Spinet/Console

[JWyatt1492 at aol.com]

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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