Kawai K700 Acoustic Upright Piano

Highlights

✓ 130cm professional upright piano

✓ Millennium III Upright Action with ABS-Carbon components

✓ Extended key length for greater control

✓ NEOTEX key surfaces

✓ Solid spruce tapered soundboard

✓ Double-felted mahogany-core hammers

✓ Duplex scaling in the treble

✓ Grand-style music desk

✓ Steel-reinforced keyslip and keybed

✓ Soft-fall keyboard lid

✓ Double brass castors

✓ Three pedals

✓ Made in Japan

Why we recommend the K-700:

The K-700 is a particularly interesting piano because it begins to bridge the gap between a traditional upright and a grand piano.

The taller cabinet and large solid spruce soundboard give the K-700 considerable tonal depth and projection, but it’s the overall playing experience that really distinguishes it.

The grand-style music desk places the music at a more natural height and creates a playing position much closer to sitting at a grand piano.

Combine this with Kawai’s responsive Millennium III action, extended keys and excellent tonal control, and the K-700 becomes a serious instrument for an accomplished pianist who may simply not have room for a grand.

It’s a piano we’d particularly recommend playing alongside the K-400 and other professional uprights – the difference isn’t simply specification. It’s something you need to hear and feel.

Why Choose the Kawai K-700?

Millennium III Upright Action

At the heart of the K-700 is Kawai’s Millennium III Upright Action.

Selected action components are manufactured using ABS-Carbon, a strong and lightweight composite material that allows the action to respond quickly while retaining excellent strength and stability.

For the pianist, this translates into greater control, faster repetition and a responsive touch across everything from delicate passages to powerful playing.

Extended Key Length

The K-700 features extended-length keys designed to provide a more consistent response from the front to the back of the keyboard.

This can be particularly noticeable when playing more technically demanding repertoire, where greater leverage gives the pianist improved control with less effort.

A Richer, More Powerful Tone

The K-700 uses a tapered solid spruce soundboard – the heart of any acoustic piano.

At 130cm tall, with a maximum string length of 1230mm, the K-700 has the scale and acoustic capacity to produce impressive depth in the bass while retaining clarity and projection through the middle and treble registers.

Mahogany-Core Hammers

Kawai uses lightweight mahogany hammer mouldings with double-felted, underfelted hammers throughout its professional K Series.

Their combination of strength, light weight and responsiveness helps the K-700 produce a rich tonal palette while responding sensitively to changes in the pianist’s touch.

Grand-Style Music Desk

One of the K-700’s most distinctive features is its grand-piano-style music desk.

Rather than placing the music directly above the keyboard in the traditional upright position, the wider desk creates a more open appearance and playing position reminiscent of a grand piano.

It gives the K-700 a particularly elegant presence in the home while also making it feel like a more serious performance instrument.

Built for a Lifetime of Playing

A premium acoustic piano needs to do more than sound impressive when it’s new.

Kawai reinforces important areas of the K-700, including the keyslip and keybed, while the Millennium III action is designed to offer excellent stability and consistency over many years of playing.

This is an instrument designed not simply for the next few years, but potentially for generations.

Who Is The K-700 For?

✓ Advanced and accomplished pianists

✓ Serious students progressing through the higher grades

✓ Teachers and professional musicians

✓ Returning pianists looking for a high-quality acoustic instrument

✓ Players considering a grand piano but restricted by space

✓ Pianists who value tonal depth, projection and responsive touch

✓ Anyone looking for one of Kawai’s finest professional upright pianos