Oh, that's a wonderful image (and useful information, to boot) -- I have a little Starr toad crouching in my shop right now! Thanks so much for that explanation, John. How long/big is a "queue", if all these other pianos are named in reference to that? It has to do with the length of the "tail" of the piano, no? But how long is an entire tail? ag > > French influence, I guess. The French use the terms > > trois quarts de queue > demi-queue > quart de queue > > and > > crapaud for anything smaller, crapaud meaning toad -- a wonderfully apt > name. > > Broadwood, I think, was responsible for the English "Boudoir Grand", > which people here use to mean a piano of practically any length, just > as I often hear of "baby grands" that are over 6 ft. long! > > JD > > > >
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