<!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 6.00.2745.2800" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>matthew</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I have a pile, as do most . . if you'd like to = provide your address, I could maill you a handful . . .  though they'd be coming = from Canada . .  maybe some of the guys in the US could send you a few = ..  if folks put a few in an envelope, you'd have a stock in no time = !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Jim Kinnear</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</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 03, = 2005 12:14 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [spam] Re: Missing = Ivories</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Well, since I am just starting out, I do not have one single = ivory keytop or head.  Do I just need to wait until my first keytop = replacement where the clients keytops are ivory, and then salvage them?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Matthew<BR><BR><B><I>Jim Kinnear <<A href="mailto:jim@pianoguy.com">jim@pianoguy.com</A>></I></B> = wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px = solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2745.2800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Matthew . . </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT 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> <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>Colling= wood, 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! 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