> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I suggest refusing to do it. It sickens me that so many in our trade cater to those who believe it is right to celebrate the slaughter of magnificent animals for their two front teeth. Even if it happened over a century ago, it was never right, and we are wrong to condone or prolong this fetish. Joseph Giandalone, RPT Conway, MA From: Frank Jahnke <jahnke@fmjassoc.com> Organization: FMJ & Associates Reply-To: jahnke@fmjassoc.com, Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 13:27:28 -0800 To: SooperTooner@aol.com Cc: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: Bone/Ivory keytop replacement source 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=3ef0271eeb 714e939aaf8c91cdce3b82 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 > > _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/75/6f/0a/fc/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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