<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rick,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Celluloid is a = plastic and was offered by Pratt & Read  Co. in Deep River Ct. (whom made most = of the keyboards for domestic manufacturers until the 1960's) as early as 1892. = It was considered inferior to ivory and therefore was used mostly for fronts = but many sets of tops were made also.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike      = Blackstone Valley Piano</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=richard.ucci@att.net href="mailto:richard.ucci@att.net">richard.ucci@att.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 02, 2005 = 7:27 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> plastics</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>List, </DIV> <DIV>I looked at a 1907 Bacon grand today. Keys were plastic. Owner = says she was told that they were original. I thought plastics didn't come = into play(pardon the pun) till around the late 40's. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>