Kemble 114cm

[Iloveapiano]

Hello,

I am trying to identify the model of a 1992 Kemble which is 114cm tall with a Langer 100 action. Inside there is just the serial number, no model details. It has the large letter K in a circle on the frame. It's too large for an Oxford, and too small for the Traditional. It has the Yamaha style pedals.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Barrie Heaton]

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it may be the Buckingham Piano pre 2005
88 Note,
Height 114 (44 3/4")
Depth 54 (21 1/4")
Width 150 (59")
American Walnut Satin
Black Polyester
Black Polyester & Chrome (photo)
Natural Oak Satin

They also did. but that was after 2005

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Barrie

[Iloveapiano]

Thanks very much for the information.

Yes it could well be, although this one I have is actually deeper at 57.5cm but narrower at 147cm.

[chrisw]

Could it be an Oxford 15 ? My Kemble catalogue from about year 2000 doesn't include an Oxford 15, only the Cambridge 15 which is listed at height 115, depth 58, width 150cm. I wonder if the larger width was caused by a small design change due to move over to Yamaha parts (eg the frame) at the date of the catalogue.

[Iloveapiano]

Yes, it could be one of the larger Cambridge frames put into an older or modified Traditional style case.
My main reason for trying to find out, apart from curiosity, is I am advertising it, but not sure what to call it apart from just a Kemble upright.
Thanks

[Barrie Heaton]

~after 2005

Family range kemble

[Barrie Heaton]

pre 2005
The Family Series

The Buckingham
The Cambridge 10
The Classic T
The Empire
The Oxford II
The Prestige
The Traditional
The Windsor 118

[Iloveapiano]

Thanks Barrie, that's really useful to know!

[Barrie Heaton]

I do have the pre-2000 websites but they are on a 5.5 MS floppy disk i'll see if I can get a 5.5 reader that will work with a Mac. As it would be handy to archive them.

Barrie

[Barrie Heaton]

this was the K15 1998 website

[Barrie Heaton]

pianos on the 1998 wesite

[Iloveapiano]

Thanks for all that Barrie.

It seems that the 114cm is a bit of an anomaly. It's definitely not a Cambridge 15 with legs, the style of the cabinet is completely different. Also, the frame on mine does not go right to the edge at the bottom on the right side which the Cambridge does. The appearance seems to be most similar to the Yamaha P series of the time, so I wonder if Kemble had some older frames they tried to use up in a Yamaha P series cabinet.
Anyway, in the end I advertised it as a Kemble K114 and it sold within a couple of days.

[Barrie Heaton]

May I ask what you got for it?


Barrie