<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Differentiating between ivory and bone = is not a joking matter. IMHO, the only way to tell for sure is to have a trained = x-ray eye-ball technician give it the taste test. Then you know for = sure.   ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:00a501c5088b$884ab180$fbb62341@youro0kwkw9jwc" = align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> > Speaking of ivory keytops...I = was told many years ago that many of what<BR>> > is regarded as "ivory" in = keytops is actually bone.  My source, who was<BR>> > an antique = dealer also told me that the only definitive way to tell the<BR>> > difference = is to taste them.  According to him, ivory tastes salty.<BR>> > Comments??<BR>> > Fran Helms,<BR>> > Topeka,Ks</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>