thanks for the explanation, I appreciate it. And yes, it makes sense to me. So what you say is that even though it might look like a console because it's taller, it's still a spinet because it has a drop-action. Sorry the whole spinet-idea caused me for quite some time trouble as in Germany a Spinett is a small harpsichord and my parents used to have two of those. So when I searched Craigslist the first time for a piano for myself, I got pretty confused to find "spinet" listed under piano. Thanks again and good night, Anna Message: 1Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 23:11:51 -0500 > From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] pianotech Digest, Vol 16, Issue 52 > Message-ID: <511B4307-F192-4EEF-9EC9-14CFEC9A283D at tampabay.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Well, there's two ways to define piano types - layman's and technical. > Layman's definition is based on piano case height. Technical > definition is based on design. > > Layman's: Spinet - below about 38"; Console - 39" to maybe 43"; Studio > Upright - 44" to 47"; Full Size Upright 48" and taller (look in Larry > Fine's book for the best definition - I'm just pulling this out of > my...... whatever). > > From the technical perspective, if the bottom of the wippens is set > below the keys, it is a spinet. This piano is a spinet. > > Console has the miniature action parts, but wippen bottoms sit on the > capstan on the key. Studio upright has the full-size action with the > wippens sitting directly on the key capstans (with no extension). Full > size uprights have either capstan extensions or stickers to link the > capstans to the wippen bottom. > > Terry Farrell > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100204/2a35f595/attachment.htm>
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