Steinway key width

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

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In a message dated 5/26/02 11:32:07 PM !!!First Boot!!!, Bigeartb@AOL.COM 
writes:


> List:
>      Are the keys on all Steinway pianos the same width. The pianist at a 
> local church believes the keys on their 1925 rebuilt Steinway and the keys 
> on 
> her Kawai are more narrow than the keys on the 1969 Steinway recently 
> donated 
> to their church. I want to know the answer before I measure. I have never 
> ever had a client ask that question nor have I ever thought about it. She 
> claims she plays in the cracks of the keys. What a sound I am sure. I 
> measured my Yamaha grand and the white keys measure 29/32". 
> 
> Tommy Black
> Decatur, Ala. 
> 

This thread has been discussed before.  Keys do vary in width, even with the 
same manufacturer. I am not a piano player, so I can't talk from personal 
experience. But I have had several piano playing clients comment about the 
variance in key width, although never to the extend that they played "in the 
cracks."

Wim 

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