FAT FINGERS

[Brian Trout]

Sounds a lot like trying to kill a fly with a sledge hammer. <grin>

Would it be poor workmanship to just bend the front rail pins in a slight
fanning position so as to move them apart slightly, similar to what gets
done when spacing the white keys?  On the groups of two, they can be nudged
a tad towards the outer keys.  On the groups of three, the center sharp can
be centered in it's slot, and the outer two nudged toward the outer sides of
their slots.

It doesn't take much of a move to make a big difference in the way it feels
to 'fat fingers'.

I don't know if it's "right", but it has worked for me in the past.  Perhaps
there's an " _official_" way to do it.?  Rebushing differently perhaps...

Any flames? <g>  Comments?

Brian Trout
Quarryville, PA
btrout@desupernet.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Robinson <tomnjan@bellsouth.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 12:02 PM
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
>
>