David Walther...google... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: a.acker at comcast.net <Anne Acker> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 11/12/2007 10:33:42 AM Subject: Ivory keytops and tails >I need to replace about a dozen nasty iodine stained plastic keytops with ivory on an >otherwise lovely ivory keyboard and have discovered these keytops are a full 2 in. >long vs. the usual 1 7/8 and the keytails are a tad wider than the normal as well. >The piano in question is an 1899 Collard & Collard. >Would anybody out there have anything handy? >Otherwise, I have quite forgotten the name of the fellow in the midwest who has >the old ivory and can make keytops. I would greatly appreciate his name and >contact information. >Thank you! >Anne Acker >p.s. and no, we're not going to replace all the ivory with plastic. Owner has a >house full of antiques. They'd stick out like sore thumbs.
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