middle pedal of Kawai KG-1D

[Barbara Richmond]

I worked for a Kawai dealer in the days of the KG and GS series.  I might be 
mistaken, but I think the KG-1 is 5'4".

If you're going to recommend a small grand, this is the one!  I've serviced 
a lot of these, they have a nice scale for a small piano.  With the right 
attention to voicing, regulation and <string seating>, they can sound quite 
lovely.

You might check the strings for corrosion (if the piano hasn't had good 
humidity control).  I use those stainless steel scrubbers (Chore Coy) that 
leave the strings nice and shiny.  I did this last week to take care of a 
GS-40 that had developed some damper zzzt.

Barbara Richmond, RPT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Mulik" <tubist at swbell.net>
To: "piano" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 1:18 PM
Subject: middle pedal of Kawai KG-1D


> Hello list,
>
> I got a call this morning from a lady who wants to sell her Kawai KG-1D 
> baby
> grand, serial #1430141.  As it happens, a friend from church is looking 
> for
> a used baby grand, so during my lunch break I went to take some pictures 
> of
> the piano, and while I was there I noticed that the middle pedal wasn't
> working.  Since I only had a couple of minutes, I didn't crawl underneath 
> to
> investigate.
>
> Does this model have a sostenuto pedal, or just a bass damper pedal?  Does
> anyone have any general comments about this model?  I'm a bit concerned 
> that
> it's so small (5 feet); normally I don't recommend such small grands.
>
> Thank you,
> Paul Mulik
> Joplin MO
>
>