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- Can you sell pianos with ivory keys?
- How can you tell if piano keys are ivory?
- Is ivory still used for piano keys?
- When did they stop making piano keys out of ivory?
Can you sell pianos with ivory keys?
The American piano industry voluntarily abandoned ivory as a key-covering material and switched to plastic in the mid-1950s. ... This means that individuals and dealers will not be permitted to buy, sell, or take in trade ivory-keyed pianos, unless the ivory is removed from the piano before the instrument is moved.
How can you tell if piano keys are ivory?
Ivory keys are made in three pieces–key, stem and front, where as plastic keytops only have two pieces–the top and front. If you look closely at the keys, you can see the fine line that is the joint between the keytop and the stem. If this line is present, your keys are indeed ivory.
Is ivory still used for piano keys?
Ivory from elephant tusks is no longer used to make piano keys and there is a global ban on trade of ivory. Unfortunately, illegal poaching of elephants continues today. Ivory typically comes from the tusks of elephants. ... However virtually all pianos made since the 1970s use plastic for their keytops or keys.
When did they stop making piano keys out of ivory?
Many American piano manufacturers discontinued using ivory in the early 1970s, however, some international manufacturers in parts of Europe and Asia continued using ivory throughout the 1980s, until ivory trade was finally banned in an effort led by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in ...
