We have several 7/8 keyboards at SMU and the one for the Steinway D can be made to fit any D with about a day's work. Our head of piano has taken her personal 7/8 keyboard to recital venues and had it installed in the resident D. That's Mr. Steinbuhler's hope...that the artists who can benefit from the reduced size keyboard will use them in this way. It's a pioneering effort he is doing and who knows how well it will do. I wish him success. dave David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu<mailto:dporritt at smu.edu> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of John Alsina Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 1:45 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Transporting a grand action Paul, Are you saying that the reason it's not played is because of the room the piano is in, not lack of interest in the narrow keyboard? I'm interested because it's unclear to me whether these narrow keyboard have a future. On one hand (no pun intended), I find they make a great difference - not hard to adapt to, and they make most music easier to play. On the other, I can see why many aspiring professionals might that time spent on a non-standard keyboard is a wate, since they will almost always perform on a standard instrument. Yet again, many conservatory students with smaller hands suffer from hand and wrist problems that might be avoided by practicing on a "right-sized" keyboard. What say you? John -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100201/0a67eba3/attachment.htm>
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