Vertical distance between manuals

[alexanderlyon]

Hello everyone,

I recently posted about this in the Electro forum, but realized I should ask around here as well!

Can anyone tell me the vertical distance between the tops of the white keys on the upper and lower manuals on a Nord organ (any model)?

I've got a DIY dual-manual home clone that uses an Electro as the upper manual and a Midi controller as the lower manual, and I suspect the distance between the tops of the white keys on the lower manual and the tops of the white keys on the upper manual is a bit bigger than it ought to be for good ergonomics. If I knew the correct distance, I could fiddle with my stand a bit!

Thanks,

AG

[vojtech-h]

I'm also interested in this and also in comparison with Hammond and pipe organs:

I found the same question on another forum for B3, the answer was 2 1/2" (i.e. approx. 63.5 mm).

I measured 61 mm on NORD C2D.

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The recommendation for pipe organs is 2 5/8" +- 1/8" (63 - 70 mm).

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Vojtech

[alexanderlyon]

Oh, that's very helpful--thank you! I'm going to see if I can drill some holes in my stackers to close the distance a bit; if I'm lucky, I might be able to get it down to 70mm or so (which would be much better than the current 100mm).

[Beemer2]

I measured my organ 3 which arrived today. The height you requested is 63mm.

[alexanderlyon]

Thank you! This is great; if I’m lucky, I can get within 7 mm or just over a quarter of an inch of that.

[FZiegler]

Probably times ten. Or just say cm.

[alexanderlyon]

Thank you again for your help!

I had someone drill extra holes in my K&M keyboard stackers, and I was able to bring the upper and lower manuals flush. The vertical distance between the tops of the lower keys and the tops of the upper keys is now only 2.75", or just under 7cm, which is a big improvement!

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