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Glissando

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what size is your ring finger?
on: December 08, 2004, 03:40:04 AM
Just wondering what the average finger width is for pianists.  :)
Mine is a size 4!!!!

Offline allchopin

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Re: what size is your ring finger?
Reply #1 on: December 08, 2004, 04:02:26 AM
Four what?
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Offline Tash

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Re: what size is your ring finger?
Reply #2 on: December 08, 2004, 09:50:22 AM
your ring finger is the 4th one right? just checking cos i normally wear rings on my 2nd finger...anyway i have no idea what width it is let me just get a ruler...ok around the knuckle it's about 1.3cm wide and that's really approximate its very hard to measure your finger width....
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Re: what size is your ring finger?
Reply #3 on: December 08, 2004, 02:00:45 PM
circumference = Pi*D = 3.14159265358979323*1.3cm = 4.084cm

but this assumes your finger is perfectly circular. ;D
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