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SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor #2009006 01/04/13 04:24 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 72 L LFL OP Full Member
OP LFL Full Member L Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 72	Followup from the thread "used SK5 vs. restored Steinway". I decided to get a new SK-5 instead. Delivered yesterday, to the second floor of my home, using a crane.....video to follow later. This is a 2012 concert series: slightly longer keys, bird's eye maple interior rim, copper colored plate (really striking!), "traditional legs", double casters. As regards how it plays...great sustain. Can't comment on how it sounds yet, as it needs tuning. Action will get some getting used to. Some photos below. Lake view out the window...

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009008 01/04/13 04:27 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 947 Fort Frances, On Canada BeccaBb 500 Post Club Member
BeccaBb 500 Post Club Member Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 947 Fort Frances, On Canada	Very Beautiful! Congrats on your new beauty. (Your dogs don't look very impressed. LOL) Becca Began: 01-12-11 Roland RD300NX

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009009 01/04/13 04:28 PM
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 607 Los Angeles G Gatsbee13 500 Post Club Member
Gatsbee13 500 Post Club Member G Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 607 Los Angeles	Would love to own a shigeru one day. Are you still getting an MPA to tweak the piano since you bought it used?

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009010 01/04/13 04:29 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 13,956 Phoenix, Arizona Carey Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Carey Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: May 2005 Posts: 13,956 Phoenix, Arizona	Be still my heart !!!! Beautiful !! Mason and Hamlin BB - 91640 Kawai K-500 Upright Kawai CA-65 Digital Korg SP-100 Stage Piano YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/pianophilo

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor Gatsbee13 #2009011 01/04/13 04:31 PM
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OP LFL Full Member L Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 72	It's new! So, will await MPA visit sometime this year. Shigeru Kawai SK5L

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009016 01/04/13 04:36 PM
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 607 Los Angeles G Gatsbee13 500 Post Club Member
Gatsbee13 500 Post Club Member G Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 607 Los Angeles	Cool.. Guess it would be hard to find a used 2012 sk-5 .. The MPA visit will probably be an exciting thing to witness.

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009037 01/04/13 05:21 PM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,019 SoCal Plowboy 3000 Post Club Member
Plowboy 3000 Post Club Member Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,019 SoCal	What a beauty. Must be sorta loud with those floors? Gary

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009044 01/04/13 05:32 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,760 Nova Scotia, Canada A AJF 1000 Post Club Member
AJF 1000 Post Club Member A Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,760 Nova Scotia, Canada	Gorgeous! Is that the new model with the longer keys and burled inner rim? Looks like it. Congrats on an awesome piano. I've had mine for almost 4 years now and the sound continues to mature beautifully. Mine's only an SK2 and I couldn't be happier. Jazz/Improvising Pianist, Composer, University Prof. At home: C. Bechstein Concert 8, Roland RD88 At work: Kawai GX2, Dave Smith Prophet Rev2 16-voice

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor Plowboy #2009051 01/04/13 05:50 PM
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OP LFL Full Member L Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 72	Yes, a little loud, but open floorplan, so there is some dissemination. We have a rug to place underneath, but haven't tried with and without yet. Lots of things to tinker with... Shigeru Kawai SK5L

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009057 01/04/13 06:02 PM
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 327 So California B Briguy65 Full Member
Briguy65 Full Member B Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 327 So California	Congrats on getting such a gorgeous piano! I am so jealous! I am sure once you get it tuned in the near future you'll be loving it and your dogs will be wondering why you're not giving them as much attention any more, hehe.

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009115 01/04/13 08:30 PM
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 195 El Paso, TX A Anne'sson Full Member
Anne'sson Full Member A Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 195 El Paso, TX	That is a beautiful piano. If I were looking to buy a new grand piano, Shigeru would be on my "must try" list. Anne'sson El Paso, TX

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009159 01/04/13 10:55 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,925 Philadelphia area D Dave B 2000 Post Club Member
Dave B 2000 Post Club Member D Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,925 Philadelphia area	Excellent choice. Enjoy! "Imagine it in all its primatic colorings, its counterpart in our souls - our souls that are great pianos whose strings, of honey and of steel, the divisions of the rainbow set twanging, loosing on the air great novels of adventure!" - William Carlos Williams

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009162 01/04/13 10:58 PM
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Horowitzian 8000 Post Club Member Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 8,453	Nice! I really like the turtle behind the piano. Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear weapons.

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009166 01/04/13 11:08 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 350 TX R RickG1 Full Member
RickG1 Full Member R Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 350 TX	Great piano in a beautiful room!! Mason-Hamlin "A" and Schlicker 2 manual and pedal pipe organ

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009226 01/05/13 01:31 AM
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 78 San Francisco Bay Area A Amy B Full Member
Amy B Full Member A Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 78 San Francisco Bay Area	Congrats! I've had my SK6 for a little over two months. It's an amazing piano and I'm looking forward to the MPA visit where I've heard it will turn it from a caterpillar to a butterfly. Enjoy! Shigeru Kawai SK6 (as of 10/22/12!!) Ivers and Pond upright MTNA, CAPMT

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009272 01/05/13 04:12 AM
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 167 CA M monads Full Member
monads Full Member M Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 167 CA	Very nice! Wow...thanks for the photos. It put's things in perspective when I see these photos with relation to room size to accommodate such a piano. Even if I could afford such a piano, don't think it'll fit in my old home built in the 1930s The turtle hanging on the wall looks like something from Wyland Galleries My music_website at http://www.OdysseyofaG.com

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor monads #2009377 01/05/13 11:20 AM
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OP LFL Full Member L Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 72	Monads--very perceptive. You are correct about the Wyland. Shigeru Kawai SK5L

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009433 01/05/13 01:15 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,778 Auckland New Zealand R Robert 45 1000 Post Club Member
Robert 45 1000 Post Club Member R Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,778 Auckland New Zealand	Hello LFL, It is a beautiful alliance of art and piano in your room. Congratulations on acquiring a fabulous piano! Kind regards, Robert.

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2009652 01/05/13 08:25 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 824 New England, USA Amaruk 500 Post Club Member
Amaruk 500 Post Club Member Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 824 New England, USA	Congratulations to your new jewel! What a beauty it is. Smart choice indeed! My piano channel on YouTube: Link

Re: SK5 delivered; followup from old thread (http://www.pianowor LFL #2010036 01/06/13 03:09 PM
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wouter79 5000 Post Club Member W Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 5,870	Thanks for posting pics, looks nice! Looking forward for your follow-up on how it sounds (as compared to Steinway?) :p