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Shigeru Kawai SK2 Classic Salon Grand Piano Ebony Polish

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$61,299.00
SKU:
SK2LEP
UPC:
196852914395

Product Overview

The Shigeru Kawai SK2 Classic Salon Grand Grand Piano is a handcrafted masterpiece and the first model in Shigeru Kawai’s premium line of grand pianos. While it may be the smallest piano in the SK showroom, at almost six feet in length it rivals any premium piano of its class with piano with a superb richness of tone and timeless design.

As with any Shigeru Kawai piano, the SK-2 is handcrafted with exquisite premium components, hand-assembled by our Master Piano Artisans. The SK-2 benefits from a solid spruce soundboard, mahogany hammer moldings and a maple bridge. All of the SK-2’s massive underside beams are crafted using the finest spruce, despite most piano builders using lesser materials.

The highly acclaimed Shigeru Kawai SK-2 model is the choice of talented musicians, teachers and demanding pianists the world over. In addition, with sustainability at the core of every Shigeru Kawai piano, the SK-2 is handcrafted in the Ryuyo grand piano factory – the world’s first ISO14001 certified piano factory.

Specifications:
Length: 5’ 11” (180 cm)
Width: 5’ 1” (152 cm)
Weight: 714 lbs. (324 kg)
Finish: Ebony Polish or Sapele Mahogany Polish

Features: Kawai Millenium III ABS-Carbon action ~ “Shiko Seion” hammers from New Zealand and Australian wool ~ Tapered and tuned solid spruce soundboard ~ “Temaki” Kawai-made hand wound bass strings ~ Hand notched bridges ~ Hand planed ribs ~ Thinned hammer shanks ~ Rock maple and mahogany rim ~ Bird’s eye maple inside rim ~ Agraffe duplex scale ~ Aluminum action rail ~ Nickel plated tuning pins ~ Solid brass hardware ~ 10 year warranty

The Shigeru Kawai SK-2 comes with a 10-year transferrable warranty as standard.

 
 
 
 
PIANOS MADE TO

PERFECTION

Shigeru KAWAI Grand Pianos
Shigeru Kawai - making premium pianos since 1999

MAKING PREMIUM PIANOS SINCE 1999

CLASSIC SALON GRAND

SHIGERU KAWAI SK-2

It also boasts Shigeru Kawai’s unmatched components, including a custom-tapered soundboard, Shiko Seion hammers, Konsei Katagi rim, Stretcher Over-Lap Integrated Design, Shigeru’s acclaimed Millennium III Action and a dual-pivot damper design.

EXPLORE FEATURES

Millennium III Action

Shigeru Kawai SK-2 pianos have a beautiful, exquisite sound that comes from their handcrafted, custom solid spruce soundboard.

Shiko Seion Hammers

Shiko Seion hammers are created exclusively by our specialized Master Piano Artisans, who take pride in their creation.

Concert Agraffes

The SK-2’s Concert Agraffes are individually machined from billet brass rods to provide maximum precision and strength

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Shigeru Kawai Master Piano Artisan
Millennium III Action Shigeru Kawai SK-2
Solid Overlap Design
 
Shigeru Kawai SK-2 Kigarashi Soundboards

Kigarashi Soundboards

The SK-2’s hand-carved soundboard is made using only the highest quality spruce and aged in a traditional kigarashi process. This is an intensive and laborious process that uses only time and nature to bring the wood into a state of natural balance. The result, however, is an exceptional and distinctively deep tonal resonance.

 
 

Shiko Seion Hammers

Shiko Seion hammers derive their name from the Japanese words for “ultimate voicing”. They are created exclusively by our specialized Master Piano Artisans, who take pride in their creation. Without the use of heat or artificial hardeners, each hammer is hand-pressed and voiced, in a melodious, well-balanced tone.

Shigeru Kawai SK-2 Kigarashi Soundboards
Shigeru Kawai SK Konsei Katagi Rim

Konsei Katagi Rim

The Konsei Katagi rim is made from a unique combination of distinct hardwoods that provide an exceptional balance of tone. The inner rim uses small-pore hardwoods with excellent brightness and projection characteristics are blended together with dense, large pore woods for warmth and fullness. This combination of structurally different hardwoods has become the hallmark of Shigeru pianos and their wonderfully euphonious tonality.

 
 
 

Concert-Length Key Buttons

The key buttons on the Shigeru Concert Series are made of hardwood maple to increase stiffness and improve energy transmission. The oversized key buttons on the Shigeru Concert Series are designed to maximize power and energy transfer. Another critical feature of this model is the longer lever which allows better control and more even weighting of the keys.

