Most parents perform a quick Google search and start hunting for a Yamaha U1 studio piano. The Yamaha U1 is designed for professional use. A beginner to intermediate student simply does not need a $12,000 pro-series studio model. Keep in mind, when you purchase a new or preowned piano from Dave’s Piano Showroom of …
For nearly 100 years Kawai, a family-owned and operated piano manufacturer, has produced some of the world’s finest pianos in Japan. For over 30 years Kawai has been the official builder for Steinway & Sons! Over 50 years ago Kawai pioneered the use of advanced materials; replacing the traditional wooden action with components twice as …
Since 1927 Kawai has been building some of the world’s finest pianos in Japan. Kawai and Yamaha pianos are equivalent and considered direct competitors. Unlike Yamaha, Kawai only builds pianos. Kawai does not build motorcycles, outboard motors, boats, band instruments, etc. This laser focus approach is likely the chief reason behind Steinway choosing Kawai to …
There were only a handful of American piano manufacturers, which were considered standouts. Steinway, Mason and Hamlin, Knabe, Chickering, Sohmer and Baldwin were the highest caliber pianos produced in the US in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is well known by piano aficionados, handmade Baldwin upright and grand pianos were on par with Steinway. …
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