Subj : Running on NiMH here
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Mar 21 2021 08:20:00

Hello Shawn!

** On Sunday 21.03.21 - 08:03, you wrote to me:

 AA>> Based on the non uniform colouring, the keys in my
 AA>> particular piano appear to be genuine ivory too.  :/
 AA>> Perhaps I can repurpose the keys into an art piece as way
 AA>> to honour the proboscidea that made its contribution.

 SH>   If it's genuine and you do decide to strip it down.
 SH>   Check out some carvers and see if anyone is interested in
 SH>   carving it?  I would love a key to try my hand at carving
 SH>   it.

Ivory discolours as it ages.. so I'd say that mine has ivory.  A  
couple keys are chipped at the very extremities.  Mind you, the  
keys are ivory laminate. There is a 1/8" layer covering the  
wood. The most you would be able to carve into that would be  
grooves. Is that sufficient?  I'd be happy to send you a key.

 AA>> Yeah... I'll probably strip it down, salvage what I think
 AA>> looks interesting, smash and burn the rest.

 SH>   Sounds like either do that or put some plants on it. LOL

Too late.  I've had OTHER things already settled on it for  
years.  I can't open the piano without finding a place to put  
the stuff that sits on it somewhere else first. And.. to make it  
worse, the steel couch is parked right in FRONT of it. (I had to  
move it there - temporarily - to make room for the hospital bed  
that I eventually acquired for my mom.)  Then, the "temporarily"  
became quite permanent. That was over 8 years now.  :/


 AA>> I even have an old worn-out fold-out sofa bed. It's heavy
 AA>> as hell. There's no way I can get that out of the house
 AA>> all by myself either. That's another one I've imagined
 AA>> needs to be taken apart metal-piece by piece.

 SH>   I had one of those years back.  I left it in an apartment
 SH>   I moved out of because I couldn't deal with moving it
 SH>   again.

I've lived in apartments in my first 15 years of independent  
life. The companies that I worked for covered moving expenses.  
It was rather neat not to have to disassemble and reassemble my  
Ikea furniture!  I never left anything behind.

I would have to get rid of the sofa bed first before I can  
tackle the piano decommissioning project. And there is "stuff"  
piled high on the sofa bed now too. :/
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  ../|ug

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