A Petite Size | Resonate Tone
Measuring 5’0″ in length, the GM-11 offers the same attention to detail, innovation and premium quality that is found in Kawai’s larger pianos – in a petite size to fit any room. With its resonant tone and classic good looks, the GM-11 will be an impressive musical addition to your home or studio setting. [NOTE: The recently released GL-10 and GL-20 are the new grand piano models that are comparable with the GM-11.]
This Piano Features:
- Exclusive Ultra-Responsive™ Action
- Exclusive Carbon Jack
- “Soft Fall” Fallboard Closing System
- Brass Agraffes for more precise string alignment
- Premium Spruce Soundboard
- Full Sostenuto Pedal
- Underfelted Hammers
- Adjustable, Sliding Music Rack
Ultra-Responsive of a Kawai Action
Kawai’s “Ultra-Responsive™ Action” stands alone in providing the finest combination of strength, stability, precision and reliability. The hammer heads are underfelted and made with 100% premium wool felt. Hammer shanks are made with top-quality maple. To make the action resistant to climatic and seasonal changes in temperature and humidity, Kawai pioneered the use of aluminum action rails, aluminum hammer rest rails and precision parts made of extremely stable, low-friction ABS Styran.
The innovative use of ABS Styran in all our piano actions is one of the chief reasons why a Kawai piano will maintain stable touch and tone over time better than other pianos. Endorsed by leading piano technicians and proven superior in scientific tests, ABS Styran is supported by over forty years of proven reliability in Kawai pianos.
The Exclusive Carbon Jack is a pivotal link between the key and hammer is made of carbon and polyacetal rather than wood. Its superior composition and patented design make the Carbon Jack stronger, more consistent and more reliable than any traditional wooden jack.
Maximum Stability | Optimum Tone
Kawai actions feature exclusive machine thread action screws. These finely-threaded action screws fasten more securely to the action rail than traditional self-tapping sheet metal screws. Lock washers and pre-threaded action rails further ensure the stability of the action screws and hammer flanges. The entire surface of the action rail is finely serrated to hold hammer flanges securely in place for more accurate hammer alignment and superior tone. The malleable character of our exclusive “Insuliner” seats the hammer flange in place at the critical end point to further secure flange alignment and provide optimum tone.
The dual beam aluminum rail is the ‘spine’ of the piano’s action. Kawai engineers their action rails out of durable extruded aluminum with an exclusive ‘dualbeam’ design to ensure strength and stability. The permanently locked rails add an exceptional precision and dimensional consistency to the action brackets. This allows the action rail and wippen rail to be permanently locked into place, providing unparalleled long-term stability.
Kawai Quality – Space Saving Design
The small yet beautiful GM-11 Baby Grand Piano features many of Kawai’s innovations and quality components. Featuring an ultra-slow ‘soft fall’ fallboard to protect the piano and your fingers, a premium solid quarter-sawn spruce soundboard, adjustable music desk, anti-warp steel reinforced keyslip, a multi-laminated pinblock and much more, this piano is sure to be a centerpiece of your musical life. This piano comes with Kawai’s amazing factory warranty as well.
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