At 23:12 03/17/2003 -0600, you wrote: >List, > >A student asked a question about the key coloring, the sharps being white >and the naturals being black. > >Can someone direct me to > >1) a Journal article that explains why this was, >(The story I heard for the inverse color scheme was it visually >enhanced the fingers of the women who primarily played the instrument > >2) did the beginning pianos use this same key coloring, and if so, > >3) what time period did the current key coloring scheme take place. > >At your convenience, > >Keith McGavern, RPT I think that the change came about when a machine was invented which cut ivory. This made that material much cheaper to use. Early 1800s, France, if my lonely braincell remembers right. I'll try to find my notes when I get to work, if nobody else has jumped in, that is. Conrad Hoffsommer Early to rise: early to bed; Makes a man healthy, and socially dead.
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