This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Richard asked: "I looked at a 1907 Bacon grand today. Keys were plastic. = Owner says she was told that they were original. I thought plastics = didn't come into play(pardon the pun) till around the late 40's. " Thanks, Rick, Take a closer look. It's probably Celluloid! That stuff that is so = flammable and stinky. :-( =20 Celluloid was, essentially, the first plastic. It was first used for = collars and cuffs, (and probably many other things, that I don't know = about.<G>), during the Victorian Period. If it has a "grain" of sorts, = it's probably Celluloid. Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c4/43/83/8c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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