Le demi-queue Paulello

[Phillip Ford]

>Philip
>
>Demi-queue is the usual word for a piano about 2 meters long (that is, I
>think, 0.0012427 miles).
>Then, we say quart-queue for a piano about 1m80
>and crapaud for an even smaller grand.
>There is also the trois quart-queue, for anything between 2m20 and 2m60
>(approximately),
>and from 2m70, it is called a piano (or piano de concert).
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Stéphane Collin.

Yes, that does help, thanks.  So, that designation does make some 
sense.  It's roughly a 6 ft piano.  I had imagined from the photos 
that it was much larger.

Phil Ford