Smaller Keyboards

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Caleb,
The smaller keyboard looks great for small hands or thin fingers. One thing
that would be nice would be to have balance rail leather rather than felt
due to the extreme bend to reach the notes on either end of the keyboard
Joe Goss

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> From: Spockstein@aol.com
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Smaller Keyboards
> Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 6:18 AM
> 
> List,
> 
> I am sorry to bring this up again in such a short period of time but  I
would
> like more information if possible. I have recently met a wonderful lady
living
> in Japan who plays the piano. We got to know eachother better and it
turns out
> she has lived in Boston and has attended Harvard. well, she related to me
of
> her problem with small hands. She won many competitions in Japan as a
child
> but has struggled to play many things because of her hand size. I told
her of
> the man, or men, or women for that matter :-), who have made smaller
keyboards
> for people. I want to know how that works exactly...does it use the same
> action? Or can the current action be modified? Do not worry, I haven't
gotten
> her hopes up just to smash them if it isn't possible, but......If you
could
> tell me anything about it and at least a name and address, possibly phone
> number, I would greatly appreciate it! 
> 
> Thanks for all the wonderful information passed around on this list.
> 
> Caleb McVey