<HTML>In a message dated 5/4/03 6:55:17 PM Central Daylight = Time, A440A@aol.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">In a post on the piano-L ( a pl= ayer's list),  there has been some discussion about varying widths of keyboards.  The majority of posters feel that t= he Yamaha's and Kawais and Steinways have different size keyboards, and also, <= BR> different sized key widths.  Does anybody know the figures for any of t= he various brands of pianos?    </BLOCKQUOTE> I don't remember the exact measurement, but I posted this subject about 2 ye= ars ago. A customer of back in St. Louis had a Forster and Steinway, and tol= d me she can tell the difference in key width. I measured the two pianos, an= d there was about a. 5 mm between the two. That might sound like a lot, but = over the width of the keyboard, that can add up. When I got back to my store= , I measured new Petrofs, Knabes, (Young Chang), and Hyundai's (Samick), and= discovered there was a difference with each one of them.  Wim </HTML>