How quickly could I adapt to a piano keyboard with narrower keys?
The experience of the majority of adult pianists who have played narrow keyboards is that they adapt to the new size remarkably quickly – generally in a matter of an…
PIANISTS FOR ALTERNATIVELY SIZED KEYBOARDS
The experience of the majority of adult pianists who have played narrow keyboards is that they adapt to the new size remarkably quickly – generally in a matter of an…
Narrow keys have significant benefits for children to help them learn sound technique and not develop bad habits caused by a keyboard that is too big for their hands. The…
It is not necessary to have two or more pianos in a concert venue, but interchangeable keyboards for the one grand piano. The cost of an additional keyboard and action…
There is now overwhelming evidence that having a larger hand span is a big advantage for a pianist, assuming they wish to have access to any advanced repertoire of their…
Pianists with large hands currently have an unfair advantage! Nobody suggests that adjusting stool height or installing raised pedals is unfair, or that prominent pianists who use, or have used,…
The keyboard size that became the current standard dates back to the 1880s when pianos became bigger to suit large performance venues and a keyboard of this size was acceptable…
The volume and quality of sound in an acoustic piano depends on the instrument itself including the size of the soundboard, strings and other components, not on the width of…
Just because a pianist can ‘reach’ octaves and certain chords doesn’t mean that they are playing within a healthy range of motion. Muscles and joints repeatedly operating at their extremes…
Recent peer-reviewed research shows that around 87% of women and 24% of men have hand spans that are too small for the current ‘standard’ keyboard, assuming they want to play…
There is no evidence that there is significant demand for keyboards larger than the conventional 6.5 inch octave keyboard, which is indeed ‘large’ by historical standards. While there are some…