Specialist Guitar Physical Characteristics and Range

Details of the specialist guitars (dimensions in millimetres)

BassRequintoQuintSoprano
PitchOctave Below StandardPerfect 4th   Above StandardPerfect 5th Above StandardOctave Above Standard
Scale length750600540400
String Type/Make UsedHannabach 841MTHannabach Quart 837MTHannabach Quint 839MTHannabach Octave 8351MT
Strings Scale Length Range750 – 760540 – 600530 – 550380 – 440
Body length (B)540470420330
Total Length (F)1110950865695
Upper Bout Width (C)300265255220
Lower Bout Width (D420350325290
Body Depth (G) – Upper Bout110958075
Body Depth (H) – Lower Bout1101058682
Waist Width (C)250220205200
Fret Board Width56 at nut to 68 at sound hole52 at nut to 65 at sound hole51 at nut to 65 at sound hole52 at nut to 63 at sound hole
Sound Hole Diameter92858475
No. of Frets18 1/219 1/219 1/218 1/2
Wood UsedMahogany/Cedar Rosewood/EbonyB.E Maple/Spruce Rosewood/EbonyB.E Maple/Spruce Rosewood/EbonyB.E Maple/Spruce Rosewood/Ebony

The range of the guitars compared to a piano keyboard (Open 6th string to 12th fret on the 1st string)