Well, I don't think it's universally agreed or understood that four keys = fully keyed. I do agree that having more isn't strictly necessary... but then again neither is having the ones listed. After all, you don't need the Bb key (you can often half-hole and/or cross finger) or Fnat (same), or Cnat (only useful for a few tunes) to be "chromatic" (although it's not real chromaticity anyway). And it's not like the pinky-finger Fnat is standard, so there's confusion there already if you don't specify. In addition, I think most flat chanters (at least true narrow-bore ones) do not play an Eb with only pinky up, so an Eb key is actually necessary to make them chromatic.
Anyway, I just think instead of saying "fully keyed", it's better to be explicit and list the keys included.
Regarding my B chanter, I have Cnat, Bb, G#, long Fnat (pinky operated), an Eb (or E correction) key, a 3rd octave D (or possibly C# correction) key, and a 3rd octave E key. The only one I don't use is the last one. If I had to do it again, I'd probably leave that one off, but keep the rest.
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