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  • 1.  Ivory Question

    Posted 11-15-2021 11:27
    I have seen one piece ivory key tops  on  a Hamburg  Steinway , I had a  model D  at BU from the 1970's  but did NY ever adopt or try this method .?
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    Martin Snow
    South Burlington VT
    617-543-1030
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  • 2.  RE: Ivory Question

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-16-2021 09:29
    The only NY D I have seen one piece ivories on was from 1880.

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    Wesley Owen
    Evanston IL
    847-257-5554
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  • 3.  RE: Ivory Question

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 11-17-2021 08:24
    New York D's had one piece ivory from 1985 or '86 until supplies obtained before the 1990 ban ran out in '90 or '91.

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    Karl Roeder
    Pompano Beach FL
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