Baby Grand Piano Size Chart

Modern grand piano sizes.

Baby grand piano size chart.

Petite grand pianos are shorter than 4 11 sometimes called miniature baby grand pianos 4 11 to 5. Using the guide to the left it is easy to determine the size of your grand piano. Types and sizes of grand pianos grand pianos. Tonal differences between grand piano sizes.

Weights differ slightly from model to model from brand to brand but on an average a baby grand piano weighs 500 pounds about 100 pounds less than a standard grand piano. Again when shopping for a piano check out the specifications of the piano you want to get exact dimensions. Upright pianos weight about 300 to 350 pounds as a comparative. To classify them in the market we use general terms that can be applied to any brand.

If your piano is more than 7 feet long inside industry circles your piano would be defined as a concert grand middle sized grand pianos take on different names like regular grand and classic grand under six feet and you have a baby grand. The reasons for the preference which most people show for a grand to an upright piano are probably aesthetic and psychological. From baby grand to concert grand pianos have been built in virtually every size over the past three hundred years ranging from around 4 1 2 to 10 long. The voices of the best baby grand pianos are nearly indistinguishable from those of larger grand pianos.

However this becomes less of the case as the size of the piano decreases. Today 4 8 to 9 is the typical range. On the other hand baldwin pianos manufactured 5 2 5 8 and 6 3. A grand looks better in a room and the pianist is more favorably impressed by the view when he sits down to play a grand compared with an upright which usually stands with its back to a wall.