Inside stuff: Piano keys

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Read:

http://www.musicplay.com/Musicplay/How_Pianos_Work.html

http://www.kenfoster.com/Articles/PracticingTechnique.htm

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Roland graded Ivory Feel keys:

brianluce

Very cool. Thanks!

bubba

I've never liked synths, now I know why. Thanks!

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Top synths keyboards are extremely good :-)

jpbturbo

My 1925 upright piano needs a little work. One of these days when I have time...

B3Guy

pssh, weighted action piano keys are for old farts ;-)

Waterfall keys all the way. Get your hands on a REAL DEAL Hammond organ with some waterfall keys, and you will never go back. It is not the same as cheap plastic springy action on new keyboards, it is far more subtle.

http://www.dairiki.org/HammondWiki/WaterfallKeys

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Hmm. Looks strange.

Hammond "originated" this key style by using a piano keyboard as his design prototype and discovering that he could keep production costs lower with this design. The key action is a simple steel spring in the back of the key and a lip on the bottom front of the key that catches the key rail

I see no difference with synth action keyboard.

B3Guy

I don't know what he did differently, but it really does feel different than any synth keyboard I've ever played (at least both of my Hammonds do). It IS just a spring action, but it is decidedly less springy. Keys return much faster than a piano, but are at the same time very light to depress. Hard to explain. Watch how light Joey's touch is:

Or watch Billy slide down on the tip of his thumb in the beginning of this:

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@B3Guy

OK, I understand. Btw, Microstation keyboard is light to press and fastest from ones I tried (not much, about 5-6 keybeds fron midi and synths). But keys are small :-)

driftwood

I fuckin love my Roland v-piano keys! Talking of keys, just bought a QPAD PC keyboard with old style IBM clicks - lovely!

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