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<font size=3>At 09:53 AM 01/28/2000 -0500, you wrote:<br>
>I tuned a Steinway L and an August Forster piano yesterday. The
client made a <br>
>comment about the key width differences between the two of them. So I
<br>
>measured and sure enough, there is a difference. The ivories are the
same <br>
>width on both pianos, but the ebonies on the Steinway were about
1/32" wider <br>
>than the Forster. The gap between the keys on the Forster, however,
was about <br>
>1/64" more than on the Steinway. The over all effect, though,
was that the <br>
>Forster key spread was narrower, which she had to get used to,<br>
><br>
>Not being a piano player, I would never have noticed the difference,
but has <br>
>anyone else ever heard of this? Are there other pianos out there with
<br>
>narrower, (or wider) than usual key spreads?<br>
><br>
>The Forster was made in East Germany, and the polyester finish on it
is <br>
>cracking, as is the finish on the soundboard.<br>
><br>
>Wim <br>
> <br>
<br>
Measure the span of the keyboard, you'll see quite a difference from
maker to maker and<br>
sometimes within the same man'f'r.<br>
<br>
Yup,<br>
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