Shigeru Kawai SK6 at NAMM 2020 (featuring Bigfoot)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.พ. 2020
- It all started as an ordinary piano review. A Shigeru Kawai SK6, a very nice piano handcrafted in Japan. It played Debussy and Bach well, and everything was normal. It sounds rather thin on recording, and I think that has something to do with the NAMM environment. I don't remember it sounding quite that thin, although it was not as fat and warm as Shigeru Kawais of the past. Then I decided to play Beethoven, which summoned two strange beasts from the depths of Anaheim, who danced to the music and had a great time!
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Giant Ewoks. . . loved your professionalizm. Being able to keep playing without appearing to miss a beat with the distractions. Well done.
Dang, James, superb video. And BF’s conducting skills are pretty good, too!
I'm impressed at how well you kept your composure and played through that difficult third movement, with the Bigfoot entertainment going on. So dedicated to your music. You remind me of Schroeder of "Peanuts" fame.
I have a dog named Bigfoot. He is 12 years old. Claire de lune sounds fantastic my friend
I own a Shigeru Kawai SK6, and it’s incredible. The action is amazingly light and fluid, and extremely responsive. And I absolutely love the warm, singing tone. When I first got my piano, I had a couple of notes that had ringing in them - perhaps like that metallic sound you were referring to. After it got proper tech attention and over time, that changed. I love my piano. I have a large living room space with high ceilings and it’s a perfect match in terms of the sound projection. It’s nice to see you giving it attention. By the way, I have also played a 7’ Fazioli (the SK6 is 7’). The action was also excellent, but I prefer the tone of the SK6, which seems warmer to me. But we all have our own ears and experience. Again, thanks for bringing this piano to the attention of more people. I do have a very serious problem, however, and perhaps you have some thoughts. I am old, chronically ill and crippled, and a piano’s action determines whether or not I can even play it. For example, I can’t even easily play an SK5. I have played some Steinways, the SK6 on up and the Fazioli, and I am able to play. However, I have not been able to find digital keyboard that has an action that is light and responsive. I love the Dexibell keyboards, the Platinum pianos, for the sound, but I struggle with the action. Did you happen to try the new H10 piano? I have tried Nord, Roland and more and have not be able to have a satisfactory experience. I like being able to utilizing many kinds of sounds and do the 3-layer playing as well. For that reason and a few others, I would like to have a digital keyboard. I own the Dexibell P3, which I can take out and perform on, but the action is terrible for me, and I have tried several of their other ones. Any suggestions? How is the H10? Anything else come to mind that has a light, fluid responsive action and awesome sound? Perfect if portable, but okay if not. I don’t know if you will be responding, but I hope so.
I'm sorry to hear about your difficulties, but I'm glad you have such a wonderful instrument at home to play! As far as a digital piano with a light action is concerned, I have not played the H10, the Dexibell booth at NAMM was very busy and I had many things to do. The Nord Stage 3 has a very light action and lots of features, have you tried that? It's not my first recommendation for a digital piano but if you need a very light action, that definitely has one.
ThePianoforever
Thank you. No, I tried the Nord Piano 4, and it was very tough. Is this a weighted keyboard? I have found the semi-weighted keys even harder to play because it’s like you have to push the keys down in an unnatural way. Looking forward to your reply. There is no Nord Stage 3 around for me to test. Thank you so much.
ThePianoforever Actually I see the Stage 3 has three options - the 88-key fully weighted hammer action is just one. Then there’s the 76 key weighted one but not labeled as full weighted and then there is the waterfall semi-weighted. I wonder if the “weighted” one is like the Piano 4 that I had so much trouble with. It also has the Fatar. I tried the Dexibell S7Pro with the Fatar graded hammer action. Very hard. I have the P3 portable now, which is just weighted but not fully weighted, and it’s very problematic too. So I’d like to know which one you have in mind. By the way, you might want to try some Dexibells. The sound is awesome.
