Kawai KG-1E

[John Delacour]

At 12:21 pm -0500 18/1/07, Jon Page wrote:

>Anyone have an opinion or two on this model?

If I remember correctly this was the first of the redesigned KGs 
which, up to the KG*D had been rather lifeless and uninteresting. 
The E models followed shortly after the introduction of the GS-30 
etc., the new professional range.  The KG*E models are quite a 
different piano from their predecessors, having a better metal frame 
among other things.  I believe they also switched from the Herrburger 
1899 action to the Erard-Herz for this and subsequent models.  The 
KGs are not as good-toned as their contemporaries in the GS range, 
not to speak of the RX-A (which is tremendous) and the 
run-of-the-mill RX series that developed from it; but it was when 
they brought in the Es that I recommenced stocking the KGs alongside 
the GS, since the improvement was marked.

JD