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Originally Posted by BenjyO
Can't hit a major 10th on all notes though: White to white keys or black to black keys are OK but white to black or vice versa are out of reach or are a painful stretch.
Ohhh ... Now I see why you pointed out those. Checked out your socials and realized you're working on overcoming these obstacles ( https://paskpiano.org/). Interesting keyboards and concepts.
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Yes, I am familiar with those. Actually during the centuries there was no standard size for piano keys... also with regards to the tuning there were different 'base\ref frequency'.
Well, as strange as it may seem, I can barely play a few chords on piano and maybe if my life depended on it.
I can not play piano.
I like watching\listening people like you and take notes with regards to chord inversions, finger movements, phrasing etc.
Also, I am pretty sure about the historical and technical reasons the piano keyboard is as it is now. The mechanics of it are brilliant, but those are hidden components. They keys is what players touch 99% of the time (not the hammers, jacks and capstans).
I also think (as the guys from
paskpiano.org) that the current piano keys are a bit oversized.
With my redesign (curved standard keys) the size can be reduced quite substantially. Consequently though, the size of an acoustic piano would downsize, the sound produce will be quieter because of it (obviously).
Maybe not a big problem with modern amplification, but I think we could get away with 2 strings per high and mid range keys and only one for the low strings. It will make the overall sound a bit clearer (not so muddy, as most acoustic pianos are a bit muddy), albeit the resonances will be quieter – good for home practice but for concerts it might require amplification.
Your piano (Yamaha, digital... P-100 series?) from the video seems to have some pseudo-hammer action implementation, from what I can guess.
Real hammer action is a bit expensive.
How do you find the difference? I suppose you have played a grand royal or upright piano with real hammer action.
Reducing the size as mentioned above also would reduce the size\width of levers and components, which will make them more brittle and bendy.
So there are pros and cons. But I think resize should be done.