Shortly after posting the above the Arvorin Ivory Substitute Piano Keytop arrived, ordered from Amazon at 8.99 a pair with 6.49 shipping. I ordered 2 sets and the shipping didn't change. They arrived, shipped from China, taped in bubble wrap inside a poly envelope.

Size was .90 in by 6 1/16 in and .08 thick. Color is more like a cream than off white and not a stereotypical ivory color but acceptable. The blanks all have a bow from shipping and hopefully they will relax. The flex is a tad more rigid than the Elforyn.

The surface came much smoother and appeared to have micropores. With a little scraping and sanding it had a smooth, shiny surface. It would take much less effort to finish these than the Elforyn would.

Now onto the Schreger line approximations. Nothing like the stock photo and nothing like ivory. I'll post up some pics but if I were marketing these I would call them a bone substitute instead of ivory.


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Between the 2 I would much rather use the Elforyn and may try a thicker slab. They do offer a .125 thick in a 2 by 6.

I think the Arvorin blank may just be rigid enough for scales and will try them first. If it doesn't work out, I'll have lots of wedge material.

I'll post more when I've made some scales.