Assuming the same scale length, (string length), the standards are set by math, not arbitrarily.
One apparently standard string length is 345 mm. That sets the tangent positions, and thus the key spacing. How the keys are finished off, of course, will give you a little different feel, but the key spacing is as set for HG as the keys are on a piano or the frets on a guitar. Chris *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 2/13/2008 at 6:53 AM Melvin Dorries wrote: I am wondering if there is a standard size for key buttons and their spacing? Seems to me that it would be nice to pick up instruments made by various builders and have the fingering positions all be in the same place. Assuming the same scale length is used of course. Does anyone know if standards have been established or proposed and where I may get them? Thanks Mel Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
