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<DIV>Horace:</DIV>
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<DIV>You send the original keyboard with the action stack to DS Keyboards, and
he makes a new keyboard and returns both to you. You can simply substitute
one keyboard for the other whenever you want. The alignment and fit are
quite amazing when you consider he has the keyboard but not the piano.
Check out his web page at <A
href="http://www.dskeyboards.com/">http://www.dskeyboards.com/</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Each keyboard is made specifically for 1 piano. There are simply too
many variations to make a keyboard that will fit other pianos. One added
plus, he analyzes the keyboards for geometry problems, so you can send him an
action that plays like a truck (as I did) and he'll return you a smaller
keyboard with corrected geometry. The action I sent him had MANY leads in
the keys, and played very heavy. The one I got back was really quite
nice. Because of the geometry problems is was definitely the "second"
piano in this teacher's studio and seldom used. Now it is heavily
used.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm quite impressed with the work he does. He holds a patent on the
way he compensates for the extreme key flair that becomes necessary to align the
narrow keys with the full stack. It works very well. </DIV>
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<DIV>Do check out the web page. It is quite informative.</DIV>
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<DIV>dave<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR
***********<BR><BR>On 2/2/01 at 9:44 AM Horace Greeley wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><BR>Dave,<BR><BR>This
is most interesting, I would like to send along some appropriate information
to a few teachers I know out here. Can you let me/us know more? Since
this is aftermarket, in a sense, does the keyset care what kind of piano it
goes into (well, ok, generally, anyway)?<BR><BR>Also, stuff like, did you do
the fitting on the B?etc.<BR><BR>Thanks!<BR><BR>Horace<BR><BR>At 11:32 AM
2/2/2001 -0600, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">Horace:<BR> <BR>Actually, Danny didn't
have anything to do with our 7/8 keyboard. We got it from DS Keyboards
just this year. David Steinbuhler is trying to promote the concept of
smaller keyboards for people with small hands, and hopes recital venues will
sometime get alternate keyboards for their concert instruments. We are
already contemplating one for one of our "D"s. <BR> <BR>We are
the first University to have one of these, and this teacher is doing a lot
of research on how it affects players, how they adjust to it, how they cope
with going back and forth with full sized keyboards, how it affects physical
strain on the hands and arms, etc. It's an interesting project.
She is going to be teaching for a week at our summer campus in Taos, NM,
bringing 3 pianos with reduced keyboard to that campus for the week.
I've suggested that I should go for the week to take care of the pianos
etc., but I don't think they are taking me seriously! Oh well!
<BR> <BR>I hope we can get a "D" reduced keyboard, but first we have to
do some fund raising on that. <BR> <BR>dave<BR><FONT face=arial
size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 2/2/01 at 8:45 AM
Horace Greeley wrote:</FONT>
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<DD>Dave,<BR><BR>
<DD>So, having just given Danny a sound, and, I might add, richly deserved
thrashing, about I recommend that he get you another 7/8 machine?
Perferably, a D.<BR><BR>
<DD>Fact is, different attempts have come and gone over the years with
this problem. None of them have been overly successful.
Obviously, part of that is that there has not been the market push behind
it that there is now. At the same time, the wunderkindlein do need
to remember that, unless there name is something like "Kissin", they are
not going to be in a position to do much except play whatever they find on
stage - and, they need to just learn to live with that truth.<BR><BR>
<DD>And, no, none of us have any business moving pianos. What we can
do is one thing. What we should do (personally and/or
professionally) is something else again.<BR><BR>
<DD>Best.<BR><BR>
<DD>Horace<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DD>At 10:18 AM 2/2/2001 -0600, you wrote:
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<DD>We have a reduced size keyboard piano that several students are
working on. It is a Steinway "B" in a teacher's studio.
Naturally, these students want to do their recitals on it so we're
looking at moving it from the studio to the recital hall 2 or 3 times a
semester.
<DD>
<DD>I have scrupulously avoided anything that even looks like piano
moving in the past, calling professionals when we have had a need.
Fortunately we have lots of professional movers here in Dallas, and we
haven't moved pianos all that much. This 7/8 keyboard changes all
that.
<DD>
<DD>Do any of you use the "piano horse" that I've seen at
conventions? Is it a practical thing to consider? Can one
person really move a piano with one? Can an out-of-shape 61 year
old consider doing this?
<DD>
<DD>Help!!!!!
<DD>
<DD>dave<BR><BR>
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<DD>David M. <FONT face="Times New Roman, Times">Porritt</FONT>
<DD><A href="mailto:dporritt@swbell.net">dporritt@swbell.net</A>
<DD>Meadows School of the Arts
<DD>Southern Methodist University
<DD>Dallas, TX 75275
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