Shigeru Kawai SK-2 Kigarashi Soundboards
Stretcher Over Lap Design Shigeru Kawai

Stretcher Over-Lap Design

Stretcher Over-Lap Integrated Design (SOLID) makes for an extremely solid foundation. In SOLID construction, our artisans hand-fit the pin block to the plate, which is integrated with an overlapping stretcher bar into a solid structure and fastened to the rim. This results in the Shigeru Kawai SK 2’s exceptional strength and rigidity that makes for stable tuning and excellent tone.

 
 

Extended Keysticks

Each keystick is extended to make playing easier and provide a more even touch from the front to the rear of the key. For Shigeru Kawai SK-2 Grand Piano keysticks are also built with a taller profile for greater strength, offering improved performance.

Shigeru Kawai SK-2 Extended Keysticks
 
Shigeru Kawai SK-EX Millennium III Action

Millennium III Action

Our industry-acclaimed Millennium III Action is renowned for its state-of-the-art ABS-Carbon components which generate quick repetition and high power with less effort. ABS-carbon parts and Kawai’s aluminium action rails are impervious to changes in temperature and humidity, resulting in a more stable, trouble-free action. Millennium III Action is considered one of the best piano actions available, exciting both piano technicians and pianists alike.

 
 
 

Concert Agraffes

The Shigeru Kawai SK-2’s Concert Agraffes are individually machined from billet brass rods to provide maximum precision identical to those employed on our famous EX Concert Grand Piano. This small but important detail provides precise positioning of the strings, resulting in a clear powerful tone.

Shigeru Kawai SK-2 Agraffe
Shigeru Kawai SK-2 Agraffe

Temaki Bass Strings

The name Temaki literally translates as “hand wound.” The Temaki technique is a laborious one, taking time to wind specific bass strings by hand. This meticulous process produces rich character and excellent depth of sound.

 
 
 
 

All-Spruce Beams

Spruce is considered to be exceptional for its ability to transmit and store sound energy. However, is typically thought of as being unsuitable for structural usage due to its high cost. On every new piano, all the back frame beams are constructed entirely of the best quality spruce.

All spruce beams Shigeru Kawai
 
 
 
 
 

Specifications

 

THE PREMIER PIANO OF JAPAN

Length:  5’ 11” (180 cm)

Width:  5’ 1” (152 cm)

Weight:  714 lbs. (324 kg)

Finish: Ebony Polish or Sapele Mahogany Polish

Size comparison

Shigeru Kawai Models Size Comparison

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Size Length 5’ 11” (180 cm)
Width 5’ 1” (152 cm)
Height 3’4″ (102 cm)
Weight 714 lbs. (324 kg)
Touch White key surfaces NEOTEX
Black key surfaces NEOTEX
Action Millennium III
Hammers All underfelted
Sound Soundboard Solid Spruce, Tapered
Agraffes 1-54 keys / Shigeru Kawai concert agraffes
Duplex scaling Front & Aliquot
Beams 3
Exterior design Pedals Damper, Sostenuto, Soft
Casters Double, Brass
Lid props 3
Softfall ✔
Music rack Position 5 positions
Hard Finish
Lock   ✔
Other features   Stretcher Over-Lap Integrated Design (SOLID)
  Longer Keys
  Steel-reinforced keyslip & keybed
  V-pro plate
  CORE system
  Vertically laminated treble bridge
  Longer period of natural drying process
  Select hand-wound bass strings
  Dual Pivot Damper Action
  Spruce beams
  Reinforced Hammer Shank
  Hand-craft Process
  Final voicing by MPA (Master Piano Artisan)
 
 
 
 
 
Adrean Farrugia uses Shigeru Kawai Piano

“I insist on a Shigeru Kawai for my recordings, my concerts and my home. It is the only piano I want to hear my music played on.”

Adrian Farrugia

Shigeru Kawai SK-2

 

Shigeru Kawai Artists

 
Unparalleled Legacy. Unsurpassed Craftsmanship. Unrivaled Advancement.

Shigeru Kawai STORY

Shigeru Kawai was born on July 28, 1922 in the Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan. He entered the piano business as a young man in 1946. Although he was a member of the Kawai family, Shigeru spent his early years learning the piano building process as a regular worker. He put in long hours laboring diligently in the manufacturing area, sometimes sleeping overnight in the factory as an expression of his dedication to the craft. He loved the work so much that, in later life, he would often remark, “Creating pianos was the greatest job I ever had!”

“Koichi taught Shigeru the “methods of origin” by which pianos are built entirely by hand. He would often say, “As long as you are building pianos, you should strive to build the finest ones in the world.” Shigeru listened attentively to Koichi’s every word.”

Koichi Kawai
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Warranty Information

The Shigeru Kawai SK-2 comes with a 10-year transferrable warranty as standard.

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