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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

ADVANCED

This is by no means an exhaustive list; just a selection.

As an advanced pianist you will have a good idea what sort of tone and touch you want from a piano. You will have established certain tastes depending on the style of music that you play.

We hope that you will find it beneficial to visit us where we can help you by explaining how voicing (toning) of hammers is carried out to alter the tone and how, for example, the way a piano feels to play i.e. the touch, relates to the dynamic force required from the pianist’s fingers as opposed to the static force measured by a technician by simply placing a weight on the key to see if it drops. It is the inertia within a piano action that has to do with whether or not a piano feels ‘heavy’ to play.

We have shown below some pianos that would suit the advanced pianist. Price range £2,650 upwards

Kawai K2