[chuckmcla]

This is a terrific idea. It's my understanding that ForScore allows you to place a button on your sheet music that you can program to play the starting pitch, so the developers obviously believe--contrary to what some folks on this forum might think--that this is a feature that a great many users would want. A pop-up keyboard is a great solution (although if all I need is the starting pitch, also having that button always there on the page would be incredibly helpful, and take up less real estate.