Steven, I'm probably going to need one of Conrad's flame suits for this but as far as I know, there is no such thing as a "Steinway authorized" anything. Except maybe for the dealer!! And even that is no guarantee of anything. I'm lucky here in Houston. The dealer has some good techs!!! Avery At 08:56 AM 01/10/03 -0500, you wrote: >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 > >pianolover 88 wrote: > > > does anyone know about what year Ivory keys in the US were officially > > banned? Thanks > > > > Terry Peterson > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >-- >"Whilst looking to the future, do not forget the glories of the past." >F.O.P.S. > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC