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Yamaha and Casio are easily amongst the most popular digital piano manufacturers on the planet, [...]
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The entry point into Roland’s 88-key digital home piano line for the last few years [...]
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Kawai’s Concert Artist Series (CA Series) of premium digital pianos have enjoyed a spot within the upper echelon of the digital piano market for a number of years now, across multiple product generations. Kawai does have one digital product line above the CA models – the NOVUS NV hybrid instruments – but the Kawai CA […]
Hybrid pianos are a relatively new addition to the market in recent years and are becoming increasingly popular among players due to their substantial musical potential. Yamaha and Kawai have been the two leaders in this field, which is probably largely owing to the fact that these two companies happen to be among the top […]
Portable, all-in-one 88-key digital pianos are very popular among beginner and intermediate players, but they’re also becoming increasingly popular among professionals who need a very authentic grand piano tone, solid touch and onboard speakers. As such, whether or not the end user is a professional or not, certain manufacturers have placed a real focus on […]
Kawai’s Concert Artist series (CA Series) of musical instruments have been among the best high-end home digital pianos for quite a few years now, and for a time even occupied the top spot in Kawai’s digital piano hierarchy. The release of the NOVUS NV series hybrid pianos a few years ago ultimately formed a new […]
Whenever a popular acoustic or digital piano model receives an update, one of the first things we like to do is a side-by-side comparison between the old and new versions. Knowing exactly what improvements a manufacturer has come up with is important to know for its own sake, but in many cases, shoppers will actually […]
Roland’s FP line has been multitiered for a number of years now, and its current incarnation consists of four different models at different prices and quality levels. Kawai’s ES line conversely has only consisted of two models, and while it could be argued that the Kawai ES110 (now being replaced by the ES120) could be […]
Kawai and Yamaha have been duking it out in the piano industry for decades at this point, with comparable products positioned against one another at just about every price point, acoustic and digital. Naturally, both manufacturers are big players in the entry-level 88-note full-size weighted key portable digital piano space, and the battle between Kawai’s […]
If you’ve ventured into the world of professional stage pianos, and are looking at the best the market has to offer, it’s pretty much guaranteed that during your piano research you’ve come across the Kawai MP11SE vs Roland RD-2000 comparison. These are two of the most highly respected stage pianos in the business, and very […]
Brands like Steinway and Bechstein are forever associated with the very origins of the piano industry, as well as the innovation of what really a lot of us think of as the modern piano. But few brands have had as large an impact on the modern piano industry as Kawai and Yamaha of Japan. In […]
Finally, an affordable digital grand piano from Kawai. If there was one glaring hole in Kawai’s otherwise strong digital piano lineup, it was without question a digital baby grand piano that didn’t totally break the bank like previous models like the CP1. And the fact is, there’s a real demand for products like this – […]