Considering a taller, new professional upright piano and automatically assuming that the best value mid-range options are the Yamaha U3 and Kawai K-500? Not so fast. As a follow-up to our look at the Eduard Seiler ED-126, which is a direct competitor to the U1 and K-300, today we’re going to be exploring the next […]
With digital pianos being more popular than ever, marketing literature in recent years has really focused on the increased flexibility being able to plug a set of headphones into your piano provides. Many folks purchasing a digital piano for the first time are also buying a set of headphones if they don’t already have one, […]
Few digital pianos manufacturers offer as diverse and as innovative an assortment of digital piano tone engines as Roland. This isn’t too shocking given Roland’s 50-year history of building cutting-edge electronic musical instruments, but it’s nonetheless still impressive to see the quality and standard they’ve been able to maintain for such a long time. Today, […]
When it comes to digital piano keyboard actions, Kawai has consistently been viewed as one of the leaders of the pack, with some of the best actions available in almost every price point and class. We’ve been getting a lot of requests lately to do a deep dive on the entire Kawai digital piano action […]
If you’d like some insight and clarity with regard to the Kawai keyboard actions available in their home and hybrid digital pianos, you’ve come to the right place. This is the second entry in a 2-part series covering Kawai digital piano actions. To read the first entry where we looked at all of Kawai’s actions […]
If you live in North America and you’re looking into a new, good-quality upright piano for the home, it’s virtually guaranteed that the first two brands and models you’ll come across are the Yamaha U1 and Kawai K-300. And for many people, they look no further since these two pianos check enough boxes to make […]
All-in-one portable 88-note digital pianos were once considered a fairly niche instrument, with more traditional stage pianos being far more popular. In the last few years, however, sales volume of portable all-in-one units have skyrocketed, with Roland, Yamaha and Kawai leading the pack. Roland’s flagship model in this category was the FP-90 for the past […]
Emergency press conference! We’re excited to pass along that Kawai has just announced that the Concert Artist CA79 and CA99 are being replaced by two brand new models; the Kawai CA701 & CA901. We just got the press kit information on these new Kawai pianos, and we’re pretty impressed by what we’re seeing on the […]
If you spend any amount of time exploring the digital piano space, you’ll inevitably come across the terms ‘sampling’ and ‘modeling’ fairly often, whether reading down specs sheets or checking out full-length model reviews. If you aren’t a professional gigging pianist or haven’t been an observer in this space for at least a moderate amount […]
The home digital piano class is the widest in the digital piano arena in terms of the sheer breadth of options available. From starter models available for under $1,500 to high-end units with stunning furniture for closer to $10,000, and finally, full hybrid instruments available for at or above $20,000 and everything in between. Today […]