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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">You
*may* be able to get an exemption because the piano "might"
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#000000">considered "household
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<div>I though that an individual only need to document that the ivory
is pre-ban</div>
<div>which might be somewhere in the 70's.</div>
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<div>But for a commercial interest, such as a dealer the ivory must be
100 years old or more.</div>
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<div>This was told to me by someone who imports pianos as I was
steaming off beautiful</div>
<div>one piece ivories on a 7' Bosendorfer Imperial under the careful
supervision of a hyper-vigilant customs agent.</div>
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Regards,<br>
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Jon Page</div>
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