Generalized keyboards fingering

Hello
First of all I have not seen in person nor played a generalized keyboard in my life, since there are none in my country or nearby countries I guess..
In photos of keyboards I have seen on the web, like the Starr Labs or Terpstra, a fingering problem concerning chords comes to my attention.
If you play a simple C Major triad in whatever tuning, with a simple 1-3-5 fingering, the position of the fingers is natural for the hand.
But what if you want to play a minor triad? It seems to me that you will have to curl your third finger to reach the key that is down-left from the major third, or change the fingering in some weird thumb involved shape.
Is this issue real or is it due to my inexperience with these keyboards?

> In photos of keyboards I have seen on the web, like the Starr Labs
> or Terpstra, a fingering problem concerning chords comes to my
> attention.
> If you play a simple C Major triad in whatever tuning, with a
> simple 1-3-5 fingering, the position of the fingers is natural
> for the hand.
> But what if you want to play a minor triad? It seems to me that
> you will have to curl your third finger to reach the key that is
> down-left from the major third, or change the fingering in some
> weird thumb involved shape.
> Is this issue real or is it due to my inexperience with these
> keyboards?

I've played only a few generalized keyboards, and only for a few
minutes at a time. So we're both blind as bats on this issue.
There are two guys I know with experience in this matter, and one
of them is on this list - George Secor. Here's what he had to
say when I asked him this question (thread starts here):

/makemicromusic/topicId_8692.html#8692

-Carl

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" <clumma@...> wrote:

> So we're both blind as bats on this issue.

I'm reading this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Math-Instinct-Mathematical-Genius-Lobsters/dp/1560256729

A fun read, not profound or anything, but full of interesting tidbits.

One was that bats, indeed, have excellent eyesight. 'Blind as a bat'
comes from the mistaken belief that their truly awesome night-sonar
skills are all they have.....

-A.