August Förster 170

Length: 170cm

Made in Germany

Description

The Model 170 is the ‘studio’ sized grand for smaller homes or teaching spaces. It features the same precision and high quality parts as its larger siblings.

Soundboard / Rips

Tapered and contoured solid spruce soundboard made of selected mountain spruce, notched into the inner rim.

Frame

Beech laminated rim with beech spruce beams, tenon joined to the rim with beechwood dowels.

Bridges

bridges of hard rock maple

Plate

Pure iron ore, made in the traditional method of slow and sand casting.

Action

All “Renner” – action are made of European hornbeam.

Hammers

Premium “Renner” hammers, t-wired and individually voiced

Keys

Premium spruce keys, individually balanced and weighted.

Pin Block

19 ply: Cross grained laminated beech, brand “Delignit”

Tuning Pins

German “ Diamant” tuning pins

Strings

“Röslau” wire

Others

fallboard brake and black keys of ebony wood
legs with iron interlocks
full sostenuto
large solid brass castors

August Förster 170