How good is a Kawai

[tompilk]

The music teacher at my school says that the Kawai we have in the school hall is rubbish - but everyone here seems to think that they're great. Which one is it? I am pretty sure that the Kawai at school is a good example of a Kawai as well...
Info please...

[xvimbi]

Very likely, any piano put in a school or college will be badly banged up after a short time. Most schools don't have the resources to constantly fix what the students break. In general, Kawai makes some very good pianos (particularly their upscale line, Shigeru Kawai). Given a certain minimum level of quality, it's how one treats an instrument that defines how well it performs.

[m1469]

Given a certain minimum level of quality, it's how one treats an instrument that defines how well it performs.

Actually, even though I just posted about being ruined and haunted by a Bose, I would agree whole-heartedly with what xvimbi just said there.  Kawais, in my experience, can be decent.  But, I have found that almost any piano will respond at least somewhat pleasingly (capable of singing) to the proper treatment and approach. 

(Woah.. I just had an intense realization)


m1469

[arensky]

I've found that Kawais hold up very well under institutional or commercial conditions, whereas Steinways and Bosendorfers are generally in very bad condition, unless they are in the teacher's studios or under high level pianotech care, as they are very tempermental and like tempermenatal children demand attention. And with every manufacturer there are good instruments and bad ones... I personally enjoy seeing the Kawai name on a fallboard when I open it before a concert or gig, I usually find what I expect to once I start to play it. And the Shigeru Kawai I played at a piano convention a few years ago was one of the most beautiful instruments I have ever played, I could have taken it home, and I usually don't feel that way about pianos...

[classicarts]

Actually, even though I just posted about being ruined and haunted by a Bose, I would agree whole-heartedly with what xvimbi just said there.  Kawais, in my experience, can be decent.  But, I have found that almost any piano will respond at least somewhat pleasingly (capable of singing) to the proper treatment and approach. 

(Woah.. I just had an intense realization)


m1469

I agree with you, m1469.  I'm not that fond of Kawai's myself.  I've found their sounds to be indiscreet.

[xvimbi]

I agree with you, m1469.  I'm not that fond of Kawai's myself.  I've found their sounds to be indiscret.

I haven't heard this word used as an attribute for piano sounds. Sounds interesting. Can you elaborate?

[gfiore]

 The correct spelling of the word is indiscreet. Use spell check when you post.

[xvimbi]

The correct spelling of the word is indiscreet. Use spell check when you post.

I was not referring to the typo. I am interested in the meaning of the statement.

[lisztisforkids]

I dont like KAWAIS PERIOD.   They are fugly! And sound bad! ( at least to me)

[quantum]

They are quite durable under extreeme conditions.  Believe me, I used to have a Kawai upright which I "used" to it's phsical limits.   My mom likes to attach the letters ab, so it reads "abused"