In a message dated 07/20/2001 10:16:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Erwinpiano@email.msn.com writes: > Also I thought I heard John Patton in the all day stwy class say that > the keytop material was pyralin which if true is a much softer form of > keytop material thay isn't used much any more > > Dale Erwin He said "some old Pratt-Read keytops." He wasn't sure of the material, but the words "cellulose acetate" were thrown around. Does anyone know if cellulose acetate = the trade name Pyralin? I believe the newer keytops are some form of acrylic, and I also know that at least at one time S&S was working on a substitute substance, but I haven't heard much about that lately. Bob
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