A while ago a friend shared an adorable photo of a mama and
baby elephant on facebook with this caption: “No one in the world needs an
elephant tusk but an elephant.” Of course, there was the obligatory “like if
you agree.” Who wouldn’t agree? Well . . . me. After decades of trying, no one
has yet come up with a material that works half so well as ivory on piano
keyboards. No matter what the dealers claim, synthetic keys look, feel and act
like the plastic fakes they are. I learned to play REAL pianos, made of real
ebony and real ivory. Because of ridiculous import laws (and paranoid movers) I
wasn’t allowed to bring my real piano with me when I repatriated. Worse, whenever
poachers are caught, instead of flooding the market with their loot and
reducing the incentive to poach, officials burn mountains of tusks, insuring a
continued high price and very likely continued bribery money.
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