I don't know about website, but David Steinbuhler's email address is dskeyboards@tbscc.com. He'd be the best source of information for you and your department. I was impressed with the keyboards. I think students who perform on these reduced keybaords might experience difficulty when faced with normal keyboards, but I don't see that as a reason to not use them. The keyboards, in the right situation could be used on stage pianos - the reduced keyboards being swapped for the normal ones (both are in complete regulation) - a la Ken Sloane. In the alternative, the stack can be swapped between keyboards with minimal adjustment (according to Steinbuhler). I hope the powers-that-be here at U of M will be open to exploring this option for its pedagogy program. Ron Torrella, RPT Avery Todd wrote: > List, > > Does anyone have any experience with the 7/8 keyboard? We have several > Oriental students with very small hands who are excellent pianists but > have a lot of difficulty in playing certain repertoire. They're always > having to decide what notes to leave out just to play the piece and then > it doesn't sound right. > I was discussing this with the chairman of our piano department today > because some new students are coming in and they have very small hands. > During the discussion, a few questions came up: > > 1) If these were used, wouldn't the pianist have a lot of problems > when going to competitions, giving recitals elsewhere, etc. and having to > play on "normal" keyboards? > > 2) Are they designed as just a keyframe and keys and one just > installs the regular action on that frame? Or do you have to get the > entire thing? > > Is there a web site pertaining to this? I just tried to access the > archives because I think it's been discussed in the last year or two but > couldn't get on right now. Wasn't there also a Journal article about > them? > Would it be feasible/practical, especially in an institutional setting > to consider getting a couple of these? One for a teaching piano and one > for a performance piano? Just some rhetorical questions possibly, but an > interesting possibility. > Thanks for any help. > > Avery > > mailto:atodd@uh.edu I'd rather be over the hill > than under it. > Avery Todd, RPT > Moores School of Music > University of Houston > Houston, TX 77204-4201
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