Keyboard

(Ger. K'laviatur’; Fr. clavier; It. tastatu’ra, tastie’ra,.) The keys or digitals of the pfte., organ, etc., taken collectively. The modern stand: ard keyboard is the product of an evolution extending over 1,000 years.—Its only succe ful rival at present is the jlank6 keyboard, inv. by Paul von janké of Totis, Hungary, in 1882, which presents to the eye the appearance of six different rows of keys arranged stepwise, one above the other. But the corresponding keys in the 1st, 3rd, and sth rows are all fixed on one key-lever; thus, if C be struck in the 1st (lowest) row, the corresponding keys in the 3rd and’ sth rows are depre ed; further, the ond, 4th, and 6th rows are similarly connected; so that any given tone can be struck in three different places, admitting of the choice of the key most convenient to the position of the hand at any given instant. The 6 rows are therefore arranged in 3 pairs; in the lower row of any pair the succe ion of 108 KEY-BUC GENERAL V! Rese English. German. SS C-major Cdur ] Aminor A moll fo Smee Gadus E-minor E moll — 4 Bimaior Ddur B-minor H moll 4 Armaior A dur F-sharp minor Fis moll Ena Edur (C-sharp mincr Cis moll j B-major Hur G-sharp minor Gis moll eee Bahar mal or Bide, eae Eft mplor Gee dur E-fiat minor Es moll Bas major Desdur B-flat minor B moll A-flat jc As dus gat imino Pair ee Eee major Es dur ‘C-minor C moll B-flat maj Bdur — oaamre B45, Femajor Fdur Deminor moll '. keys is C.D E [white] FY Gt [black] ¢ [white], etc.; in the u upper row of keys (in ‘ Tehen ee tend Consequently, a chromatic scal played by the simple alternation tween the succe ive keys of any: joining rows; the fingering of al major scales is uniform, and all m scales are also fingeted alike, width of an octave on the ordinary board is just that of a tenth on this that large hands can stretch a thirtee or even a fourteenth (c!-d%p). Key-bugle, See Bugle,