Stupid Question

[atonal@planet.eon.net]

> 
> >...Steinway measures the case of the piano, not
> >including the lid...
> >
> >Stephen Dove
> >STEINWAY & SONS
> 
> I guess that settles that, and because of that, it makes more sense to me
> now to just measure the case of other makes of grands as well.  Thank you,
> Mr. Dove.
> 
> Keith A. McGavern


According to the Fall & Winter Ancott Associates (measurements do not 
specify lid overhang)

Piano				Model		Size		#1 Bass String Length

Baldwin 			L			6'3"			57"
Bechstein			189A			6'2"			53.6"
Bluthner			6			6'2"			54.5"
Bosendorfer		200			6'7"			59.4"
Boston			GP-193		6'4"			56"
Charles R Walter		W-190		6'3"			57.5"
Bechstein			M			5'11"			50.4"
Fazioli			F-183		6'			54"
Grotrian			192			6'3"			55"
Kawai			RX-3			6'1"			56"	
Petrof			PE-III		6'4"			55.5"
Samick			SG-185		6'1"			54.5"
Schimmel			SP-182		6'			no listing
Steinway & Sons		L			5'10.5"		54.25"
Yamaha			C3			6'1"			56.2"
Young Chang		G-185		6'1"			54.5"

	I measured the Baldwin L in the showroom, and from the back of the 
case, it was 6'1.5"  However, Case length, with or without lid 
overhang, is a poor way to compare instruments (as any technician 
knows) This is a sales tool.
	Bass string measurement is a little more pertinent to the quality of 
the grand in question, although this too is an abused by many 
salesfolk. We have a Young Chang 7' and a Baldwin 7', case lengths 
are within an inch of each other, but the YC has considerably shorter 
bass strings, there is about eight inches of plate between the hitch 
pins and the rim, versus three inches (on average) on the Baldwin. 
The YC is a decently prepped instrument, and yet it sounds like a 
six-footer. 

	On a different topic, yes the Canadian mail is moving (just in time 
to lose parcels for Christmas), but it didn't affect electronic 
communication. Now, if we could only get our piano parts e-mailed as 
attachments....

Happy Friday, 


Rob Kiddell, 
Registered Piano Technician, PTG
atonal@planet.eon.net