<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV align=left>Nope.  Ivory, rarely, can come in 1= piece.  I believe I've seen a Yamaha with 1 piece= ivory...?   Ivory has a distince grain, circular= possibly, swirls and is somewhat different from key to= key.   </DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>David I.</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>----- Original message= ----------------------------------------><BR>From: Matthew= Todd <<A= href="mailto:pianotech88@yahoo.com">pianotech88@yahoo.com</A>&gt= ;<BR>To: Pianotech <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Rec= eived: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 20:12:07 -0700 (PDT)<BR>Subject:= Keytops</DIV> <DIV align=left><BR>Is it true in EVERY circumstance that all= ivory keytops have two parts (head and tail), and plastic tops= come in one piece.  Or are there other ways to tell the= difference?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Someone on the list told me that I can never ask a stupid= question, so I guess this is a test.  I am just starting= out, but thanks!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Matthew</DIV></DIV></DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR><A= href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/100/*http://promot= ions.yahoo.com/new_mail/static/efficiency.html">New and Improved= Yahoo! Mail</A> - 100MB free storage! </BODY></HTML>