Bone/Ivory keytop replacement source

[Avery Todd]

We have one bone keyboard from several years ago rebuild & it's great 
EXCEPT it is
more porous & has yellowed quite a bit over the years. The rebuilder 
who did it has
since quit using it for new keyboards because of this.

Avery

At 05:50 AM 11/10/05, you wrote:
>At 05:27 AM 11/10/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>>Ah, the voice of reason! Glad to have you back, Jim. :-)
>>
>>Avery Todd
>
>me, three.
>
>Bone wears very well, in my limited experience.  Back in '91, I 
>replaced completely worn through cocabola keytops on a two manual 
>practice/teaching pipe organ.
>
>The original keytops had worn through in about the same length of 
>time that the new bone tops have been on. Just checked this morning, 
>and the wear is almost imperceptible.
>
>There _are_ different qualities of bone, so YMMV.
>
>
>
>
>Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician
>Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
>1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
>
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