Bone/Ivory keytop replacement source

[Frank Jahnke]

There is also Yvonne Ashmore in Grass Valley, CA.  She has both legal
ivory and bone, and works almost exclusively on keys and their covering.
She is also a wonderful woman of impeccable integrity.
I'm loath to put her contact info on a public list, so please see 
http://www.ptg.org/chapters.php?Chapter=956&action=list&PHPSESSID=3ef0271eeb714e939aaf8c91cdce3b82
I hope that's at least a bit better.

Frank Jahnke

On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 06:37 -0500, SooperTooner@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I have a good customer with an S&S "D". It's an older instrument with
> ivory. The key tops in the center section (10-12 keys) are shot and
> need attention. She WILL NOT consider plastic. Trust me, I've tried.
> My questions:
>  
> 1. Who repairs ivory and will replace only those necessary? She
> doesn't need a complete recovering. I have a good stock of used ivory,
> but the heads on this piano are longer than what I have so it might be
> necessary to cut some "legal" ivory to fit.
>  
> 2. Is anyone recovering in bone these days? I can't seem to find
> anybody. There used to be a guy in Virginia (I think) but that was
> probably 10 years ago.
>  
> Just as a reminder: she WILL NOT consider plastic so responses to my
> query suggesting same aren't necessary.
>  
> Thank you. 
>  
>                            Donn Young, RPT
>                             On the web at:
>                           www.fixpianos.com
> 
>