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Disappointing that for all the work they did, they didn't look at an actual piano to get the key geometry right. Specifically, black keys aren't centered betwee
by robbrown451 4y ago
Disappointing that for all the work they did, they didn't look at an actual piano to get the key geometry right. Specifically, black keys aren't centered between the two adjacent white keys, they are offset to allow all keys (white and black) to be approximately equal width at the back of the keyboard.
It looks weird and awkward the way they do it.
See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29941801#29943285 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29941801#29943285
- SamBam 4y agoHuh, interesting, I hadn't realized. This link here was a very quick, straightforward description of the actual proportions: https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/drawing-a-flat-piano-keyboard-in-illustrator-de07c74a64c6 https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/drawing-a-flat-piano-keyboard-i...
- robbrown451 4y agoI started to point out that that one isn't correct either (notice how the back part of the E key is significantly wider than the back part of the F key, which is wrong), but then I noticed that the article says this (mentioning me): "Update 13 October 2021: This method is great for getting piano key proportions very near accurate with a few very simple steps. Thanks to Rob Brown who added more details in the comments that will be helpful to anyone looking to make a highly accurate model (e.g. if you’re trying to align a drawing with a photo)" The actual proportions are described in the link above (I wrote a little algorithm to do it accurately for my music app)