Ed: The newest Steinways (Kluge keyboards) are 48.375" from A0 - C8. The ones from the 1980s were 48.0" The Yamahas I have seen tend to be about 48.25". There definitely is a difference and I've seen nothing of a "standard". We had an old Hamburg "O" that was 48.500". Baldwins tend to be pretty much 48.0. We have a Mason & Hamlin CC here that has keys that are shorter from front to back. I don't recall the actual numbers, but they are shorter. One would think that there would be a "standard" but alas there is none. The American Guild of Organists at one time had some specifications for the pedal board. Widths, a concave layout etc. Our newest organ at SMU has a flat pedal board (like the Europeans). Creative people tend to avoid "standards"!!! dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/4/2003 at 7:54 PM A440A@aol.com wrote: >Greetings, >In a post on the piano-L ( a player's list), there has been some >discussion >about varying widths of keyboards. The majority of posters feel that the >Yamaha's and Kawais and Steinways have different size keyboards, and also, >different sized key widths. Does anybody know the figures for any of the >various brands of pianos? > I will measure several here, but am still recovering from shoulder >surgery >and am not quite up to an energetic survey at the moment. > One post was: ><< I have identified the inconsistencies in the widths of black keys >between >various brands and am sure that the industry has now acquired a 'standard' > >> > >What is the standard width of a piano keyboard? I have two here at the >shop, >a 1894 A and a 1919 O, they are both exactly 48 5/16" from A1 to C88. > > > >Ed Foote RPT >www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/ >www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________
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