All, 1895 Mason & Hamlin style 9 (6'2") 48.375" 1905 Mason & Hamlin AA 48.375" 1964 Mason & Hamlin CC 47.9375" A swing variation of .375" over 88 keys =.0042613" per key. HMMM. Best, Rich Olmsted On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 08:56 PM, David M. Porritt wrote: > 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 > _____________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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