DS Standard Foundation
Alternative Keyboards
That Fit Every Hand
Enabling pianists to achieve their full musical potential while avoiding injury, with keyboards engineered to match every hand size.
Donison-Steinbuhler Standard
Nearly all other musical instruments are manufactured in multiple sizes. The DS Standard makes it possible for every pianist to choose which keyboard size is most appropriate for their particular hands.
Why DS Standard?
Four key benefits for every pianist
Benefits of Narrower Keys
Use correct fingerings, play broken-chord formations in one hand position, and achieve proper balance with less strain.
Learn moreIt's Easy to Adapt
Pianists adapt to the smaller keyboard in as little as 20-30 minutes, experiencing immediate comfort and control.
Learn moreIncreased Power & Stamina
When the hand is in its natural relaxed position, muscle engagement is reduced and power is increased.
Learn morePain-Free Playing
Sight-read for over two hours completely pain free. The keyboard has turned endurance sessions into pure pleasure.
Read testimonialsFeatured Testimonial
“I have actually experienced getting larger hands.”
Although that sounds impossible, this was achieved by creating a 7/8-size keyboard for my Steinway concert grand. I thus began the great discovery of what it feels like to play the piano with larger hands.
It was like an epiphany. All the touches and techniques in piano studies and I stress all of them were made easier by a factor of a hundred.
I could finally use the correct fingerings. Wide, sweeping, left-hand arpeggiated figures so prevalent in Romantic music become possible.
Christopher Donison
Music Director, Shaw Festival
Pain-Free Performance
“The 7/8 keyboard has turned an endurance session into pure pleasure.”
The pain aspect of the 7/8 keyboard is quite amazing. Sight-reading probably has the most dramatic effect. On a regular size keyboard I can last about an hour and then my hands and entire arms start to feel tired.
Playing similar pieces on the 7/8 keyboard I can sight-read for over two hours completely pain free! I can play large chords, octave passages, leaps, huge dynamic ranges and my brain fatigues long before my fingers or arms.
I can't begin to describe how much fun it is to be able to access the notes so easily without fatigue.
Linda Gould
First DS Keyboard Owner
The Numbers Speak
Research-backed evidence for alternatively sized keyboards
87%
of adult females are limited by conventional keyboard size
24%
of adult males benefit from alternatively sized keyboards
30+
years of research and development
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