The sad part about this is that the smaller makers now produce much better product in the baby grand series than the big companies, simply because the smaller makers don't have the overhead the big boys have and therefore can afford to put more money into the piano. As a result the baby grand pianos from obscure makers are often a much better product compared to the baby grand pianos from, say, Yamaha. As long as the piano is nice shiny and black, people will buy them. Most baby grand pianos are therefore made in China and other countries where labour is cheap. The materials used by even the most well known makers is questionable at best, MDF board is used, lots of plywood and other inferiour products.Īction parts are made of plastic, even makers like Kawai and Mason & Hamlin are now doing it simply to reduce cost. Quality:Īs you can understand, for the prices that baby grand pianos are sold these days, makers of grand pianos are forced to cut back on materials, workmanship and quality control to bring cost down. The string length will determine the quality of tone, the longer the string, the better the overall sound. A reasonable sound in well constructed baby grand pianos starts at 5'5', that's where it starts to produce an acceptable tone and sound. As a matter of fact, a 52 inch upright made by a good maker will sound better than a 'baby grand'. furniture piece the piano has to 'look' good.ĭue to its restrictive size baby grand pianos do not have the desired string length to create a nice tone.space restrictions between 4'7' and 5'5'.Purpose:īaby grand pianos are desired by people that are mainly looking for three things The same is for the term 'upright grand piano', there is no such thing either. A piano is an upright piano or a grand piano, nothing else.

The term 'baby grand piano' is actually not a real term, however these days it seems to be the most used search term on the internet. There is really no such a thing as a baby grand piano, there are only small, medium and large grand pianos.

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