Upright pianos were called cabinet grand pianos in the early 1900's
88 keys on a standard piano, upright and grand.
No, nothing can compare to a grand piano.
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A piano has many different shapes but the main three are the upright, the grand and the baby grand piano.
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All upright type pianos are vertical pianos. All horizontal pianos are grands. The smallest vertical is called a spinet then, console, studio and upright. There is no such thing as an "upright grand." It is just a name placed onto a piano.
You can get a piano in three basic configurations: *Upright*Console*Grand
There are two main types of piano - upright, in which the strings are set vertically, and grand, in which the strings are set horizontally.
On a standard upright or grand piano, there are 88 keys.
An "upright grand" piano is simply a big old upright piano. The term was common in the early part of the twentieth century and was intended to infer a sense of higher quality than the rather ordinary term "upright piano" (and was often used by manufacturers of lower quality instruments). "Cabinet grand" was a similar term applied to upright pianos. I think the bass strings of an upright grand are longer than in plain upright.
Grand and baby grand- grand piano's are favoured by professional pianists because they think they give a better, purer tone, although a really high quality upright piano can sound almost as good. A 'baby grand' is just a half-size version of a full-sized grand.
The different types of keyboards used in a piano are the grand piano keyboard and the upright piano keyboard.