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size=2>List,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>The
more the sides are cleaned (sanded, or whatever), the wider the
cracks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=245132102-27052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>The
older the piano, the more the keys sides had been cleaned =
?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=245132102-27052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Uncareful cleaning tend to leave a ugly =
keyboard.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=245132102-27052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Manufacturers may have different sizes too.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=245132102-27052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=245132102-27052002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Isaac
OLEG</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> =
owner-pianotech@ptg.org
[mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]<B>De la part de</B>
Wimblees@AOL.COM<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> lundi 27 mai 2002
02:00<BR><B>À :</B> =
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Objet :</B> Re: Steinway
key width<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT =
size=2>In a
message dated 5/26/02 11:32:07 PM !!!First Boot!!!, Bigeartb@AOL.COM =
writes:
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TYPE="CITE">List: <BR> Are the keys on all =
Steinway
pianos the same width. The pianist at a <BR>local church believes =
the keys
on their 1925 rebuilt Steinway and the keys on <BR>her Kawai are =
more narrow
than the keys on the 1969 Steinway recently donated <BR>to their =
church. I
want to know the answer before I measure. I have never <BR>ever had =
a client
ask that question nor have I ever thought about it. She <BR>claims =
she plays
in the cracks of the keys. What a sound I am sure. I <BR>measured my =
Yamaha
grand and the white keys measure 29/32". <BR><BR>Tommy Black =
<BR>Decatur,
Ala. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>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." <BR><BR>Wim
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