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#1990595 - 11/25/12 06:30 AM Piano Keyboard - General Question!
peterws 1000 Post Club Member Registered: 07/21/12 Posts: 1051 Loc: England.	I guess this applies over the range, natural and digital - Does anybody find that the black keys could do with being a tad thinner, for those with wider fingers? If you go into a shoe shop you can get wide shoes . . . . _________________________ I rather like being pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed,or numbered
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#1990620 - 11/25/12 08:38 AM Re: Piano Keyboard - General Question! [Re: peterws]
Rickster 7000 Post Club Member Registered: 03/25/06 Posts: 7089 Loc: Georgia, USA	You have to develope your own technique... angle/tilt your fingers so they go between the black keys smoothly. Of course, this is one of the reasons I like to play in the key of C so much. Rick _________________________ Piano enthusiast and amateur musician: "Treat others the way you would like to be treated". Yamaha C7. YouTube Channel
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#1990624 - 11/25/12 08:48 AM Re: Piano Keyboard - General Question! [Re: peterws]
backto_study_piano Full Member Registered: 01/28/10 Posts: 374 Loc: Australia	Mason and Hamlin rosewood sharps were slightly narrower than "normal" - which would mean the gap is wider. _________________________ Alan from Australia (and Clara - my Grotrian Concert - she's 7'4" long and ebony) & 2 Allen Organs [long story - the first is for sale] - MDS312 and CF-15.
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#1990651 - 11/25/12 10:33 AM Re: Piano Keyboard - General Question! [Re: peterws]
Cy Shuster, RPT 3000 Post Club Member Registered: 12/18/05 Posts: 3439 Loc: Albuquerque, NM	And older Baldwin sharps were a little taller. Test the space between the three sharps. It's a little narrower than the space between C# and D# (on almost any keyboard). --Cy-- _________________________ Cy Shuster, RPT 505-265-4234 www.shusterpiano.com www.facebook.com/shusterpiano Albuquerque, New Mexico Registered Piano Technician Dampp-Chaser Certified Installer PianoDisc Certified Service Technician
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#1990680 - 11/25/12 11:55 AM Re: Piano Keyboard - General Question! [Re: peterws]
BDB Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Registered: 06/07/03 Posts: 18683 Loc: Oakland	They vary. I had trouble getting my fingers between the keys of my piano teacher's first piano, but when she replaced it, it was easier. _________________________ Semipro Tech
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#1990693 - 11/25/12 12:33 PM Re: Piano Keyboard - General Question! [Re: peterws]
Steve Cohen 9000 Post Club Member Registered: 05/26/01 Posts: 9929 Loc: Maryland/DC/No. VA	You can taper the sharps. _________________________ Piano Industry Consultant-See my profile on Linkedin.com Consultant & Contributing Editor - Acoustic & Digital Piano Buyer Jasons Music Center Maryland/DC/No. VA Family Owned since 1937. www.jasonsmusic.com My postings, unless stated otherwise, are my personal opinions, not those of my clients.
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#1990699 - 11/25/12 12:53 PM Re: Piano Keyboard - General Question! [Re: peterws]
Mark... 4000 Post Club Member Registered: 11/27/06 Posts: 4310 Loc: Jersey Shore	Finger diet...
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