| Grand pianos come in many different sizes and baby | | | | as "grand", but the lengths actually vary from 150cm |
| grand pianos are the smallest of those. But there | | | | right up to 227cm. If you compare the lengths of the |
| appears to be no clear consensus on the difference in | | | | smallest of these, to the lengths of Yamaha's baby |
| dimensions between grand and baby grand varieties. | | | | grands, you'll find that at least three of the Kawai |
| At which point does a baby grand become a fully | | | | models could easily be classified as baby pianos. |
| fledged grand piano? It's important to establish what | | | | Kawai's GM-10K, GM-12, and GE-20 all have lengths of |
| the difference is, as this may affect how the piano is | | | | less than 160cm, whereas Yamaha's GC1 Baby Grand |
| priced, and possibly the quality of sound. Here we | | | | has a length of 161 cm. |
| investigate this issue by comparing the different | | | | Similarly, the Yamaha GC1 has the exact same |
| available sizes of pianos. | | | | dimensions as the Yamaha C1L Grand, except the |
| Generally, the bigger the piano, the better sound quality. | | | | latter is slightly heavier. Despite there being no |
| Longer strings mean a richer sound and greater | | | | difference in length, these two models are marketed |
| harmonic precision. If you're looking at pianos for sale | | | | differently. So based on the Yamaha catalogue, one |
| online, make sure you pay attention to the dimensions. | | | | might think that it is the weight, and not the length of a |
| Two so called "grand pianos" can have very different | | | | piano, that determines its classification. This is an |
| sizes and tonal qualities. For instance, if you were | | | | example of how two very similar instruments are put |
| browsing Kawai pianos online, you could easily get the | | | | into different categories, which is likely to affect the |
| impression that there is no such thing as a Kawai baby | | | | price. So make sure you pay attention to the |
| grand piano. All of their pianos appear to be marketed | | | | dimensions rather than just the name. |