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Discover an incredible blend of rich tone and responsive touch admired by word-class pianists across the globe. The Shigeru Kawai SK-3 has been handcrafted and assembled by Kawai’s Master Piano Artisans using the finest materials and industry-leading techniques to deliver an exceptional playing experience.
Premium materials lie at the heart of the Shigeru Kawai SK-3 Grand Piano. The inner rim is a fusion of small-pore hardwoods for superior brightness and dense, large-bore hardwoods for warmth and fullness. The soundboard and underside beams are spruce, the hammer moldings are mahogany, and the bridge is maple. These patiently crafted musical instruments are an exciting joy for any professional pianist to play.
Length: 188cm
Available exclusively at Kawai Selection Centres.
The custom-tapered soundboard in a Shigeru piano is made exclusively from the finest spruce, aged by the traditional kigarashi process that uses only the forces of time and nature to allow the wood to attain a state of natural balance. It is this lengthy and painstaking process that gives Shigeru pianos their uniquely rich tonal quality.
Shiko Seion hammers, which take their name from the Japanese words for “ultimate voicing”, are the exclusive province of our Master Piano Artisans who oversee their formation from beginning to end. Every hammer is meticulously hand-pressed without the application of heat and carefully voiced without artificial hardeners to ensure outstanding dynamic response and expression.
HONOUR IS SACRED TO EVERY CULTURE, AND CERTAINLY TO THE JAPANESE. IT IS A NOBLE COVENANT THAT BINDS AN INDIVIDUAL’S “WORDS AND DEEDS” INEXTRICABLY WITH THE VALUE AND SUBSTANCE OF HIS NAME. THERE IS NO GREATER DEMONSTRATION OF HONOUR, NO GREATER COMMITMENT, THAN TO PLACE ONE’S NAME UPON THE WORK OF ONE’S HANDS.
From initial design, to the selection of the finest materials, to the handcrafted assembly by Master Piano Artisans, each Shigeru piano is a work of uncompromising craftsmanship, a symbol of unending devotion – a profound expression of pride and honour.
For Shigeru Kawai, there could be no other way.
Our acclaimed Millennium III Action uses state-of-the-art ABS Carbon components that are exceptionally light and rigid to provide faster repetition and more power with less effort. Microscopic surface textures on selected action parts provide superb response and control.
The exclusive Konsei Katagi rim uses a blend of distinctive hardwoods to achieve an ideal balance of tone. For the inner rim, small-pored hardwoods that provide superior brightness and projection are interlaminated with dense, large-pored hardwoods offering warmth and fullness. This synergy of structurally divergent hardwoods produces a powerful, well-rounded richness of tone that is the hallmark of the Shigeru SK-3.
THE PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE DWELLS DEEPLY WITHIN THE HEART OF EVERY SHIGERU CRAFTSMAN.
Like members of a great orchestra, each craftsman brings forth a seasoned wealth of skill and artistry that compels the whole to surpass the sum of its parts. Day by day, the craftsman strives to leave an indelible mark upon each creation – an inexpressible emblem of intense desire and duty.
The use of hardwood maple key buttons adds stiffness to the keysticks for improved energy transfer. The redesigned key buttons on the Shigeru Concert Series instruments have been doubled in length to provide exceptional energy transfer and optimum power.
THE LOVE OF MUSIC-MAKING RUNS DEEP IN THOSE WHO PURSUE THE ESTEEMED RANK OF MASTER PIANO ARTISAN.
For many, it is a visceral sense of calling, born from their own passionate journey in the art form, that inspires this unique quest for mastery. The road is long and arduous. One must prove himself worthy in the world’s most prestigious concert halls and international piano competitions – and few are chosen.
But, for those who attain it, the role of Master Piano Artisan provides the rare privilege of crafting the tools of endless possibility. Imbued with the artisan’s own musical sensibilities, each Shigeru piano is a distinctive work of unbounded potential – ready to discover its true and lasting voice at the touch of the artist’s hands.
My love of pianos lifts my spirits when I create them. To me, creating sounds is an expression of myself. This has led to my love of pianos, and to my heartfelt desire that the pianos I work on will perform successfully.
– Tatsuya Murakami (MPA)
Stretcher Over-Lap Integrated Design (SOLID) creates an exceptionally rigid foundation to support string tension. With SOLID construction, the pinblock is hand-fitted to the plate. The pinblock and over-lapping stretcher bar are then integrated into a single structure and solidly anchored to the rim. The resulting framework possesses outstanding strength and rigidity to ensure stable tuning and powerful tone.
In the Japanese language, the word temaki literally means “hand wound”. In the unhurried temaki process, the artisan patiently directs the winding of each individual bass string by hand for absolute precision and tension to ensure rich character and superb depth of tone.
Identical to those used on our renowned EX Concert Grand Piano, Shigeru Kawai Concert Agraffes are individually machined from billet brass rods to assure maximum precision and strength. The result is clear, powerful and impressive tone.
Spruce is known for its outstanding ability to conduct and conserve sound energy. However, it is generally considered too precious for use as a structural material. For the Shigeru pianos, all of the underside beams are made entirely of the highest quality spruce.
Whether it is select spruce for the soundboard, premium mahogany for the hammers, or choice maple for the bridge, the material chosen for every distinct part of a world-class piano must be perfect for the task. Shigeru craftsmen have spent decades refining this uncommon ability to discern between the satisfactory and the sublime. It is this venerable wisdom, this intuition, that one can hear and feel in every note of a Shigeru piano.
Meticulous attention to the needs of professional performers is evident in every feature of the Shigeru piano. One example, originally developed for our Shigeru Kawai SK-EX Concert Piano, is the unique dual-pivot damper design that allows smoother half-pedal control for delicate tonal expression.
Weight | 334 kg |
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Dimensions | 188 × 152 × 102 cm |
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