One Piece Ivory

[Joe & Penny Goss]

John,
Do not bet the farm on this one! You could very well lose!
Yes there were one piece ivory key tops made for the more up town crowd.
Joe Goss
----- Original Message -----
From: John Lillico, RPT <staytuned@idirect.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 8:33 PM
Subject: One Piece Ivory


> Was there ever such a covering as one piece ivory? I've always seen ivory
as a "head" and a "tail" with a (usually) visible crack. I've always used
this crack to distinguish between ivory and plastic.
>
> Today, a 75 year old lady tells me her chipped keys on a 1934 Sherlock
Manning are ivory! I say they are plastic because there's no separation
between head and tail. She says her parents bought the piano when she was
nine and, except for a time when she ran away from home at 19 to get
married, says that the keys have NEVER been recovered in plastic.
>
> Sixty per cent of the overhangs are chipped and she thinks they can be
repaired like teeth. How can I convince her that these tops are plastic? Or
are they?
>
> John Lillico, RPT,
> Oakville ON  Canada
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