Upright Piano Grand Piano
    116 122 132 168 186 208 242 278
No. of back posts/rim beams 5 5 5 3 5 5 6 6
Beam thickness (cm) 10x5 10x5 10x7 11x7 11x7 11x7 12x7 12x7
Beech plies in arched rim       13 13 14 18 16
Mahhogani body plies       10 13 13 14 18
                 
Cast-iron frame DIN standard 1691 1691 1691 1691 1691 1691 1691 1691
Cast-iron frame weight 65,6 79,9 86,8 115 125,8 144,2 165,0 178,0
Spruce soundboard (m²) 1,29 1,38 1,43 1,19 1,32 1,54 1,79 2,1
                 
Beech wrest plank plies 23 23 20 20 20 20 20 20
Wrest plank-volume (cm³) 2710 15247 16948 5550 5550 5638 8320 8380
Number of tuning pins 218 220 220 231 225 227 238 241
Number of steel strings 171 171 171 183 186 186 198 207
Copper-wire wound strings 47 49 49 48 39 41 40 34
Number of octaves 71/3 71/3 71/3 71/3 71/3 71/3 71/3 71/3
Beech bridges (total) (cm) 167,2 170,8 172,8 206,1 207,3 222,1 261,8 291,5
Beech bridge with shelf      
Beech bridge without shelf          
                   
Type of action APK APK AP 175 175 175 240 278
        SMR* FHS FHS FHS FHS FHS
Lever ratio front/back key 1:0,55 1:0,52 1:0,61 1:0,49 1:0,49 1:0,49 1:0,49 1:0,49
touch weight (g) 49 52 53 52-47 52-47 52-47 52-47 52-47
uplift weight (g) 24 26 28 29 29 29 29 29
                 
Key dip (mm) 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Repetition strokes per min 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400
Key dip to height of rise 1:4,4 1:4,5 1:4,6 1:4,5 1:4,5 1:4,5 1:4,6 1:4,6
Hammer shank length (mm) 120 124 126 130 130 130 130 130
                 
Hammer head size No. 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Number of dampers 68 71 71 68 67 67 67 67
Damper area (cm²) 388 394 394 520 546 546 546 546
Longest bass string (cm) 118,7 125,5 128,1 128,2 140,5 159,0 180,0 209,8
Longest break string (cm) 90 100 102 113,6 124,5 135,5 163,8 189,8
                 
Amplivox scale, number of notes       29
g#³-c5
36
c#²-c5
36
c#²-c5
38
h²-c5
38
h²-c5
  Duplex scale
number of notes
      36
c#3-c5
44
f1-c5
44
f1-c5
49
c1-c5
51
b-c5
   
Membrator soundboard
3rd pedal as muffler **          
3rd pedal as sostenuto      
                 
Midi-compatible (DuoVox)    
Key frame
 steel • wood
/•
restistant to underfloor heating
                   
total weight (kg) 210 225 265 295 320 385 490 550

* Super Magnet Repetition
**not for Model 116 Primus

 

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