Kawai K-800 | Best Upright Piano Available? Demo and Overview

The Kawai K-800 is one of the few “true” upright grands made today. Built in Japan entirely by Kawai, the K800 has full sostenuto, premium hand-selected spruce soundboards, premium double-felted mahogany hammers, oversized music desk, and grand-like key sticks for a super high level of accuracy and speed. With an enormous and expansive soundboard and string length longer than some baby grands, the incredible 53" Kawai K-800 Upright Piano. This is the largest in Kawai’s K professional series including the latest Millennium II action with carbon fiber components. It’s hard to find large uprights like this and we are happy to show you this awesome sounding instrument that is in a league of its own in today’s piano landscape. #Kawai #K800 #UprightGrand #UprightPiano #StudioPiano #GrandPiano
Kawai K800 Upright Piano
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08:24 K-800 DEMO
13:34 After Demo Discussion
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[@nolongerinuse488]

Kawai really has been killing it!!

[@ironmatic1]

Absolutely beautiful rendition of Ashokan Farewell, sir. edit: Thanks Ted for playing this in person just for me when I visited the shop!

[@user-sb7ns9ol7j]

Incredible sound,for an upright piano, with very special features for an upright. I haven't seen one of them, thanks for the review. Regards from Australia

[@georgeservian9383]

Ok, need one of these too.

[@tellmethetruth7950]

I completely relate to the lady who needed to give up her grand piano and find a replacement. I had to let go of my very old and tall Heintzman that I dragged around with me for 40+ years because it just couldn't tune anymore. It was a very sad day. I kept the top/lid as a memento but would love to have been able to replace it. I had Kawai keyboards so wasn't left with nothing, I could still play and continue teaching with but I'd love to get another acoustic. I watched a video of a guy who recorded himself playing a Kaway UST7 and fell in love with it, found one on marketplace, a 1 1/2 hr drive away but the guy is not responding to my inquiry. Found another Kawai but don't now the model, a 2 hr drive away and again no response to my inquiry. I've gone to play Baldwin Hamilton piano but it just doesn't have the same sound. So far I have not found a replacement, perhaps if I could play the K UST7, or if I could find a K-800 I would likely take it. And yes it would make me cry too, a very happy cry.

[@metalscholarsreact666]

I feel you. I am the proud owner of an old Heintzmann cabinet grand, but can't get it transported to my current home. Nothing compares, but this one seems to have quite a lot of the same features. If only it were more affordable

[@dhumphrey]

I was seriously considering a used Bechstein C8 (35 years old), but then I discovered the K-800 for about the same price. Have played both and am still undecided.

[@zhaarm]

Is this similar to kawai k80 upright ? I am planning to get one which is being sold in marketplace however I couldn’t find info online.

[@salembuckeye9030]

We own a K 800 and the sound is so fantastic. The only difference is that it is ported. Never seen another. It's probably 20 years old and we bought it used about 15 years ago.

[@gustavopaulette3496]

You’re a clown 🤡

[@c2r4a1]

When fitted with ATX4, will the sostenuto pedal still work?

[@michelprimeau4531]

Happy Piano Day guys!

[@geraldfriesen5600]

Great sound, although it seems to have a brighter edge to the treble than I would expect from a newer Kawai. Maybe it was the way the sound from the duplex scaling was coming through my headphones.

[@sparkelius]

Its not bright. the sound on this video seems to be processed or recorded through a mic with a brighter EQ. I own one and can say the sound it much more mellower.

[@wjjohns04able]

Demo starts at 8:25. :)

[@stevencalway3281]

I wish other companies would start making carbon fiber actions. I would really like to have a piano with the millennium III action but I much prefer more of a european sound

[@gustavopaulette3496]

You’re a racist clown 🤡

[@parkthoven]

How bout comparison with Yamaha YUS 5~

[@alpyoruk]

Wonderfull review and it helped me a lot in identifying its unique selling points. I am stucked in between GL10 and K800 as they are very close in terms of pricing. I love the grand piano style but somehow I feel, thanks to your in depth video reviews, K800 is a much better product. Is that so? What do you think? If we leave the style factor out of the equation what would be your pick? Thanks in advance.. :)

[@seth094978]

I haven't played either, but purely on the basis of size this should be compared with the GL30 or GL40.

[@alpyoruk]

@@seth094978 thanks for the feedback 🙏

[@nstarbaby]

Will it be possibly too loud for a small room?

[@salembuckeye9030]

We just moved ours to our daughter's small condo and it sounds wonderful. Our home had a vaulted ceiling which worked very well.

[@huangeric427]

How does K800 compare to GX3 in sounds?

[@zaheedhasib]

Take it with a pinch of salt as I am a beginner. K800 to me sounded like Shigeru Kawai SK-2. I played for a long time before deciding. This is way better sounding that GL-20 and miles ahead of K300/500. The only three piano I liked equal to this at filled-to-the-brim Merriam Music outlet, was two Bechstein Grands and the SK-2. Needless the say the pricing and the form difference.

[@zaheedhasib]

Is it really the "best large acoustic upright"?

[@michelprimeau4531]

I have 6 backpost and my piano is 40in.

[@JamesCorbettMusic5000]

I’m doing some serious man maths trying to work out how I can afford this

[@JamesCorbettMusic5000]

Preordered!

[@gustavopaulette3496]

@@JamesCorbettMusic5000 very nice! Congrats 🎊 💪 🎈 I was about to buy a brand new K500 for 9 grand but they are willing to sell me a brand new K800 for $12,500! Which would you get? How much did you pay for yours?

[@JamesCorbettMusic5000]

@@gustavopaulette3496 I’m paying £9999 for my k900, still waiting on delivery though from Kawai. 17+ weeks so far.. driving me nuts!

[@zaheedhasib]

@@gustavopaulette3496 USD 12,500 is a steal for K800. We in Canada are paying over $20K.

[@michaelbrown192]

There is something wrong, why does it sound so digital? It sounds very unnaturally, is there something wrong with the mic? Sounds like a pop piano mode on a digital instrument, very weird. Comparing to kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYTQi2V6aM9laMU which is also a K800 it sounds awful.

[@eikarumba429]

Sounded slightly out of tune to me - maybe it’s just the recording

[@Steve-wf3vv]

It was out of tune in some of the mid registers. I have no idea why piano retailers demos out of tune instruments.

[@thomasg321]

@@Steve-wf3vv Agree. Sounds like crap to me

[@CHEVILLY100]

A KAWAI piano? No, thanks. The best upright piano available today is the STEINGRÆBER & SÖHNE 130T, manufactured in Bayreuth. Greetings from Orléans, France.

[@gustavopaulette3496]

You’re a racist

[@thomasg321]

agree but the Steingraeber is about 4x the price. In order to get a vertical piano that sounds good to me I think they start at about $50k.

[@realityboost4405]

Sounds horribly (almost) honky-tonk!…What's going on?

[@DrAlexg123]

Just played one in person (and bought one) and this doesnt quite sound the same

[@lawrencetorrance7051]

Yeah. Somehow it does not sound great.

[@Steve-wf3vv]

It’s out of tune

[@TheSpeedyprince]

This kind of honky tonk sound … not much talked about on social media platforms… can anybody confirm whether this is common for uprights???