u/Suspicious-Time6114

I have an extremely low cost virtual pipe organ setup where the manuals are just two midi controllers on a 2-tier keyboard stand.

Now I want to build something better, with 3 manuals enclosed in a wooden housing. I'm thinking of buying cheap MIDI controllers and taking the action and electronics out of their plastic housing.

But most cheap MIDI controllers have "piano style" white keys (first example in the picture). But based on my observation, most pipe organs use diving board keys (the second example in the pic). I did find some midi controllers with diving board keys, but they cost quite a bit more.

So my question is: are diving board keys important in a virtual pipe organ? Is it worth it to spend more and get those?

RIP Sonny Rollins.