>Following up on this key size thing; I just measured and a typical >Steinway white key is 148 mm from the lip to the fall board. The >Mason & Hamlin CC I mentioned in an earlier post is just 142 mm from >the lip to the fallboard. It's amazing that pianists can adapt to >these things as well as they do. Some -- not all -- notice these >things but they seem to cope with them ok. > >dave And the lyre placement, and pedal travel. I hear complaints about pedal spring strength and travel, but why doesn't anyone complain that the lyre is too close, or too far away when their hands are at a comfortable position? They're all over the place. I've wished for a very long time that the auto industry would include an adjustment for relative pedal/steering wheel position as standard equipment. Ron N
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