Chances are, someone in your family has one in their family room right now, and it’s probably out of tune. There’s lots of them, I mean, lots and lots of them. We’ll get into that more later, however, they do look, sound and feel different than upright pianos. The real difference in these pianos compared to other kinds (other than how cool they look) is the type of action they have. But, basically, they’re every piano players’ dream. Sometimes, they’re set up with player systems – which can be pretty cool with all the modern technology. Black being the most popular, but natural wood is an option, as well as white… I actually saw Baldwin had a red-white & blue model at the NAMM show a couple years back. The sound will be different based on the size of the strings and the nature of the instrument. Grands can come from small to super large. Try not to let on that you used to call them “baby” grands. So, the next time you’re face to face with a piano salesman, show them you know what’s up by asking about that 5’3″ darling little grand in the corner. In countries where metric is king, they’re measured by centimeters. For example, this piano shown here is a 5’10” grand. In the piano biz, these types of pianos are only called grands, the difference is we measure how long they are from keys to end to describe them. This will hopefully help you to tell which is which, and how to handle some of the jargon before you go head to head with a salesman. In the industry, we have specific names for each kind. When buying a piano there are many different kinds to choose from.
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