FAT FINGERS

[Brian Henselman]

Don't chop or sand down the sharps.

However, If you make the black key height a little less than the standard
1/2 inch, and adjust the front rail punchings to confirm proper black
keydip, the the sharps will feel further apart because they are tapered
narrower on the top than the bottom.

Just make sure that the dip doesn't bottom out to close to the white key
tops when fully depressed.  If the piano has plenty of aftertouch, then a
shallower dip may be in order for both the blacks and white keys to avoid
this bottoming out feeling.

Cheers,
Brian Henselman, RPT
Austin, TX
musicmasters@att.net


-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Robinson <tomnjan@bellsouth.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Thursday, November 04, 1999 11:01 AM
Subject: FAT FINGERS


>Has anyone ever heard of slimming down the sharp keys to better
>accomodate pianists with "fat" fingers?  An amateur pianist I know
>(...OK...it's me) has trouble with sounding too many notes when certain
>passages require placing the fingers between the sharps.  I've had no
>success altering technique.
>
>Tom Robinson
>amateur pianist/tuner and faithful pianotech reader for 2 years
>
>