Timeline for How high from the ground should the keyboard from a piano be?
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| Aug 11, 2014 at 22:03 | comment | added | B. Szonye | For good posture though, it’s important to keep your feet flat on the floor with your knees roughly square. If your seat is very high, you may also need a platform for your feet. | |
| Sep 10, 2011 at 3:56 | comment | added | Babu | @Raskolnikov: If you can still reach your pedal, sure, why not? The important measurement is the distance between your butt and the keys, not the keys and the floor. | |
| Sep 9, 2011 at 22:50 | comment | added | user28 | @Kriem That's definitely wrong. As Jeffrey says your forearms should be parallel to the floor (and the keyboard). As well your hands should be an inch or two higher than the keys so that you can play with your hands flat and your fingers appropriate curled, instead of with your fingers flat. Wrists straight. | |
| Sep 9, 2011 at 17:15 | comment | added | Kriem | I heard some believe it's 28 inches, regardless person height? | |
| Sep 9, 2011 at 11:36 | comment | added | Raskolnikov | So if I put the piano on a table and just heighten my seat so that my arms are parallel to the floor, it should be OK then? | |
| Sep 9, 2011 at 11:04 | history | answered | Jeffrey Kemp | CC BY-SA 3.0 |