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Hello!

I just wanted to share a few (poor) photos of my new Kawai K-500.

I purchased it exactly one week ago as an upgrade from a Kawai CA-63 digital. The DP was much more practical for my current circumstance, but I was really pining for a nice acoustic piano, so I took the plunge.

It sounds great, but I am still a beginner, so it will be a few years until I can do it any justice.





By the way, why are there so few threads on the new K series? I think they're great, and I'd love to hear more from those who own or have played them.

Congratulations.

I recently got to play the k-xxx series pianos all the way up to the new k-800.. very refined uprights..

is that the Schirmer's First Lessons in Bach Book I? i used that book as a beginner (and still do) and it is excellent learning material.

Congratulations, Never played one, but its got to be very good indeed.

Thanks.

I played the K-300 through K-800 as well. All were nice, but the K-500 was just right for me. I also played the Yamaha YUS3 and YUS5. The YUS5 was very nice, but it was more piano than I needed and more money than I wanted to spend.

Yes, that's First Lessons in Bach. It's the complete volumes I and II, but I just started on the first minuet.

I also have "Easy Classics to Moderns" by Denes Agay which I hope to get into as soon as I resume lessons after some "me time" with piano music and playing.

Great piano

It will last forever enjoy it


Also - make sure you take advantage of Kawai's K series rebate program this month!

Yes yes.. I have that too.. I took a group piano class at a junior college a few years back and the professor wanted us to get that.. Also a great book . However the schirmers Bach was a suggestion from a private teacher so I decided to buy.

Oh yes.. To OP, if your in canada or US, hopefully you did (if you bought it in august that is)

Congrats on a good choice.
There has been some (not a lot) of discussion of the new K series pianos here. I think the reason you don't hear more about them is they're a pretty new series (released in January, I believe), and not all the Kawai dealers have them yet - they need to sell out of their older inventory first. Another reason you might not hear so much about them here-- the limited number of dealers on this forum tend not to spend their time endlessly "hyping" their brand.

Sort of the same is the Essential Keyboard Repertoire.
http://www.alfred.com/Products/Essential-Keyboard-Repertoire-Volume-1--00-501C.aspx
Same idea but bigger (100 pieces instead of 20-30).

Hi smrkdown,
Welcome to Piano World and congratulations on your beautiful, new Kawai K-500 piano!

I hope it will give you encouragement and motivation to pursue your piano studies. It does not matter if you are a complete beginner or an advanced student, a new quality, piano is the perfect incentive to keep practising.

Kind regards,

Robert.

Thanks all.

Yes, I'm definitely taking advantage of the August promotion.

I am in the beginning process of looking at pianos and have heard many good things about the Kawai K-500. My piano teacher recommends Kawai. Congrats and keep us updated on your progress. I, too, am a new adult beginner.

You'll not go far wrong with a good Kawai. Good product and a good company.

Well, I've got three of them (Kawai)... two uprights and a Howard/Kawai 550 (5'10") baby grand. Yes, they are good pianos in my view.

So as not to promote one brand over another, I also have a Yamaha and a Baldwin... great pianos also!

Looks like there are many fine piano makes out there... which makes the selection process all the more difficult.

Rick

Congrats. I believe* I've played the K-500 , but definitely have played the K2 - K8 and really liked from K5 and up - and have played several of the new K-xxx's. I thought the new K-xxx's had everything the previous K series had, but the action was more sensitive. I think they're fantastic pianos, apparently I like Kawai's. I've noticed with Kawai, size really makes a difference and I personally think around the K5/K-500 is when they start sounding really sweet - so great choice. The K6/K8 I played were great, but it starts to get into baby-grand piano prices so probably only makes sense for people with baby-grand piano budgets but a small living space.

Anyway - great choice, congrats!

I found this video demo interesting.......

Would love to try a K-500 myself !! Definitely a step up from the K5.

http://youtu.be/VkQ6nN2UYsA

Five pianos? I don't have that many rooms in my apartment.

Well, I suppose I am somewhat of a piano fanatic... but I can think of some worse things to be a fanatic about.

Rick

Yeah, you could be an accordion fanatic. :-)

Congrats, that's a beauty!