Just returning from a trip and noticed a lot of interest in the idea of crowned key leveling. On my many trips to the Steinway factory,I was always posed that as my first question. Why the need for the crown keyboard? I've heard one reason after another, none which made any sense. That was until Eric Schandal was finally kind enough to give me the real poop.
Crowned keyboards look level from a distant. Level keyboards look concave. Plain and simple.
They've done it that way for years and I'm sure they'll continue to do it for years to come.
Remember...there's the wrong way, the right way, and then there's the Stein--way.
Tom Servinsky
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From: Keith McGavern
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Piano Key Leveling
On Jun 21, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Gerald Groot wrote:
One question is, was this level board meant for the older pianos that called for possibly more crown in the middle or perhaps more crown than what today's pianos call for?
Gerald,
The only piano I've heard of that calls for a crown in the middle is Steinway grands.
Keith
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