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2.2 Are pianos sexist?

21 September 2022 - 42 mins
Podcast Series Visible Women with Caroline Criado Perez

The standard piano keyboard is too big for 87% of women and 25% of men, limiting the range of pieces they can play. But how did pianos end up this size? Is it time we came up with an alternative? The Visible Women team investigates.

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42 mins

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