At 10:11 PM 12/2/97 -0800, you wrote: > >I was once told that there was supposed to have been an agreement among piano builders that the head scale width was to be >1220 mm (48.03"). When I designed a piano using this head scale, no one would build it. Including the company that said it >was supposed to be the "standard." Each key manufacturer, it seems, has their own standard. Some of the widest have been the >Asian manufacturers. Go figure. > >-- ddf > > As a player, I have found this disparity annoying, particularly the recent propensity for the wider scale. Not all players have the hands of Andre Watts. ab Anne Beetem Harpsichords & Historic Pianos 2070 Bingham Ct. Reston, VA 20191 abeetem@wizard.net
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