| Soundboard |
Tapered and contoured solid spruce soundboard made of select white spruce from Eastern Canada. |
| Frame |
Maple and oak rim with spruce beams, tenon joined to the rim with hardwood dowels. |
| Bridges |
Hand notched, pre-crowned, vertically-laminated with maple caps. |
| Ribs |
Full length, pre-crowned solid spruce ribs, notched into the inner rim. |
| Plate |
Pure iron ore made in the traditional method of slow sand casting, with 170th Anniversary medallion. |
| Scale |
Original low-tension Baltimore scale design with added duplex. |
| Action |
Premium action made of European hornbeam. |
| Keys |
Premium spruce keys, individually balanced and weighted. |
| Hammers |
Premium German hammers, t-wired and individually voiced. |
| Strings |
Roslau music wire made in Germany. |
| Pin Block |
16 ply, cross grained laminated hard rock maple. |
| Tuning Pins |
German tuning pins made of rod steel. |
| Others |
Slow close fallboard. Hand rubbed lacquer finish. Maple legs with iron interlocks. Forged brass pedals. Full sostenuto. Solid brass hardware. Large solid brass castors. |