This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Jim... With the number of damaged ivory Matthew described we could run out of = ivory in a hurry. I also have an assortment of scavenged ivory. However, = when the numbers get large, and the customer just 'likes' them because = they are ivory, it is best to advise the economic factors involved. They = just may change their mind. Plastic "ivories' are a substitute, and not = so poor, considering all of the parameters. Save the ivory for the = Pianos that you deem deserving of the time and labor that you must = expend at the owners expense. I am 'preaching to the choir' at this = point, so let's do what we have to do. This list has helped me immeasurably, and I only hope that I can repay = in kind! I'd also be interested in pricing of a single ivory,as well as = multiples. Hubert Liverman Tuner/tech Opelika, AL Most of us, I would think, travel with a baggie of assorted ivories. = Since they are all different colours, thicknesses, lengths and widths, I = carry about a hundred, that I have scavenged from old keys I've = recovered over the years . . . Usually there is something that matches. The plastic 'ivories' that are available, are a poor substitute in my = opinion. I'd be interested in what others charge to replace an ivory ?? = -------------------------------------------------------------------------= Jim Kinnear www.kinnearpiano.com Collingwood, ON, Canada The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but = progress -- Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French Philosopher A positive attitude may not solve all your problems,=20 but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort! ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Matthew Todd=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 10:23 AM Subject: Missing Ivories How do you all deal with a customer's piano that has three, four, = five or ten missing ivory keytops (and others being chipped and = cracked), and they don't want to replace them because they just like the = fact that they are ivories? Do you just leave them because they cost a = lot more than the plastic tops? Or what do you explain to the client? Another question...what if a client has just one or two missing = ivories, and everything else is in great shape. Can we just get one or = two ivory keytops to replace it with? Thanks! Matthew Todd Todd Piano Works Piano Tuner/Technician Tuning - Repairing - Regulating=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/2e/f0/34/e4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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