This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi, Matthew... Jim Kinnear,as well as most of us have salvaged a stock from keytop = replacements. It will take 'several' to amass enough. There is no = universal size etc.=20 "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?" =20 Possibly. there are junker pianos out there that people will pay for a = 'service call' to detirmine if it is worth tuning/reparing. If not, ask = to salvage keys,action,parts.etc. Collect the check and parts and go = back to your shop. Some bartering is acceptable in the early years. Hubert Liverman Tuner/tech Opelika, AL Matthew Jim Kinnear <jim@pianoguy.com> wrote: Hi Matthew . .=20 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' 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/b6/06/c2/6c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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