Ivory Keys banned?

[Erwinspiano@aol.com]

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In a message dated 1/10/2003 5:57:04 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
forever.tteot@verizon.net writes:

> Subj: Re: Ivory Keys banned? 
>  Date: 1/10/2003 5:57:04 AM Pacific Standard Time
>  From: <A HREF="mailto:forever.tteot@verizon.net">forever.tteot@verizon.net</A>
>  Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
>  To: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
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> 
> 
>  Pre -Ban Ivory keysets (they come with keys attached) are available from 
> Roseland piano but it's a pricey proposition

             Dale

> Hello,
> 
> I was talking to a Steinway authorized tech/dealer and was asking him
> about ivory keys because when they rebuilt my action, they replaced the
> ivory with some new material and he said that Steinway officially stopped
> using ivory in either 1972 or 1982 (I think it was 1982)...BUT I know
> that there are still legal ways to get ivory in the US...I just don't
> know how one goes about doing that.  I would have thought that , of all
> companies, Steinway would have continued to use ivory (legally) on their
> grands.
> 
> Hope this helps...at least maybe a little.
> 
> Steven
> 


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