Grand pianos and their designations.

[Farrell]

The length of a piano is measured from the plane of the front face of the 
keyslip to the longest extent of the lid at the tail.

"Baby Grand" is a layman's term with no technical meaning. Most folks call 
pianos shorter than somewhere around 5'6" to 5'8" a baby grand.

The term "baby grand" is actually quite a bit different than the term 
"Upright Grand". Baby grand refers strictly to size. Upright Grand refers to 
design/construction - although most uprights with this designation are no 
different than any other upright. But some were - some, and the best example 
is the Bush & Lane Upright Grand - it had a bent laminated rim like a grand 
and the forward treble terminations were a real capo d'astro bar, again just 
like in most grand pianos - so here at least, upright grand does mean 
something.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
>>    When dealing with customers about grand pianos, I have two questions:
>> When someone  says to me, I have a grand  piano that is 6 foot, 1 inches, 
>> etc. where do they measure to get those figures?
>> The second question is: is the term "baby grand" just a commercial 
>> product-selling term (like upright grand which has no meaning)
>> with a specific length, or should we talk to our customers about small 
>> grands, and large grands?
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>> Vinny Samarco
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