key width

[Jon Page]

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

Measure the span of the keyboard, you'll see quite a difference from maker to
maker and
sometimes within the same man'f'r.

Yup,

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