Im a guitarist, that doesnt play piano, And i watch most of your videos. So articulate and informative without being verbose, that i truly belive a mechanic or concreter woukd enjoy your videos.
It‘s so cool you‘re testing from steinway d to those tiny little toy pianos. After watching so many of your interesting and helpful reviews I was able to find the perfect grand for me and bought a Kawai GX6 in a perfect condition. ... I love your videos and your very positive mind. Thank you an keep on! 👍
Sounds fantastic James, your studio is really coming along nicely. Always a joy to watch your videos, you really put your heart and soul into everything you do!!! Best wishes, Brad from Long Island
This guy tries to reduce the noise althoug he doesn't demonstrate the final result in the video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-22ExIuPJGcs.html
When I saw your white Kawai ES 520 piano I immediately looked on Amazon to find out Kawai pianos in general and saw that they also sell mini pianos. Then I came back to RU-vid and saw that you also had this video.
Food for thought. I'd love to see a review of high-end digital pianos, such as a comparison of the new Yamaha CLP785 and a Kawaii CA99. Although the Kawaii calls itself a hybrid, it seems a marketing label more than a technical distinction. Both are relatively close in price range and they both represent the flagship models of instruments which strive to emulate a real grand acoustic piano. Thanks.
Oh, that was what you talked about. I love these pianos. They are cute and sound nice. The upright was already nice to play but this grand sounds good. A little loud keyboard that’s for sure but who cares. It’s a toypiano with a great sound. Oh I like the room you are in. Studio B can be somewhat harder in sound but the toys sound good in it. Even your harpsichord will sound great in it. I didn’t hear you play it for a while. Maybe once play it together with the toypiano? Thank you for sharing and playing. Like it!
Very informative and helpful as always, thank you! I’m curious; in your video about the upright you miked it from the back and cut way down on the key noise, would the same thing be possible with the grand?
For this video I decided that I would use just one U87 from overhead to record all three. I could have worked with every instrument to try to get the very best sound, but this video was an overview rather than a in depth review of each piano.
Hello James, I am in Canada. Are these pianos still available for sale. Have you any idea how I can buy one? Many thanks. Saw Cateen play on his toy pianos.
Or review the Kawai MR380! Can probably find it on Kijiji, the only real thing you can find online is the user manual. It's very hard to come by it seems, and it's over 10 years old!
haha great fun and quite surprising that some serious music is coming out of these toy pianos - yet I prefer my "real" Kawai upright built around 1972 ^^ - gtx from the Lake of Constance
I can't find the black Grand toy piano that you say is the best. Can you help me find that one please? I want to get one for my baby grandson who is obsessed with musical instruments. I don't want his parents to buy something crappy that won't further his musical development. Can you help me find these kawaii pianos- I can not find the last one you recommend as the best one on any of the websites I looked at. Thanks so much!
Hi James! I was wondering if your test tune featured in so many of your reviews is available to buy in sheet music form. I love it, and I'd love to learn it. Have you made a tutorial video for it?
Fascinating instruments, but not actually pianos. At least, if one defines "piano" to mean "short for 'piano-forte' or 'soft-loud', meaning any musical instrument which makes sound by using felt hammers to strike tensioned strings with variable force so as to be able to play either piano or forte". Which raises the question: What are the smallest _actual_ pianos made? Certainly there are uprights and baby grands; but surely there are even smaller pianos out there somewhere? Any real pianos approaching the size of these toy ones? How small do real pianos get?
True, these are not pianos - I disclosed this in my original video about the Kawai upright haha. The smallest true piano would likely also be made by Kawai, oddly enough, in the 1940's I believe. These tiny upright pianos, made for children, had true wire strings, felt hammers, felt dampers, a wooden action, a rudimentary cast iron harp, and even a vintage-style music rest. Other similar models were made by other companies too.
I have been super busy as of late with school. I hope to work out a new solution soon. There are only so many hours in a day and I am having a tough time balancing both school and RU-vid and a moment to rest in the middle.