I can't recall laughing so hard watching a TH-cam video! Kudos to you for not falling off the bench...LOL
Very nice job on the demo! Who knew Bigfoot was a fan of Beethoven? Amazing what you can learn at NAMM.
The guy in the navy jacket is doing the most professional photobomb I've ever seen. Nice playing, as always.
please more Shigeru Kawai, i cannot get enough of the tone. thanks for the professional listening, god knows how i will go that deep.a
JPS, you know I love all of your videos but I had to start laughing when the dancing Yeti came into the video frame! Yeti aside, that piano sounded great and would be great for most people. 👍🎼🎶🎹
funniest NAMM show video I've seen. maybe funniest instrument review video I've seen.
Glad you enjoyed! :D
It was absolutely great listening to you play again. I agree the treble on my headphones throughout sounded a bit soft however at the very, very end when you were playing around with that outro, it sounded perfectly OK. I think maybe there is a Rob Zombie concert that day.
You are an absolute genius!
Very nice piano! I could close my eyes and see Glen Gould playing the Bach piece. Great playing, as usual.
I think he knows his music 😄. Fun little distraction.
James,
Living here in the upper Pacific Northwest, I'm very familiar with Bigfoot, he often drifts over from the Olympic Peninsula or down from upper Vancouver Island.
I didn't know he had a musical ear:)
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Most sightings I'm aware of seem to be concentrated in the Okanagan, S. central B.C. or Blue Mountains of SE Washington. Not sure about Sasquatch on N. Vancouver Island, but it does have a reputation for other hair-raising things.
tom alti
James
once again I enjoyed your tour and your playing and comments of the piano.
Then Bigfoot showed up. What a surprise.
Very good and excellent job.
My favourite TH-cam channel! So many amazing videos!
I like the new jacket bro!
Bravo! Excellent performance of all three pieces. Loved Beethoven's 3rd movement of moonlight sonata!
Yes, there are some weak sounds here and there as you pointed out. It's still a nice piano to have. Am not a fan of heavily weighted piano keyboard either as they easily tire the fingers.
That was AMAZING!!!! WOW!
I wasn't Yeti for that!..You done a great job keeping your composure!
Amazing performance! Keep it up.
What a friendly, likeable person.
The piano has beautiful sound!
Man great job with the Appassionata. Impressive!
LOL How you kept it together I don't know - great job!
Beautiful playing James, in spite of the 'Neanderthal' Conductor :-) I really love the sweet mid-range of the Kawai (both acoustic pianos and digital pianos )
Bravo! Nice playing!
what, MIJ and no transistors? sounds good on my headphones, impressive!
I know I am just hearing this on my cell phone but that's how I generally listen to all of your recordings and it appears that the Kawai piano sound quality is very good does not seem to have the same dynamic range and/or contrast as the other pianos that I've come to love. Such as the 90 eighties and nineties Steinway or the later model Borsendor.
Bosendorfers are wonderful, as are 90's Steinways. I like the Shigeru Kawais but they aren't quite as special as they were several years ago. They had a warm fuzzy sound unlike anything else on the market, now they strongly remind me of Yamaha. Still good, just not as unique as they once were.
What fun!! Had already given a "like" before Big Hands turned up.
Sounds so much like my GX-6, I feel like you're in my living room!
Great video I don't know which I like the most the piano or your playing they compliment each other.
Hey James, I put a bit reverb on it while playing the video ... and then the sound was very good ... in spite of the NAMM background noise.
Nice Performance btw. and Thanks for the video.
Another great performance 👏👏👏
Hi James, did you see any Seilers there? I recently had a chance to play a Seiler SE 208 German made piano and I was absolutely blown away. To my ears, it was better than a Shigeru, better than a Yamaha CX/SX, better than Steinway B, better than Schimmel, and many of the other top brands I've played. Of course it's subjective, but to my ears it wasn't even really close. Supreme piano.
