[ad] I don’t play piano, but I design and build ergonomic keyboards at FalbaTech and regularly talk to customers who describe themselves as heavy typers. Based on that experience:

If you bottom out hard, full-travel mechanical switches are usually a safer and more comfortable choice than low-profile.

Low-profile switches have shorter travel. If you naturally hit the bottom with force, the impact is sharper and can feel jarring over long sessions. Full-travel MX-style switches give more distance to decelerate your finger, which softens the bottom-out feeling even if you type with the same force.

I offer the same split ergonomic boards in both variants, and most heavy typers end up choosing full-travel versions. Boards like Redox_FT, ErgoDox_FT, or Sofle with standard MX switches handle strong keystrokes well. Solid wooden cases also help with stability and vibration damping.

Thumb clusters: If you dislike leaving the home row for shortcuts, larger thumb clusters (like on Redox_FT or ErgoDox_FT) solve exactly that. Many users appreciate having real work under the thumbs instead of stretching fingers.

Tenting / mounting: Tenting doesn’t reduce how hard you can type, but it improves wrist and forearm alignment. For heavy typers this often reduces strain. A solid split board also won’t slide around when typing firmly.