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Tim, your piano is not illegal since it is so old. But since it does have ivory, I'm not sure you would ever be able to ship it out of country with the ivory if you decided to move. They would have to be replaced first and you could never ship the keys out of county by themselves either.

The piano tuner may have suggested swapping them out to protect them. If one chips, cracks or breaks, you won't be able to replace it easily, if at all. It seems that it may still be possible to buy and sell ivory within the US, but it better be well documented that it is pre ban. Also seems that a few countries in Africa were recently allowed to purge confiscated tusks and sold them at auction, with the Japanese buying most of it.