The front profiles seem to be the same. The height at the back of the sharps is the same. There is about a 1/16” difference in height at the front, comparing the highest and lowest, with an even graduation in between. The tops are straight, front to back. It doesn’t appear to be from wear, but could be I guess. I wish I had numbered them when I took them off. I’m wondering if for playing or aesthetic purposes, it would be advantageous to have the two ends of the keyboard slightly lower as opposed to higher or the same height? Or, a preferred less key travel in the treble section and because of the shorter sharp height the top of the sharp ends up the same distance above the natural when fully depressed? Thanks. MF On 11/8/10 3:20 PM, "William Monroe" <bill at a440piano.net> wrote: Mike, Is it a graduated height or a wear issue? An 85 note B is pretty old, and I would suspect the keys have some measurable wear. I've not ever heard of sharps varying in height purposefully - it doesn't compute. Look at the front face of the sharps relative to each other on some of the most obvious ones. I'll bet you'll see a difference in appearance, and it certainly wouldn't make sense that S&S wanted the keys to look differently across the scale. William R. Monroe On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Michael H. Fisher <fisherm at bgsu.edu> wrote: After removing the sharps from the keysticks of my 85 note Steinway B, I discovered the sharp height at the front of the key graduates. Would this most likely be bass to treble graduation with high in bass ? Or high in center with equal graduation to both bass and treble? Any thoughts? Thanks. Mike -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101108/0e6e7168/attachment.htm>
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