Buying Grand Pianos | Professional Grand Piano Buying Tips
Grand pianos are complex percussion instruments that create sound through the striking of
tuned strings.
They contain over ten thousand working parts and two hundred strings.
Each one
of the piano...
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Buying Grand Pianos | Professional Grand Piano Buying Tips
Grand pianos are complex percussion instruments that create sound through the striking of
tuned strings.
They contain over ten thousand working parts and two hundred strings.
Each one
of the piano keys is connected to a lever, which is consequentially connected to a hammer.
Each
one of the hammers is positioned beneath a certain set of wire strings.
All wire strings are tuned
to a similar pitch.
Grand pianos have strings and frame that are horizontal; the strings extend away from the
keyboard.
These instruments are also available in various sizes: the concert grand measures
about seven to ten feet, the boudoir grand or parlor grand measures about six to seven feet, and
the baby grand measures about five feet.
Longer pianos with longer strings generally produce
larger, richer sound.
In the United States, grand pianos have three pedals: soft, sostenuto, and sustain.
These pedals
are positioned from left to right, respect
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