> In 011129 MMD, John Page wrote:
>
> > The spacing of the keys is the usual 3.5 mm (or more precisely,
> > 3.49 mm) with 10.5 mm from the leading edge to the centre of the
> > first key. The width of the music card is 264 mm.
I think John Page is right with the spacing of the keys (3.49 mm),
but this is not specific in Carl Frei organs. It is the normal
Gavioli/Limonaire spacing which later is used by many others, including
Belgian organ builders (Mortier, Bursens, etc.).
Rein Schenk
[ Carl Frei, and others, adopted many aspects of Limonaire technology.
[ Herbert Juettemann's book says that the 67- and 72-key organs by
[ Carl Frei (based on the 56-key Limonaire scale) used 3.5 mm key
[ spacing, while his organs of 90 keys and larger used 3.48 mm spacing.
[ The difference is negligible. -- Robbie
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