Discover the Joy
Explore the world of music with Narrow Key Pianos. Athena™ has garnered rave reviews from pianists worldwide.
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Watch exclusive YouTube reviews featuring talented musicians showcasing the magic of Narrow Keys.
Discover the art of piano playing with comfort, control and power.
More videos about the new Athena™ Narrow Key Digital Piano
First Contact?
If you’ve never played a narrow key piano and have smaller hands, you're in for a treat! This video offers practical tips and techniques to help you transition smoothly and confidently.
Learn how to adapt with ease—and make your playing more comfortable, expressive, and enjoyable than ever.
Jeremy Siskind
Prof Fullerton College
“The power of 10th`s in Jazz."
Robert Estrin
Living Pianos
"This is the future of Piano."
Acon Cheng
Musical Mind
“Watch as 12 of Athena’s 780 voices bring this performance to life.”
Our Beginnings
MIDI NK5.5
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From the very start, our mission was clear: make pianos that fit real hands.
Our first narrow-key instrument was a simple MIDI controller. It needed external speakers and a sound engine—but even then, it let pianists play beautiful music on keys that finally felt right.
Still, we knew it had to be more. More accessible. More affordable. More complete.
That’s when ATHENA was born—bringing together everything we dreamed of in one instrument: rich sound, built-in features, and a design that empowers every pianist.
Today, you can watch videos from those humble beginnings and see how far we’ve come.me.
NK5.5 at the Stretto Festival for Narrow Key Pianos
Watch Kathryn perform in the 2023 Stretto Festival. All online concerts are free to watch this year. Find the concerts at this link.
From a pianist's perspective, the best parts of this concert can be found at the following times on the video:
35:00. -- Kathryn plays Rhapsody in Blue by George Gerschwin on her Yamaha C7 piano with a DS®5.5 keyboard. Watch her relaxed hands soaring over the keys in this piece.
1:10:00 -- Kathryn plays Un Sospiro by Franz Liszt on her NK5.5 keyboard. This piece is both delicate and fast with lots of arm crossing. Kathryn does a beautiful job (it truly took our breath away) and we thank her so much for her kind words about our NK5.5 action.
Kathryn expects to use her NK5.5 keyboard during upcoming concert tours. We hope to hear more beautiful music from her in coming months.
First Narrow Key Model
More on YouTube
Linda plays Georgia on My Mind with 10ths like Oscar Peterson played it!
Blues on blue narrow keys!
The NK 5.5 lets you play everything! Hear its range in the videos below.
Gershwin has big chords and my sister, Susan Gould (we perform as the Dragonfly Sisters) was blessed with a large hand. Now I can keep up with her!
Grieg is very expressive and uses a full range of dynamics. An acoustic piano is the ideal, but when we toured with our digital pianos we got a terrific response.
I always wanted to play Chopin Etudes but most of them (especially this one) were unplayable. What a difference narrow keys make!
The 5.5-inch octave allows a small hand to play with a relaxed hand position (compared to the norm for a piano, the 6.5-inch octave). This allows much greater control while playing. It gives better control over voicing, dynamics, touch, etc.
We are most often asked “What does it feel like?” While the touch and feel of a piano is very subjective, the NK5.5 is very responsive to the pianist's touch -- thanks to a combination of advanced software and proprietary key sensing technology. You will hear that it offers a wide range of responsiveness to classical music.
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Once you adjust to Narrow Keys, you will be surprised to find that you can still play the big keys as well as you ever did. Watch Linda play Maple Leaf Rag on four different keyboards, from 6.5 to 5.5 inch octave widths.
