---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Well, since I am just starting out, I do not have one single ivory keytop or head. Do I just need to wait until my first keytop replacement where the clients keytops are ivory, and then salvage them? Matthew Jim Kinnear <jim@pianoguy.com> wrote: Hi Matthew . . 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, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort! ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Todd To: pianotech@ptg.org 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 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' Matthew Todd Todd Piano Works Piano Tuner/Technician Tuning - Repairing - Regulating --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f2/88/8d/b8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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