I love your work, James 😁
Thank you kindly!
James, if I may use a similar analogy as yours the action on my 1993 Wurlitzer upright (built by Young Chang) is like a bland Sloppy Joe made with dry, crusty bread.
So amusing, I loved it hahaha
are other kawai videos coming from you and the NAMM show? Escpeically interested in NV5 vs CA99, totally different thing than the SK6, but it fits better my budget and room ;-)
I will have lot's of other videos coming from NAMM, but not the models you have asked for. I do plan on uploading some really cool Kawai videos in the near future.
ThePianoforever did you try the nv5 and ca99? Always a pleasure to hear/see your videos!
Great performance and dance.
Brawo!!! Not to mention the first hd foot age ;D
The famous composer Bigfoothoven stoppat to listen I see, to listen to music from the gambler composer Bet-hoven and the singing Dentist Chew-bacca.
Great sound!
Good piano, but from what I hear it is almost great. If you understands me. I miss the big sound that I expect by this kind of piano. Maybe it’s the environment, maybe it’s because of the lid is not total opened. I don’t know but still a good sound. Nice that Bigfoot! And you didn’t miss a note. That’s the real professional! Thank you for sharing.
do the casio gp510 and gp310
great vid
Thank you so much. I want to know Kawai CA99, 79. Bye.
Which Beethoven piece was that, i want some more.
Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement.
Yesssss
Bigfoot is apparently a musician as he clearly is familiar with the Beethoven!
This is the typical Kawai sound, I like it, if I had to buy an asian piano I'd definitely choose Kawai. It's a little thin but clear, it's the Kawai signature. It usually has a very smooth action. The action on a Shigeru series I expect it's the "Kawai Millennium III" made of composite.
The "metallic" note it's probably the string next to the harp frame.
I wouldn't use "thin" to describe the Kawai sound, but sometimes there can be a little weakness if it's voiced down. It depends on the preference of the technician who regulated it at the factory. Since pianos brighten up with use, they are often intentionally voiced down a little to begin with, and the technician decides to what degree.
Shigeru action is amazingly even and consistent and yes, it's Millennium III as in the GX series but has Shigeru-unique hammers and more extensive regulating work. Only specific parts are composite, such as whipple, jack, hammer anchors, etc., and the other parts are wood.
Bass crossover is between F#2 and G2, so the D2 and D#2 that James discussed are not next to a harp strut. I've noticed a few notes on my new GX-6 which can exhibit some harsh sound especially on repetition (G3, D4, D#4) and I will see if some voicing will address it.
I also wouldn't use thin to describe the tonality of the Kawai...unless you are listening to any 7' piano on the internet. In person the sounding board is about 70 times larger than the typical speaker. It's actually very full and warm with plenty of depth.
hi，what's the second song name?
Do alot of people look at the pianos at NAMM ?
Thousands. This was the afternoon of the last day and as always the slowest day of the show.
background noise isn't much on this video ... possibly because of using a good mic/recorder combo?
Nearfield mic
Beethoven liked that
Kawai has a superior action than Yamaha and most other brands.
I enjoy your reviews. Used to like Shigeru but not a fan of anything they've made lately.
You play every well! If you come to San Antonio I have Shigeru's and Yamahas and Steinways you can play in a quiet environment. HMU
What a surprise, Big Foot has Blue hands, now what freak of genetic misguidance allowed that to happen and indeed why ? they seemed of peaceful intent thank goodness, we could have had a dreadful incident as reported upon the news, as Big Foot throws pianist across room, wishing to play the piano for himself, Yipes you had a close call James.
They wore gloves not to get koronamm virus ;D
Wow,, just wow..... You have a gift from God..... Almighty God
Dunno about everyone else, but I found those guys really annoying.
Why?
must be the worst enviro possible. the Shigeru has a pleasant sound. but I prefer other brands. sound is all about personal preference and cash. :-)