Bohemia Empire 185

The Empire is the most attractive of the large grand pianos that Bohemia manufacture. The dimensions and specs are almost identical to the Janacek. The differences are mostly in the cabinet design. If you see the Empire at a glance you would perhaps mistake it for an old Bechstein. The legs are designed with this piano in mind and the music desk looks quite very pretty. Nice warm European sound, fantastic action and elegant looks.

Technical Details:

German 'Abel' hammers

'Rosslau' strings and German copper

German 'Delignit' pinblock

Laminated birch rim,

Sand casted iron plate

Nickel plated steel tuning pins

Czech selected spruce soundboard and ribs

vibrating are of soundboard: 13,558cm squared

Choice of Bohemia or Bohemia/Renner action

Touch weight: 50-54g

Beech bridge

duplex scale

Length of longest bass string: 1381cm

Back frame - 4 braces

Specifications:

3 pedals - shift, sostenuto, sustain

88 keys - Bohemia keyboard, individually balanced & lead weighted

Large brass castors.

Made in Czech Republic

Dimensions: Length (185cm/6'1")

Weight: 310kg

The history of Bohemia pianos began as early as in 1871 in the town of Jihlava when Josef Bìlohlávek, a skilled piano maker, opened his small workshop and gave work to several local craftsmen who were to become the first of many generations of piano builders.

The Bohemia piano is following up the pre-war tradition and thanks to the outstanding Czech engineer Miroslav Tauchman, succeeded in developing completely new construction models of pianos in extremely short time. With some 3,000 piano instruments produced annually, Bohemia Piano Company belongs to the largest European manufacturers.

During the recent years, Bohemia Piano Company gradually introduced 4 different models of grand pianos, starting at 158cm in the case of the smallest grand and including models 185 (Janacek), 210 and 272 (Dvorak) respectively, with the Dvorak grand piano intended for professionals performing in concert halls. The piano's quality is monitored on an ongoing basis and individual products are innovated in accordance with specific requirements of Bohemia's customers and new materials or procedures introduced to this otherwise predominantly conventional craft.

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