Why Aren't Keyboards Divided Into an Even Number of Octaves?

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Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I'm Robert Estrin. Today I'll be addressing a question from a viewer. Raymond asks, "On an 88 key piano, the lowest note is A and the highest is C. Why aren't keyboards divided into an even number of octaves starting and ending on C or A?" This is actually a very good question because it seems so logical. In fact, if you ever look at five octave synthesizers and other portable keyboards, they almost always have an even number of octaves. From C to C, typically four or five octaves. So why aren't pianos built that way?

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