Types and sizes of grand pianos grand pianos.
Baby grand piano size chart.
Upright pianos weight about 300 to 350 pounds as a comparative.
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.
Today 4 8 to 9 is the typical range.
Again when shopping for a piano check out the specifications of the piano you want to get exact dimensions.
Petite grand pianos are shorter than 4 11 sometimes called miniature baby grand pianos 4 11 to 5.
Many listeners notice the subtle difference between smaller pianos and larger pianos.
Using the guide to the left it is easy to determine the size of your grand piano.
On the other hand baldwin pianos manufactured 5 2 5 8 and 6 3.
The reasons for the preference which most people show for a grand to an upright piano are probably aesthetic and psychological.
There are a few pianos below 5 and these are called petite baby grands.
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.
These sizes are all different and each company has their own unique sizes and scale designs.
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.
However this becomes less of the case as the size of the piano decreases.
Modern grand piano sizes.
To classify them in the market we use general terms that can be applied to any brand.