Beale UP108M Acoustic Piano

(Product Code: 939773)

Description:

BEALE, AN AUSTRALIAN ICON SINCE 1893

A story of Australian commitment to industry, achievement and excellence which dates back to humble beginnings in the last part of the 19th century, the Beale story is an inspiration to all. Founded in 1893 by Octavius Charles Beale, the building that housed the factory at 47 Trafalgar Street, Annandale still stands today, testimony to the strength of the thriving Australian piano industry of the day.

Indeed Beale and Company rose to be the largest piano manufacturer in the British Empire, producing some 95,000 pianos from 1893 to 1975. The French music critic Oscar Comettant, visiting Australia in 1898 commented that "... there is probably no piano factory in the world so completely self-contained as the Beale Factory at Annandale, NSW.Certainly there is none in the British Empire that produces nearly so many parts used in piano making ..."

Beale set out to manufacture every element of his pianos. The range of trades he incorporated into the factory is astonishing: brass and iron foundries ­ 'incorporated into only one other piano factory in the world'; power houses; timber yards, stores, mills, joinery works, cabinet departments, veneer works; paint and pattern shops, machine and electroplating departments; keyboard action-making and fitting, tuning, intoning; drying kilns, dustproof polishing rooms and experimental laboratories.

Today, the tradition continues on the other side of the world at the Pearl River Piano factory, where Beale pianos are still manufactured utilizing this process of 'vertical integration' established by O.C. Beale more than a century ago. Commencing production in 1956 with six shops and a mere 100 employees, the Pearl River Piano Group now occupies a production facility of some 310,000 square metres and employs around 4000 highly skilled tradespeople.

Current production potential is a staggering 100,000 pianos annually, exported to every corner of the globe. Pearl River holds the elite ISO 9001:2000 Management System award.
State of the art production techniques ensure a purity of touch and tone, coupled with longevity previously unheard of in this price range. The Beale piano you purchase today is assured to be a family heirloom, cherished and handed down from one generation to the next.

Beale UP108M

Back Construction Hard heavy maple.
Frame Sand cast and fully machined with high gloss finish - full perimeter.
Pinblock Fine17 ply hard maple - designed for rigidity and superior handling power.st quality chromium plated
Tuning Pins Finest quality chromium plated, thread cut.
Action Full size / direct blow
Action Material Select domestic maple coupled with superior space aged parts.
Keys Exclusive Pearl River tri-lamited solid spruce.
Keybed Traditional frame construction of the finest pine.
Hammers 100% virgin wool 18lb outer felt and 12lb. Inner felt, T-wired and waterproof.
Strings Roslau treble wire (Germany), bass wire custom hand-wound in European tradition.
Soundboard Vertical grain select mountain grown spruce, surface veneered with select spruce to prevent cracking
Bridges Cross-laminated hard maple with cantilevered bass bridge.
Warranty 10 years, parts and labour.
Width 1456 mm
Height 1090 mm
Depth 550 mm
Weight 208 kg

Unit Of Measure: EA

Weight: 300