[pianotech] new ivory

[paul bruesch]

Yeah, and where they don't have the curse of having invented Starbucks,
preferring instead to go with small, one or two shop businesses that speak
English and roast in-store every day.

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:32 PM, David Stocker <firtreepiano at hotmail.com>wrote:

>   Hey, it’s on the other side of the Cascade mountains. You know, where
> they don’t speak coffee.
>
> David Stocker, RPT
> Tumwater, WA
>
>
>  *From:* Greg Newell <gnewell at ameritech.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 13, 2011 17:28
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] new ivory
>
>
> Yeah,. Wurther’s or something like that. The patriarch was a carver and
> quite good. He had a stock of pre ban ivory and the family was making it
> available after the patriarch died.
>
>
>
> Greg Newell
>
> Greg's Piano Forté
>
> www.gregspianoforte.com
>
> 216-226-3791 (office)
>
> 216-470-8634 (mobile)
>
>
>
> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *J Patrick Draine
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 13, 2011 4:45 PM
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] new ivory
>
>
>
> Ohio, Oklahoma, OH, OK, hey it's all the same thing if you haven't had your
> morning coffee yet.
>
> The ivory guy *is* in Ohio.
>
> Patrick
>
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Mr. Mac's <tune-repair at allegiance.tv>
> wrote:
>
> David,
>
> Not saying it isn't so, but I have been in Central Oklahoma doing pianos
> for 30 + years
> and don't ever recall seeing an advertisement for ivory key blanks
> in this neck of the woods, or hear of such at any of the chapter meetings.
>
> I also did a preliminary Google search with no results.
>
> Keith
>
>
> On Jan 13, 2011, at 1:14 AM, David Stocker wrote:
>
> > Seems like I used to get a postcard every couple of years from some guy
> in Oklahoma who sold sets of ivory key blanks. Haven’t seen it for a while.
> >
> > I remember the “cheap” sets were $2500, better quality $5000. Anybody
> else remember hearing from him?
> >
> > David Stocker, RPT
> > Tumwater, WA
>
>
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