<!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 5.50.4922.900" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>The price is given in this website. As with a lot of = things on the market, US residents only</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.ivorybuyer.com/sales/pianokeys.htm">http://www.ivorybu= yer.com/sales/pianokeys.htm</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>But of interest to all, <A href="http://www.ivorybuyer.com/sales/workingtips.htm">http://www.ivory= buyer.com/sales/workingtips.htm</A> how to work with ivory</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><BR>Brian</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR> </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=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</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> Friday, January 10, 2003 = 5:08 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Ivory Keys = banned?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 = face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">In a message dated 1/10/2003 5:57:04 AM Pacific = Standard Time, <A = href="mailto:forever.tteot@verizon.net">forever.tteot@verizon.net</A> writes:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Subj: <B>Re: Ivory Keys banned? </B><BR>Date: 1/10/2003 = 5:57:04 AM Pacific Standard Time<BR>From: <A = href="mailto:forever.tteot@verizon.net">forever.tteot@verizon.net</A><B= R>Reply-to: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>To: <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR><I>Sent = from the Internet </I><BR><B><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000080 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Pre -Ban Ivory keysets (they come with keys = attached) are available from Roseland piano but it's a pricey proposition</BLOCKQUOTE></FONT><FONT lang=0 = style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000080 size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000080 = size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF">        &nbs= p;    Dale</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" = face=Arial color=#000080 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT = lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></B><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Hello,<BR><BR>I was talking to a Steinway authorized = tech/dealer and was asking him<BR>about ivory keys because when they rebuilt my = action, they replaced the<BR>ivory with some new material and he said that = Steinway officially stopped<BR>using ivory in either 1972 or 1982 (I think it = was 1982)...BUT I know<BR>that there are still legal ways to get ivory = in the US...I just don't<BR>know how one goes about doing that.  I = would have thought that , of all<BR>companies, Steinway would have continued to = use ivory (legally) on their<BR>grands.<BR><BR>Hope this helps...at = least maybe a little.<BR><BR>Steven<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT>= </BODY></HTML>