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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Barbara, what do you clean the dampers with? File? Sandpaper paddles? </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV> <BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Barbara Richmond <piano57@insightbb.com><BR>To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:28:22 -0600<BR>Subject: Re: middle pedal of Kawai KG-1D<BR><BR>
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<DIV class=AOLPlainTextBody id=AOLMsgPart_0_2a9bbe26-5c20-4bbd-89c7-abecf58e8adb>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". <BR> <BR>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. <BR> <BR>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. <BR> <BR>Barbara Richmond, RPT <BR> <BR>----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Mulik" <<A href="mailto:tubist%40swbell.net">tubist@swbell.net</A>> <BR>To: "piano" <<A href="mailto:pianotech%40ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> <BR>Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 1:18 PM <BR>Subject: middle pedal of Kawai KG-1D <BR> <BR>> Hello list, <BR>> <BR>> I got a call this morning from a lady who wants to sell her Kawai KG-1D > baby <BR>> grand, serial #1430141. As it happens, a friend from church is looking > for <BR>> a used baby grand, so during my lunch break I went to take some pictures > of <BR>> the piano, and while I was there I noticed that the middle pedal wasn't <BR>> working. Since I only had a couple of minutes, I didn't crawl underneath > to <BR>> investigate. <BR>> <BR>> Does this model have a sostenuto pedal, or just a bass damper pedal? Does <BR>> anyone have any general comments about this model? I'm a bit concerned > that <BR>> it's so small (5 feet); normally I don't recommend such small grands. <BR>> <BR>> Thank you, <BR>> Paul Mulik <BR>> Joplin MO <BR>> <BR>> <BR></DIV>
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