Been watching this thread with some interest. I've never seen one of these, and actually was not aware of its existance. After looking at the action I was stunned to see the angles in the keys needed to get this to work. Personally, I have no doubt that pianists can adapt to whatever width standard is out there. So long as there is a consistancy in step height one will seldom stumble it is said. But I have to wonder about (without this meaning any negative prejudice) these horrific looking key angles, and how that affects action performance over time. I wonder if any of you with experience out there could speak to that. As far as the artist temporarilly installing such an action for every piano he gives a concert on.... I have to immediatly wonder about voicing issues. The soul impediment must be because he's used to the width of the octave. I cant believe the end response is going to be the same from instrument to instrument. Cheers RicB Horace Greeley wrote: > >> Our piano preparatory department is just now starting to do some >> experiments with younger students (Elementary age). We have 3 studio >> uprights with the 7/8 keyboards in addition to the grand actions. I'm >> looking forward to reading the research on this. >> >> So far, our experience with the 7/8 actions has been very positive. > > > This is great! I appreciate the response. Please do not hear my > obvious skepticism as total negativity. My own exposure to these > actions has (obviously) been limited. I look forward to hearing more! > > Best. > > Horace > >
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