Howard Baby Grand Piano Size
Because smaller pianos produce poorer sound a baby grand should be at least 5 feet 7 inches wide to sound similar to a full sized grand piano.
Howard baby grand piano size. If the instrument is to be considered as a serious rival to a good upright. Baby grand pianos are ideal for professional and advanced piano players who have space available because the action supports a more skillful practiced touch than a petite baby grand piano. A grand model piano will generally be longer than 5 feet in length. Today the baldwin and howard names are owned by the gibson guitar company of nashville tennessee.
The result is that this type of piano is generally has a slightly deeper tonality to its audio output. Acrosonic baldwin uprights and verticals classic ellington franke howard before 1959 kremlin manuelo modello monarch st. A fundamental feature that separates a grand piano from a baby grand piano is size. In fact the minimum size for a grand seems to be 4 ft 10 in.
Howard instruments were of very good quality and like all baldwin products were very durable with superior sound quality. This piano is only 4 8 long making it ideal for someone with limited space. This piano is a beautiful sheraton double leg style baby grand piano in honey brown mahogany wood. Baby grand by howard cincinnati.
Note the beautifully carved legs which accent the beautifully carved trim and molding. Howard by baldwin 4 10 grand piano this american made baby grand was made by baldwin. This howard baby grand piano was built in 1931 and was made by the famous baldwin piano company. Pianomart s extensive inventory includes literally hundreds of new and second hand pianos crafted by piano makers large and small from a b.
The standard width of a grand piano is also about 5. The length of a grand piano s strings and soundboard produces its rich sound and full bodied tone because frequencies resonate from a larger surface area. The length varies from 4 to 9. It is simply the perfect size for most bay area homes.
Baldwin built pianos under the howard brand name until the late 1960s. Grand piano widths range from 4 feet 5 inches for petit grand models to 10 feet for full sized grand pianos. Chase to zimmerman and everything in between. Regis sargent schroeder valley gem and winton all baldwin upright or vertical pianos does not include hamilton studios or baldwin grand pianos.
A baby grand piano is built to be shorter than 5 feet in length. View our selection of reconditioned used baby grand pianos ranging in length from 5 to 5 6 and in price from 3 500 to 16 500 by brands like steinway kawai yamaha and weber.