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 ...

But some musicians are learning other keyboard instruments, and feel like better artists for it. ... Piano keys are black and white; now, Chen is working with shades between.