<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1258"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> I think those mammoth tusks are found mainly in the north of Russia and that it is easyer to find these now because of the increased temperature and the melting of the polar ice.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <st1:PersonName ProductID="Pierre Gevaert" w:st="on">Pierre Gevaert</st1:PersonName>,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -----Message d'origine----- De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] De la part de Calin Tantareanu Envoyé : dimanche 30 avril 2006 21:53 À : 'Pianotech List' Objet : RE: Steingraeber factory pictures,bridge agraffes & adjustable vertical hitchpins <o:p> </o:p> Read below: <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> > -----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p> > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org <o:p></o:p> > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Barbara Richmond<o:p></o:p> > Sent: duminicã, 30 aprilie 2006 21:39<o:p></o:p> > To: Pianotech List<o:p></o:p> > Subject: Re: Steingraeber factory pictures,bridge agraffes & <o:p></o:p> > adjustable vertical hitchpins<o:p></o:p> > <o:p></o:p> > Thanks, Calin, for taking the time to put all that together.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> You're welcome!<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> > What is mammoth ivory? I don't know another definition of <o:p></o:p> > mammoth, except huge. On this side of the pond we generally <o:p></o:p> > refer to mammoths as those <o:p></o:p> > great--now extinct--beasts that lived during the ice age. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> That's correct. And they make keyboard coverings from the tusks of mammoths<o:p></o:p> which are found sometimes in places where they used to live.<o:p></o:p> Coming from an already extinct species, mammoth tusks are not subject to the<o:p></o:p> trade ban imposed to elephant ivory, so they can be traded legally.<o:p></o:p> It is, however, very expensive to get such a keyboard. Several thousand<o:p></o:p> euros I believe.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Calin Tantareanu<o:p></o:p> ----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p> http://calin.haos.ro/c/instruments/<o:p></o:p> The Bechstein group & mailing list:<o:p></o:p> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bechstein/<o:p></o:p> ----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>