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Epping Road

Roydon

Essex

CM19 5DW

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Kawai’s Guide to Excellence

A grand piano is an investment of a lifetime. Chosen wisely, it can offer a lifetime of unmatched enjoyment in return. The selection of a grand piano can appear to be a daunting task at first, until one breaks it down into a step-by-step process.

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Kawai Grand Pianos

Kemble Pianos

Yamaha Upright Pianos

Yamaha Grand Pianos

Steinmayer Pianos

Kawai Digital Pianos

Stools

KAWAI K2 UPRIGHT PIANO

Features

Action - Millenium III

Keys - White:acrylic; black:phenol, non lead key weight adjustment

Fallboard - ‘soft fall’ fallboard

Tone spreader - no

Back posts - four

Sound Ribs - Ten

Aggraffes -no

Duplex Scale - no

Castor Type - single

Lock - no

Size in cm

(HxWxD) 114 x 148 x 57

Weight in kg - 200

Finish in - Ebony Polish, Mahogany Polish, Walnut Polish, Snow White Polish

K2. A superb 114 cm piano and the smallest Kawai with the new Millenium III action. Really smooth to play with a fabulous balanced tone throughout the entire register. We have sold a number of these Kawai K2 pianos which are proving to be a very popular model. Available in black, mahogany, walnut and snow white finishes.

Millennium III Action featuring ABS Carbon Action Parts
Most Kawai Grand Pianos now feature the Millennium III Action. This Action has been well accepted, as you can see from Kawai’s success in many of the International Piano Competitions throughout the world.

Kawai have developed the Millennium III action for Upright Pianos. The result is a strong, precise and powerful action for the new "K-Series" models.

The Millennium III Action features components made of ABS-Carbon, a new composite material created by the infusion of carbon into Kawai’s existing ABS Styran. ABS-Carbon is incredibly sturdy and rigid, which has allowed Kawai to make the action parts lighter without sacrificing strength. The lighter design makes the Millennium III Action tremendously fast and effortless for the player. The repetition and responsiveness are superb.

Every exacting detail of the Kawai action has been exhaustively analysed to meet the stringent demands of the skilled pianist. One prime example of this effort was the addition of a microscopic surface texture on the jack at the point where it meets the hammer. The result of this subtle but important change is a dramatic increase in control during pianissimo playing.

New Cabinet Design
To bring out more elegance to the pianos, a new design has been made. Notice the details of the pianos and realise the new wooden design elements. Wood is used to bring out the extra shine to the pianos. Also new shapes for the edges and many more construction details have been changed compared with the previous models.

- Longer Music Rack on all models
- New Soft Fall System
- New Brass Castors (all models). For K-3, 5, 6, 8 models, there are double casters.

"Soft Fall" Fallboard
"Soft Fall" Fallboard closing system that protects hands, fingers and the pianos finish from the harm that a jarring close may cause.