Standard pianos have 88 keys (52 whites and 36 blacks), but why do they have so many? Is it a norm? Right since the piano’s invention, composers wrote various music for harpsichord having only 60 keys. It meant that everything is written was limited to the harpsichord’s five-octave range. Later, the 1st piano got invented …
Why Do Standard Pianos Have 88 Keys?
