middle pedal of Kawai KG-1D

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I agree with Barbara.  For the price, it's a nice little piano, with a decent bass for the size.  As far as I know, all Kawai grands, even the teenie-weenie ones, have full sostenuto.
 
Barbara, what do you clean the dampers with?  File?  Sandpaper paddles?  
 
Thanks,
 
Dave Stahl
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Richmond <piano57 at insightbb.com>
To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:28:22 -0600
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 
> 
>  
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