The History of Elephants & Pianos
IVORYHUT is simply the name of my piano teaching business. The name pays homage to a manificent species that were once systematically killed (to near extinction) for their tusks in the manufacture of many makes of piano. It became a symbol of wealth in the 1800's to own a piano with it's keys donned in ivory for aesthetic beauty and value
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Elephant Slaughter, African Slavery And America's Pianos : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2014/08/.../elephant-slaughter-african-slavery-and-americas-pianos
18 Aug 2014 - Louis E. Pratt, master ivory cutter for Pratt, Read & Co., shows off eight ivory tusks
America's crazy war on old pianos | The Spectator
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5 Apr 2014 - America's crazy war on old pianos on The Spectator | More than 20 years ago, when I was living in New York, I wrote an article about the mutilation by the… ... America's crazy war on old pianos. Too-tough rules on ivory may hurt elephants, not help them. Alexander Chancellor · Alexander Chancellor.
How to Tell if You Have Ivory Piano Keys? - YouTube
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Bechstein piano's use of new ivory is inappropriate and unnecessary ...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/.../bechstein-piano-new-ivory-intolerable
7 Jun 2013 - ... see: Kawai's concert grand Shigeru, a keyboard with a touch so spectacular you can almost hear the elephants trumpeting their approval. Ivory is available – both legally and illegally – but its existence should not determine use. We should respect historical pianos and revere traditionalpiano making, but ...
Ivory Keys or Plastic Keys? | An Amazing Machine
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This is a question that I and many other piano technicians get asked on a constant basis. Are the keys of my piano made out of ivory? If the answer is yes, then nine times out of ten the next question regards the value of either the key set or the pianoin general. But how does one tell if you have the 'ol ebony and ivory, or just ...
Is it Unethical to Have a Piano with Ivory Keys? - TakeLessons.com
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16 Sep 2014 - Read on to learn more about the history of instrument-making to see where the vogue for making piano keys from ivory originated–and then make an ... With around 17,000 elephantsbeing poached each year solely for their tusks, even the most pragmatic musicians found this to be a rather surprising and ...
Ivory - Wikipedia
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Ivory is a hard, white material from the tusks (traditionally elephant's) and teeth of animals, that can be used in art or manufacturing. It consists mainly of dentine )), one of the physical structures of teeth and tusks. The chemical structure of the teeth and tusks of mammals is the same, regardless of the species of origin.
Steinway & Sons - Wikipedia
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Steinway began creating art case pianos in 1857 and the making of art case pianos reached its peak in the late 19th century. Today, Steinway only builds art case pianos on rare occasions. The art casepianos are unique, because Steinway builds only one of each. Some of Steinway's most notable art case pianosare the ...
Billy Joel's Incredibly Convincing Argument Against Ivory Piano Keys ...
https://www.thedodo.com/billy-joels-incredibly-convinc-596673544.html
19 Jun 2014 - I am a piano player. And I realize that ivory piano keys are preferred by some pianists. But a preference for ivory keys does not justify the slaughter of 96 elephants every day. There are other materials which can be substituted for pianokeys. But magnificent creatures like these can never be replaced.
Endymion - Google Books Result
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Dan Simmons - 2010 - Fiction
I learned about the great pianos of history from that old woman – the preHegira grand pianosincluded. And now I was looking at one. ... According to Grandam, this company had ceased making pianosbefore the Big Mistake of '08, and none had been produced since the Hegira. I was touching an instrument at least a ...
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