<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">See Del Fandrich's piece in the current PTJ. Also, Anne Acker published a very comprehensive article in the Journal a year or so back about import/export regulations as they apply to keyboard instruments. You can get ivory in and out of the country without stripping it from keys -- you just have to do it the right way.<div><br></div><div>Regarding nomenclature -- A close look will show that even <i>Piano Parts and Their Functions</i> contradicts itself at times, because similar parts have been given different names by different manufacturers. This is particularly challenging for putting together the Journal, and we finally had to settle on a list of terms for Journal use that the editors thought made the most sense to American piano technicians.</div><div><br></div><div>It's a jungle out there.</div><div><br></div><div>John Granholm</div><div>Journal Associate Editor</div><div><br><div><div>On Nov 18, 2011, at 1:21 PM, <a href="mailto:Roger@Integra.net">Roger@Integra.net</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr"> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <div>Paul,</div> <div>It was a Bosendorfer 9’ with ivory keys coming into the United States. The owner removed the ivory before coming across the border – what a tragedy. I learned later that the ivory could have been left intact had the proper paperwork been created. I would advise anybody faced with a similar situation, contact a customs broker who could prepare the necessary documents.</div> <div>Roger Gable</div> <div>P.S. My definition of old ivory; that which has been installed on a piano. New ivory: that which has not been previously used in any product.</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>