Well said. Conrad! Paul Chick ----- Original Message ----- From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 4:23 AM Subject: Re: blacks??? > At 21:06 10/01/2001 -0700, you wrote: > >Am i missing something here? what the heck does the subject line "blacks" > >refer to? > > > >Terry Peterson > >Precision Piano Service > >Torrance, CA > > Originally the line "blacks" was referring to those keys on a piano which > stick up between some others. I've noticed that, out of every twelve > contiguous keys on "normal" keyboards, five exhibit this > characteristic. It seems that the manufacturers have provided some sort of > warning to this status by making them a contrasting colo(u)r from the lower > level keys. As most of those lower keys are white, the most contrast was > to be had by making the raised ones black, though I've seen some older ones > which look closer to brown. > > The controversy (?) has been about just how to refer to them, and when. I > suspect that they will continue to be called sharps, at least in print, > because while most typewriter/computer keyboards have a "#" character, it > really is a chore to find a character for "flat". (I'm not awake enough > right now to try...) > > Does this help??? ;-} > > > Conrad Hoffsommer - Decorah, IA (563)-382-8525 > > Usually I try to take it one day at a time, but lately several have > attacked me at once... >
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