![]() ![]() Therefore, as a source of ivory, when you add up all the thin, brittle key coverings – it is very little raw material. The ivory covered the top and front of each wooden key, thereby making them white. Only the very thin covering, called the key-top, was ivory. First point to understand is that “ivory keys” are not the entire key. Through the 1940s, the white keys of a piano, also called the naturals, were covered with thin pieces of ivory. Since ivory is scarce, it makes sense to think that they have some value if in good condition. Indeed, ivory is illegal to buy and sell in most places today. One of the most common questions we receive is whether ivory piano keys are worth money. ![]()
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