The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

On a totally unrelated vein:

Has anyone ever noticed that the AN1x keyboard is slightly narrower than 
"standard" key pitch?  (I'm talking 'pitch' as in screw thread, not frequency.)

I usually line up my keyboards vertically, C-over-C, mostly because I play 
organ a lot and want to simulate the dual-manual look and feel of a Hammond 
B-3.  Top and bottom C's always lined up in the past, but I wasn't able to 
do so (perfectly) when I added the AN1x to the mix.  It's not enough of a 
difference to affect playability; the total change is only about 1/2 a 
white key over five octaves.  It's just strange that there's any difference 
at all!

After I noticed the discrepancy, I've compared the AN1x to my (former) 
Roland D-50, Fatar Studio-88 MIDI controller,  Roland HP-3500s piano, and 
CX-3 organ.  All of the others line up perfectly with each other (at least, 
to the eye); only the AN1x comes up short.

I wonder if this is a Yamaha-wide "feature."  It's probably true of the 
CS1x/CS6x family, since they share a case style with the AN1x.  I don't 
think it is true of older Yamaha pieces:  I owned a DX-9 for several years, 
and used a DX-7 for a while, and I never noticed this situation when 
stacking those keyboards.  Does anyone have a Yamaha piano or other non 
-'Sx' keyboard for comparison?

Why would Yamaha do this?

Regards,

-BW

--
Bruce Wahler
Design Consultant
Ashby Solutions"
www.ashbysolutions.com
CloneWheel Support Group moderator
978.386.7389  voice
978.964.0547 fax
bruce@...