<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1479" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Jim...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With the number of damaged ivory = Matthew described we could run out of ivory in a hurry. I also have an assortment of = scavenged ivory. However, when the numbers get large, and the customer just = 'likes' them because they are ivory, it is best to advise the economic factors = involved. They just may change their mind. Plastic "ivories' are a substitute, and not = so poor, considering all of the parameters. Save the ivory for the Pianos that = you deem deserving of the time and labor that you must expend at the owners = expense. I am 'preaching to the choir' at this point, so let's do what we have to do.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This list has helped me immeasurably, = and I only hope that I can repay in kind!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd also be interested in pricing of a = single ivory,as well as multiples.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hubert Liverman</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tuner/tech</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Opelika, AL</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Most of us, I would think, travel with a baggie of = assorted ivories. Since they are all different colours, thicknesses, lengths and = widths, I carry about a hundred, that I have scavenged from old keys I've = recovered over the years . . .</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT size=2>Usually there is something that = matches.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The plastic 'ivories' that are available, =  are a poor substitute in my opinion.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'd be interested in what others charge to replace = an ivory ??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT = size=2>----------------------------------------------------------------= ---------</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Jim Kinnear<BR><A = href="http://www.kinnearpiano.com">www.kinnearpiano.com</A><BR>Collingw= ood, ON, Canada</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The aim of an argument or discussion should not be = victory, but progress<BR> -- Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French = Philosopher<BR>A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, <BR>but it will = annoy enough people to make it worth the effort!<BR></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=toddpianoworks@yahoo.com href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">Matthew Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 02, = 2005 10:23 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Missing = Ivories</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>How do you all deal with a customer's piano that has three, = four, five or ten missing ivory keytops (and others being chipped and cracked), = and they don't want to replace them because they just like the fact that = they are ivories?  Do you just leave them because they cost a lot = more than the plastic tops?  Or what do you explain to the client?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Another question...what if a client has just one or two missing = ivories, and everything else is in great shape.  Can we just = get one or two ivory keytops to replace it with?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks!</DIV><BR><BR>Matthew Todd<BR>Todd Piano Works<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Tuning - Repairing - Regulating <P> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR>Yahoo! Search presents - <A = href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=30648/*http://movies.yahoo.com/movie= s/feature/jibjabinaugural.html">Jib Jab's 'Second Term'</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>