<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>    zzzzzzactly </DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Dale</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> People often ask me "why do some one-piece ivory keyboards have some cracks, and others do not?",<STRONG><U> if one reads-between-the-lines, this article explains why.</U></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><STRONG><U></U></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV>Michael A. Morvan<BR>Blackstone Valley Piano<BR>Dedicated To Advancing The Art Of Keyboard Restoration<BR>76 Sutton Street<BR>Uxbridge, Ma. 01569<BR>(508) 278-9762<BR><A title=mailto:Keymaestro@verizon.net href="mailto:Keymaestro@verizon.net">Keymaestro@verizon.net</A><BR><A title=http://www.pianoandorgankeys.com/ href="http://www.pianoandorgankeys.com/">www.pianoandorgankeys.com</A>    </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>