There's a standard set of black and white keys on a traditional piano, but some may have less depending on size. Here's the reason behind the number.

On 18th century pianos, the black and white keys were reversed: a black keyboard with white accidentals, as a clear way to separate the half-tones from the whole tones. This was the case for any ...

There's a standard set of black and white keys on a traditional piano, but some may have less depending on size. Here's the reason behind the number.

This curious Sinhakken model, spotted by a pianist at a Musical Instruments Fair in Japan, does just that. With no black keys fitted, the 52 white keys take up the full space of the keyboard. With no ...

Step 1: The layout of black and white keys has been standard on most piano and keyboard instruments for centuries, but how do you find your way around it? With 88 keys, a full-size piano keyboard ...