Bone/Ivory keytop replacement source

[Avery Todd]

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It'll be interesting to see what responses come up after this. In the 
meantime,
I'm holding my tongue! For once. :-)

Avery

At 06:25 PM 11/9/05, you wrote:


>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=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
> >
> >
>
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