<HTML><HTML>In a message dated 1/22/2004 3:05:5= 3 PM Eastern Standard Time, antares@euronet.nl writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">It is too much work and we usua= lly can never do a PERFECT ivory job the way they did it then. When the ivories are in really bad shape, we opt for sending the complete set of keys to a professional, specialized in these things. Ivory is too expensive, but there beautiful plastics too, like on any new Steinway, Bösendorfer, Yamaha or Bechstein. Right? </BLOCKQUOTE> That is actually one consession I got from the owner of the Ivers and Pond I= 'm rebuilding: he is letting me do plastic key tops and fronts in return for= saving him a mountain of cash to repair/replace the bad and missing ivories= ! So I agree:  RIGHT!!!! will wickham</HTML>