Charles Walter 1520 Upright Description
Product Description
Charles Walter 1520 Upright
with the company beginning in 1975 with the introduction of a 43″ upright. The company prides itself on quality instruments, and produces mostly consoles and mid-sized grands that are handcrafted in the USA and inspected personally by a Walter family member. The piano company remains in the hands of the Walter family, and its factory is located in Indiana.
Piano Specifications:
- Number of keys 88
- Number of dampers 72
- Height floor to keybed, 23 3/4″
- Action full size studio (direct blow) – Renner or Walter
- Hammers 14#, reinforced, mothproofed, Australian felt
- Key 16 3/16″ long, 1″ tall plus keybutton; individually weighted
- Key material basswood
- Key covering material white-ivorine (acrylic resin) black – Phenolic resin; longer grand size
- Keybed thickness 1 5/8″ butcherblock construction
- Keybed material Poplar
- Plate grey iron casting finished in special bronze – O.S. Kelly – Ohio – Steinway owned
- Speaking length of longest string 48 1/2″ (overall length 57 1/8″)
- Soundboard close-grained Sitka or Bavarian Spruce (not laminated)
- Size of soundboard 37 3/16″ x 56 1/4,” 2090 square inches
- Pinblock 29 ply delignit
- Tuning pins 2/0 x 2 1/2,” nickel plated head, blued thread
- Pin torques 100 to 200 inch pounds
- Back posts 5 (2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″) Sitka Spruce
- Pedals 3(soft, base sustain, full sustain)
- Pedal material solid brass
- Casters steel
- Hardware solid brass
- Cabinet material Mostly 5 ply lumbercore throughout
- Mouldings solid walnut, solid cherry, solid oak, solid mahogany
- Lustrous cabinet finishes numerous coats of stain, wood filler and lacquer, painstakingly rubbed by hand, produce the deep luster of Walter cabinets… comparable to the finish of the finest furniture.
- Cabinet dimensions Height 43 3/8,” depth 25.” Add 3/4″ to depth and 1 1/4″ to width for French Provincial and Queen Anne.
THIS IS A ONE OWNER PIANO IN GREAT CONDITION
Piano Includes:
Local Delivery
Tuning
Warranty
Full Life-Time Trade In
Matching Bench
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