<html> 3/8" ?   I doubt it. Even 3/16" would be pushing it. 3/32" I would believe. Regards, Jon Page At 11:41 PM 11/25/2000 -0800, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>At our last concert the pianist mentioned that our 1958 Baldwin Concert Grand' naturals were 3/8" shorter than her Steinway!  I had to admit I didn't know that.  She said she had to be careful or she would be playing the key slip on occasion. David I. -----Original Message----- From: Dick Beaton <rbeaton@initco.net> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Saturday, November 25, 2000 11:03 AM Subject: Re: Keytop Mat'l, thickness >Good way to go.  You need to know that Steinway ivorys are a bit longer than >most others. >Dick RPT MT > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Greg Anderson <greg@planetbeagle.com> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>; <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 12:17 PM >Subject: Re: Keytop Mat'l, thickness + sspppppppelllllling > > >> At 08:36 PM 11/23/00 -0500, Walter Gramza wrote: >> >... and ivory is outlawed and if available would be so costly to us as >> >the technician that we might have to take out a second mortgage on our >> >houses to pay for the ivory and the customer would never be willing to >pay >> >the price to recover our cost let alone make any proffit on the job. >> >> I have seen some places advertise that they can get old keytop ivory >(legal because it comes from antiques), cut it to fit your keys and install >it, giving you a new "old" ivory keyboard.  Has anyone ever tried this or >seen it done?  Just how expensive would it really be? >> >> I'm seriously considering looking into it, because my oldie Steinway lost >its ivories long before I fell in love with it, and I'm thinking it might >like a new old set.  ;-) >> >> Best Regards, >> Greg >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> Greg Anderson                                 greg@PlanetBeagle.com >> > ></blockquote> <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>