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- Kawai grand pianos have evolved steadily over the decades from the Model 500/600 built in the 1960s and 1970s, to the KG Series in the 1980s and early 1990s that became popular among teachers and institutions.
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Kawai Older Series and Specifications. Before 1990 Kawai made three series of grand pianos: GE, KG and GS. The GE/GM was the least expensive series and was called the Musicians Series. The KG Series was by far the most popular.
Kawai grand pianos have evolved steadily over the decades from the Model 500/600 built in the 1960s and 1970s, to the KG Series in the 1980s and early 1990s that became popular among teachers and institutions.
Carrying out the wishes of late Koichi Kawai, in 1980, Shigeru completed the grand piano factory. On the side of the main entrance to the factory, there is a monument engraved with his words, “Here I establish the Ryuyo Factory, aiming to build the world’s finest pianos.”.
A Chart Showing Kawai Grand Piano Models Back Into the 1960s and How They Compare in Size to Current Kawai Grand Piano Models.
To trace the history of Kawai, one must look roughly 20 years into the past before Kawai’s 1927 founding, to a fateful day when a struggling Japanese organ builder, Torakusu Yamaha, met a very young Koichi Kawai – a child prodigy in engineering.
The first Kawai Grand Piano was produced in Hamamatsu, Japan. Koichi Kawai’s dream to build the world’s finest pianos had begun.
It was this unceasing desire to perfect the art of the piano that inspired Shigeru’s crowning achievement the Ryuyo Grand Piano Facility. Opening in 1980, the 300,000 square-foot plant was built at a cost of $50 million. The Kawai Ryuyo Grand Piano Facility embodies the perfect “marriage” of hand-craftsmanship and advanced technology. It ...
