Athena™ Narrow Keys:​
Comfort Isn’t a Luxury - It’s a Requirement.
​If octaves hurt, if chords feel cramped,
or if you’ve ever thought “maybe I’m just not built for this”…
Athena was built for you.
Can You Play an Octave - Comfortably?
With a 7.75" span, an octave can be played, but the hand is under unnecessary strain.
If you can't, Athena Will Change Everything.
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Playing octaves isn’t optional - it’s a fundamental skill at every level of piano.
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If your octaves are uncomfortable, your technique, speed, and expression will always suffer.
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Most pianists think they just need to “stretch more.”
You don’t.
You need keys that match your hands.
Why a 5.5" Octave?
Most women’s hands - and all children - reach 8.2″ or less. For them, a 5.5″ octave simply feels right.
Athena Octaves Feel Great
On Athena Narrow Keys, an octave feels like a 7th on a standard piano: effortless, relaxed, natural.
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Go try it on your piano right now—play a seventh, then an octave.
If the seventh feels dramatically easier, imagine having that feeling all the time.
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Comfortable Octaves = Better Playing
When your hands relax, your playing transforms:
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More fluid technique
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More control
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Better tonal voicing
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Easy four-note chords
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Less fatigue, less pain
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Faster progress, more joy
This isn’t magic.
It’s simply the right fit for your hands.
Every Child Deserves Keys That Fit
Most popular selfie? Playing a 10th!
Do You Need Narrow Keys?
Measure your hand to find out if 5.5" keys are right for you. Click on the picture above and print out the PDF (portrait mode). Place your thumb or pinky (depending which hand you are measuring) next to the yellow line on the left and then flatten your hand onto the paper stretching to your max.
Statistically… probably.
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To reach a comfortable tenth on the traditional keyboard, you need a handspan of over 8.5 inches.
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13% of women have hands that large
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25% of men fall below that span too
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100% of children are physically unable to reach it
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Millions of pianists - adults and children alike - are playing on keyboards that are simply too big for their hands, assuming the struggle is normal...It isn’t... Narrow keys change what’s possible.
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For example:
Linda (CEO and co-founder) measures a 7.75" stretch with her L.H. That means, on an Athena 5.5" octave piano, she can play comfortable 4-note octave chords in every key! She can play 10ths with 3 note chords (R - 7 - 3) in the keys of C, F, F#, G and A. In the other keys she can reach on open 10th (full stretch) but no note in the middle. ​​
Hand Span and Performance on the Traditional Piano Keyboard
If your hand span is less than 8.7 inches, you need narrower keys to excel at the piano. We want to provide you with the keyboard that lets you play at your best.
The dark grey area (under the pink bell curve) shows the hand span that needs 5.5" keys. It takes 15 min- 1 hour to get used to the new octave and opens up infinitely more possibilities. Moving back to a 6.5" piano is easy.
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The mid-grey area (under where the two curves meet) would have more accessibility to large chords on a 6.0" octave piano. It is almost instantaneous to adjust. Moving back to a 6.5" piano is easy.
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The light grey area (under the blue curve) is the hand size that the traditional piano was built for. Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Oscar Peterson all have hands that fit in this area.
Find more information about hand size and piano performance at www.paskpiano.org.​
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