Spinet/Console

[David Ilvedson]

I'm sticking with my definition.  I don't need to measure nothing...;-]

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: JWyatt1492 at aol.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 10/27/2007 4:17:20 AM
Subject: Spinet/Console


>Hello to All
> 
> 
> When anything is built it has to be called something.
> 
>  When the  small pianos were built if it was lower than 
>40 in. they named them Spinet.  
>If they were 40 in. to 43 in. they were named Consoles.  
>If they were 44 in. to 47 in. they were named Studios. 
>If they were 48 in. to 50 in. they were named  Three/quarter.  
>If they were 51 in. or more  they  were  call  Uprights
> 
>It is the size not the type of  action that determines the name.
> 
>   In order to use a full size action in Consoles  it  had to be 
>"dropped". They are several types of connecters from the 
>keys to the action that have been used.  
>  
>    The Weaver bi-level  was mentioned. Even  though these 
> were convenient to remove from  the piano they had a major
>design flaw
> 
>   The benefit of a full size action  the 2 1/2 in. jack and  the
>4 in. hammer shank and longer keys is stability, 
>performance and durability. 
>  
>  "Baldwin"  to their credit  was the last to use a  full size action
>in Consoles.  A three note action model that demonstrates  this
>is in the PTG Museum at the Home Office.
>   
>   This was stopped because of two reasons.  The major one 
>was cost,  It was much  cheaper  to built  a  " compressed " 
>action  than a  " direct- blow " action  the   second  was  the  
>whining  of us technicians.    
> 
> Facts are often dull.   " All  knowledge comes  from the past"
> 
>  Regards,
>Jack Wyatt



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