when to replace ivories

[Farrell]

I'm not an ivory expert, but if they are well glued down, there should be no
reason to expect them to delaminate from the wood any time soon. That leaves
asthetics. Do they look good to you? Do they look $3K worth of bad to you?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Davidson" <mark.davidson@mindspring.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 10:00 AM
Subject: when to replace ivories


> Looked at a piano yesterday that had virtually no wear on the ivories and
no
> chips, but many dark, lengthwise cracks (almost every white key).  I
assume
> this was caused by keys being exposed to humidity and wood expanding more
> than ivory.
>
> Question is, keep them or replace them?  How well would they hold up?
>
> -Mark
>
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