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Neil Deighan

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Jan 19, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/19/00
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On a standard piano keyboardm how many black & white keys are there?

Thanks in advance

LFletc6143

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>On a standard piano keyboardm how many black & white keys are there?
>
>Thanks in advance

Man, this is a tough one. But I'll take a stab at it. Uh......would it
be.....88?

I get more accurate if you let me include the green ones.

Of course, we must factor in the "substandard" keyboards, which have only 85,
or 76, or 61, or 49, or 36, or 24, or 12. And we mustn't forget the "above
standard ones, which have 92, or 97.

(just kidding around. The answer is 88.)


Larry Fletcher
Pianos, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Dealer/Technician

"The early bird may get the worm, but it's the second rat that gets the cheese"

kam...@flash.net

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52 white, 36 black
--
Keith McGavern
Registered Piano Technician
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Piano Technicians Guild
USA

The Piano Tuner

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In case you really wanted to know how many black keys and how many white
keys . . .

52 white keys

36 black keys (or blue keys, if you've recently purchased that Red,
White & Blue Steinway)

..

Remember - Stay In Tune


A4...@webtv.net

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Does this fine person mean a acoustic piano or electronic keyboard?

A441


tjh

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LFletc6143 <lflet...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
news:20000119110048...@ng-fz1.aol.com...

> >On a standard piano keyboardm how many black & white keys are there?
> >
> >Thanks in advance
>
> Man, this is a tough one. But I'll take a stab at it. Uh......would it
> be.....88?
>
> I get more accurate if you let me include the green ones.
>
> Of course, we must factor in the "substandard" keyboards, which have only
85,
> or 76, or 61, or 49, or 36, or 24, or 12. And we mustn't forget the "above
> standard ones, which have 92, or 97.
>
> (just kidding around. The answer is 88.)
>
Thats a standard keyboard. If your talking about a metric key board:
10 keys per dectave, 10 dectaves per centave = 100 keys
Correct me if I am wrong.
Tim

LFletc6143

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Jan 20, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/20/00
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>Thats a standard keyboard. If your talking about a metric key board:
>10 keys per dectave, 10 dectaves per centave = 100 keys
>Correct me if I am wrong.
>Tim

Sounds good to me.

Laird Nelson

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tjh wrote:
> Thats a standard keyboard. If your talking about a metric key board:
> 10 keys per dectave, 10 dectaves per centave = 100 keys
> Correct me if I am wrong.

I believe it is Bosendorfer that adds an extra 900 keys in the bass,
making it the only piano, if I remember correctly, with a kilotave
range. Sixteen friends of mine and I played one once. It was a
memorable experience.

Cheers,
Laird

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> On a standard piano keyboardm how many black & white keys are there?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
Twenty-four.

Twelve major keys, twelve minor keys.


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88 Keys = 36 Black Keys (A-C)
85 Keys = 35 Black Keys (A-A)
76 Keys = 31 Black Keys (E-A)
73 Keys = 30 Black (E-E, Rhodes Seventy-three)
61 Keys = 25 Black Keys (C-C, Typical Organ
manuals and five octave portable keyboards)
49 Keys = 20 Black Keys (C-C, four octave
keyboards)


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> On a standard piano keyboardm how many black &
white keys are there?
>
> Thanks in advance

Radu Focshaner

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>88 Keys = 36 Black Keys (A-C)
>85 Keys = 35 Black Keys (A-A)
>76 Keys = 31 Black Keys (E-A)
>73 Keys = 30 Black (E-E, Rhodes Seventy-three)
>61 Keys = 25 Black Keys (C-C, Typical Organ
>manuals and five octave portable keyboards)
>49 Keys = 20 Black Keys (C-C, four octave keyboards)

"Let me count the ways..."


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Erk Jensen

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Jan 21, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/21/00
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Or 97 (http://www.bosendorfer.com/products/mod290.htm)!

-erk-

tjh

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In article <867kbp$evu$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,

wet_...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> > On a standard piano keyboardm how many black & white keys are there?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
> Twenty-four.
>
> Twelve major keys, twelve minor keys.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
Hmmmmmmmmm... I need to consult my handy dandy pocket circle of 5ths
guide on that one.

Tim (Im not retentive)

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