Here is a picture, plus a link to a news article about this keyboard. http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2005/1001-perfectfit_piano.htm When I tried one, I felt like Rachmaninoff. I could reach a full 17th easily! I still couldn't play like Rachmaninoff, though. <sigh> Don Mannino -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Porritt, David Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:36 PM To: ilvey at sbcglobal.net; College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] Natural key width I'll try to take some pictures soon and post them. The keys are indeed smaller and closer together and he puts a filler block on each end to fill the space not needed. The keys do get to some more severe angles. It doesn't hurt anything in the treble as the hammers are so much lighter. In the bass he has a way of making the key so the angle is not as severe. I can't really describe it to you and I'd be hard pressed to photograph it but I'll try in a few days. He got a patent on the way he works out the angle for the bass keys. It's really pretty clever. The stack is of his own making so it fits his key frame well. The development of this thing is a great example of outside-the-box thinking. dp ____________________ David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Ilvedson Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:29 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Natural key width I'd like to see a picture of this. It seems like you have to compress the keys closer together...lots of space at the existing cheekblocks...but the stack remains the same, relatively. Don't the keys have some extreme angles? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> Received: 1/29/2008 9:49:32 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Natural key width -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PianoKeys2[1].jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 59838 bytes Desc: PianoKeys2[1].jpg Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080130/1e9b877d/attachment-0001.jpg
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