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Are there any digital pianos on market with good key action but with narrower keys?

Or at least MIDI-keyboards that have the proper length of the keys, but with slightly reduced width?

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  • No, key size is standardized. I wouldn't recommend that you work with a non-standard keyboard width anyway, because you would have a lot of difficulty playing any other keyboard. – BobRodes Feb 22 '16 at 03:05
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    @BobRhodes: As [this question](http://music.stackexchange.com/questions/20290/is-there-a-standard-width-for-piano-keys) shows, this is a de facto standard at best, but there seem to be no significant deviations. – guidot Feb 22 '16 at 14:27
  • @JBeurer Well, I've played a harpsichord with narrower keys than a piano. It was like playing a different instrument, and it's always a good idea to learn more than one. But I can easily reach an octave or a seventh or ninth without looking on the piano, because I know where they are. I don't recommend that the OP learn an instrument with narrower keys because he won't be able to play most of the keyboards out there. So, my answer was intended as a practical one, and I'll stick with it as such. – BobRodes May 15 '16 at 19:16
  • @BobRodes why are all my comments gone? – JBeurer Jul 26 '18 at 07:50
  • @JBeurer I don't know. Either a technical problem, or some moderator deleted them, or some other explanation that doesn't occur to me. – BobRodes Jul 27 '18 at 04:22

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Some keyboards (mostly portable, keytars, or entry models for children) come with slim keys (this, for instance). However I am not sure if there is a good idea to start learning from them. Here it says may not be good idea to play one size at home and another everywhere else.

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purchase original F. Chopin Pleyel http://piano.pleyel.fr/piano-classique/piano-a-queue-p204-bleu-noir.html?lng=EN not sure that modern has narrow keys, the other unrealistic way is to ask people from Yamaha, Korg, Casio and Roland to make a digital copy of Chopins and Bachs instruments. My Yamaha with dynamic light keys has a 3-4 mm narrower octave than the ones with hammer action pianos.

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