Kent: The keys are indeed laminated maple. The material is obviously heavier than sugar pine, but since the keys are narrower they don't seem to be appreciably heavier. I don't know what kind of difference the material would make. They are stronger than pine, and probably somewhat more ridged. As long as the key ratio is right it seems to play nicely. The narrower keys do need the additional strength of that material. David did a lot of research on the strength of materials before he chose the laminated maple. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/4/01 at 2:10 PM Kent Swafford wrote: >on 2/4/01 1:19 PM, David M. Porritt at dporritt@swbell.net wrote: > >> I'm quite impressed with the work he does. He holds a patent on the way he >> compensates for the extreme key flair that becomes necessary to align the >> narrow keys with the full stack. It works very well. > >I am under the impression that the keysticks in these keyboards are made >from laminated maple. Is this so, and do you think the use of this material >instead of the more traditional softer wood makes a difference by itself? > >Thanks, > >Kent Swafford David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275
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