Hi Dave, The length of Baldwin naturals was increased to the same diamentions afew year back. FWIW. Roger At 11:41 PM 25/11/00 -0800, you wrote: >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 >>> >> >> > Roger Jolly Saskatoon, Canada. 306-665-0213 Fax 652-0505
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