middle pedal of Kawai KG-1D ps

[Barbara Richmond]

Oops, I see this piano was made in 1983.  I'm not sure how it would differ 
from the ones I serviced from 1984-1990, they may have been the KG-1E.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Richmond" <piano57 at insightbb.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: middle pedal of Kawai KG-1D


>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
>>
>>
>