Hi Wim, The key as about 1/8" shorter than current production, and the gap between the sharps is about 1/32" narrower. People with stubby fingers, tend to pick it up in a flash. At one time Yamaha made a big deal about it on the sales floor. Forcing North American pianos to change. Since they just copied the Germans, maybe not a bad thing. I will don my flame suit and crawl under my rock. Roger At 10:10 PM 3/26/02 -0500, you wrote: >A friend of mine just mentioned something of which I was not aware. He played >a 80 year rebuilt O in a show room, and he liked it, except that the keys >were not as long as the new pianos. I made sure he wasn't playing a >reproducer. He also said a same vintage Baldwin had the same problem. I had >never heard of this. Comments. > >Wim > >Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\keylengt.htm" > Roger Jolly Balwin Yamaha Piano Centres. Saskatoon/Regina. Canada.
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