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Are the keys on the Triton Extreme range keyboards all the same width ? Are they the standard size for a Synth? The keys all look a bit narrow (harder to play?) from what I've seen.

as soon as this is about synth action (61/76) Triton Extreme uses Yamaha FS action, which has been one of the best actions for years used in various Yamaha / Korg products. Sorry if it does not answer your question directly, but the FS action is surely not anything peculiar.

KrzysiekK wrote:as soon as this is about synth action (61/76) Triton Extreme uses Yamaha FS action, which has been one of the best actions for years used in various Yamaha / Korg products. Sorry if it does not answer your question directly, but the FS action is surely not anything peculiar.

I'm sure the action is the best but I meant are the keyboards keys too narrow to be able to get you fingers in and play easily? Are all Synth. keyboard keys this narrow ?

well, this is my personal opinion but I think that the difference in keysize isn't so critical to play steady; in comparison with weighted keys, synth actions are surely easy to play, sometimes too easy thus it can result in some unwanted side effects . My experience is such that weighted keys give me better control over sound expression and timing (actually weighted keys - namely Korg RH2 - allowed me to develop better technique which I could not master playing synth action for years). Sorry for going a little offtopic again

Thanx KrzysiekK but I'm asking this question - are Triton keyboard individual keys a standard WIDTH, i.e. say 3/4" as opposed to a piano key width of 1" ? I imagine it's harder to pick out 3/4" keys than 1" keys as your fingers have less surface area to aim for.

Without pulling out a tape measure, I didn't notice any difference in size between the keys on my TR (should be the same as the Triton Extreme), my Nord Stage, and my upright piano. As someone who spent 22 years playing piano and has only owned any keyboards at all for less than two years, I didn't have any difficulties at all. Are you basing your opinion from what you've tried in-store or from online images?

Phoned a dealer with one for sale and persuaded him to measure the Triton and piano keys (told him I had fingers like bananas). He said 7/8" for the Triton and 1" for the piano, so Synth. keys are narrower. So I guess 7/8" is the standard width for the keys on a Synth. keyboard.

Toyboy wrote:Phoned a dealer with one for sale and persuaded him to measure the Triton and piano keys (told him I had fingers like bananas). He said 7/8" for the Triton and 1" for the piano, so Synth. keys are narrower.

Don't know what is really true, as I haven't measured...but I've wondered about this--they do feel a smidge tighter. I have a Baldwin Acrosonic that I've played for 38 years....and an Extreme. The keys on the Extreme SOMETIMES feel a little tighter, when I need to put a finger between black keys. I thought maybe it was due to the finish on the Extreme keys being not quite as slick.

But of course that playing situation is rare and I've adjusted to the Extreme to where I don't notice it anymore. Your post just reminded me.

I just measured mine and they are the same size 7/8" and I measured both Motif and Triton

Toyboy wrote:Phoned a dealer with one for sale and persuaded him to measure the Triton and piano keys.....He said 7/8" for the Triton and 1" for the piano,
so Synth. keys are narrower.....

I am a piano tuner & technician, so this one got the better of my curiosity!

I'm going to put this in metric measurements, as it probably better illustrates the tiny margins involved.

I measured, with my micrometer, the keys on my

1. M50-88 (weighted Korg RH3 keybed)..... 22.25mm

2. TR76 ('synth-action' keys)..... 22.10mm

3. A standard replacement key-covering for acoustic pianos..... 22.50mm
(these are manufactured slightly wider than normally required, and almost always need 'trimming down' to fit).

So, in conclusion, the maximum difference is, at most 0.4mm - yes LESS than half a millimetre.

By the way 1" = 25.4mm, so your dealer was nearly ten times out on the difference!

Hope this helps clear it up?!!!

PS: I'm not a total 'anorak' - this only took me about 1 minute to do!!!
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Thanx for the info.. Just measured my Triton Extreme 61 keys, 21.5mm so a bit narrower than standard it seems

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Another way to do it, which will give you a better overall idea if you don't have a micrometer, is to simply measure the length of the whole keyboard -

then divide it by the number of (white) keys you have.

In the case of a 61-note keyboard this would be 36 white keys.

Also, Troy
(quote)....The keys on the Extreme SOMETIMES feel a little tighter, when I need to put a finger between black keys.....

This will be more to do with the width of the black keys!

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