key length

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Wim,
        The key as about 1/8" shorter than current production, and the gap
between the sharps is about 1/32" narrower.  People with stubby fingers,
tend to pick it up in a flash.  At one time Yamaha made a big deal about it
on the sales floor.  Forcing North American pianos to change.  Since they
just copied the Germans, maybe not a bad thing.  I will don my flame suit
and crawl under my rock.

Roger



At 10:10 PM 3/26/02 -0500, you wrote:
>A friend of mine just mentioned something of which I was not aware. He
played 
>a 80 year rebuilt O in a show room, and he liked it, except that the keys 
>were not as long as the new pianos. I made sure he wasn't playing a 
>reproducer. He also said a same vintage Baldwin had the same problem. I had 
>never heard of this. Comments.
>
>Wim 
>
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Roger Jolly
Balwin Yamaha Piano Centres.
Saskatoon/Regina.
Canada.