Ivory Keys banned?

[Avery Todd]

Steven,

I'm probably going to need one of Conrad's flame suits for this but as far
as I know, there is no such thing as a "Steinway authorized" anything.
Except maybe for the dealer!! And even that is no guarantee of anything.
I'm lucky here in Houston. The dealer has some good techs!!!

Avery

At 08:56 AM 01/10/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I was talking to a Steinway authorized tech/dealer and was asking him
>about ivory keys because when they rebuilt my action, they replaced the
>ivory with some new material and he said that Steinway officially stopped
>using ivory in either 1972 or 1982 (I think it was 1982)...BUT I know
>that there are still legal ways to get ivory in the US...I just don't
>know how one goes about doing that.  I would have thought that , of all
>companies, Steinway would have continued to use ivory (legally) on their
>grands.
>
>Hope this helps...at least maybe a little.
>
>Steven
>
>pianolover 88 wrote:
>
> > does anyone know about what year Ivory keys in the US were officially
> > banned? Thanks
> >
> > Terry Peterson
> >
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