, with any luck, you should still have the source for the ivory
available, and should be able to match it, reasonably well. There might be
some from the same batch, so the grain and colour will match.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia.
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
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>
> In a message dated 2/12/02 4:38:08 PM, owner-pianotech-digest@ptg.org
writes:
>
> << Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:09:31 -0400
> From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
> Subject: Re: removing tar from ivory
>
> Hi Alan,
> If it is fairly new, I doubt if it is ivory.
> What brand of piano is it?
> Most of them now have some type of plastic.
> The Yamaha one on their more expensive grands is a specialized plastic,
that
> is more like ivory than others.
> How many keys are affected?
> Regards,
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia.
> jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca >>
>
> John,
>
> The piano is a '20s Steinway that I rebuilt in 1990 (that's when these
> ivories went on).  Sorry for not being more clear about that.
>
> Two keys are affected.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan
>
>