Also, I think that the point you make about the differnt fingerings and voicings of the chords played at different octaves on the guitar is more an artifact of the 6 strings giving an overlapped layered array of notes rather than the linear array of notes on a piano.
If the piano were laid out so that there was no difference between black and white keys - if the black keys were placed in between the white keys and were the same size, wouldn't it be easier to switch between keys? And I think the C chord would still have the same fingering regardless of the octave that it was being played in.
Of course, the keyboard would be wider. But wouldn't it be a more flexible instrument?
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