console vs. spinet

[Farrell]

Console - shrunk action parts with wippen heel sitting directly on key 
capstan.
Spinet - bottom of action sets below back end of keys and has connector rod 
from key end to wippen heel.

Highly recommend reading "The Piano Book" by Larry Fine. It does a very good 
job of spelling out the ABCs of pianos.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
> what is a console and what is a spinet? Is the difference just the form of 
> the corpus? When I hear console I figure out a small piano. Spinet has 2 
> "front legs". Is this correct?
>
> Gregor