[rjvs]

Pity he didn't address functionality such as the width of the keys -- the standard size is too wide for most female hands and many men.

[pclmulqdq]

How are they too wide? Are you referring to the hand size differential between us mortals and people like Rachmaninoff? With narrower keys, he would have just written bigger chords.

[AntonyGarand]

For those wanting a 20 minute video on this topic, there is a video[0] made by the professional pianist / youtuber "We Are One" (previously MusicalBasics) on this very subject which is very informative

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXlknI-Jc48

[jojobas]

If there was demand for narrower keys synth manufacturers would be all over it, as there no string spacing constraints.

There is non outside kids keyboards, because piano keys are sized just right.

[Toutouxc]

> because piano keys are sized just right

Fuck this very idea from the bottom of my heart. I'm a grown-ass man, fully functional in all aspects of life, who can't reach an octave comfortably, just like most female players and a lot of Asian males. The piano keyboard is objectively too big for most players in the world, period.

[HerbMcM]

A lifetime of practice on the wrong size leads to injury and the disappointment that maybe you as a pianist just will never get to play more technical pieces. Both are wrong.

Pianists for alternatively sized keyboards https://paskpiano.org/latest-news/ Videos showing alternative sizes: https://youtu.be/TfdNxbHl_40?list=PLHBn-VaaOCGcfrUsklI1GztxT...

[DennisP]

Actually there are plenty of compact synths with narrower keys.

[peteforde]

There is strong demand for keyboards with smaller keys. I am loving my Arturia MiniFreak, for example.