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So I finally got my act together and traded up the Kawai K2 with a brand new Kawai K500. And it is indeed a great instrument. Just a quick question - the instrument was tuned before delivery and it sound more or less OK to me, though not perfect. When do you think would be the best time for a first ...

Vernon, I am in London. A store (outside London) has offered me a part exchange: K500 for 4.5k + the K2 (which is in quite good shape). It seems like a good deal but still quite a bit of money. I have tried to sell the K2 myself but no luck.

Has anyone played the newish Kawai K500? I need to upgrade our current piano (Kawai K2) and I generally like the Kawai sound/action. If you have played on of them, would you recommend? Are they a clear improvement on the K3/K5? I am planning to play around a bit at Jaques Samuel but I have not had t...

Thanks I will look at the Peters edition - I agree cost is a relative thing. I will also look at the Kalmus edition.

Hello everyone:

Does anybody know if there is a vaguely affordable edition of the complete Scarlatti sonatas?

I have the Schirmer Kirkpatrick 60 sonatas, as well as the Dover 4 volumes, but I still miss some.

Alternatively, are there other good selections recommended.

Thanks

Bart

OK that is all great info. Turns out our regular tuner knows how to install these Gabor systems, so that is probably what we do (personally, I just about manage to swap a light bulb, but that is about the extend of my DIY skills).

Thanks

Bart

Folks, As we are moving to a new house, I am going to need a piano with a silent option. I was hoping to do a part exchange of our K2 into a silent K3 or U1, but it seems in the current economic climate no vendors are really interested in part exchanges. So I am looking at converting our K2, adding ...

seniorminnion I went through the same decision process as yourself a few years ago and ended up buying a new K2. This is about 4 years ago. We have been very happy with it, I would say that we are between grades 2 and 6 in our house. It has a really nice sound and action (but not as good as the K5 a...

I know there are a fair amount of people from the trade here - please advise. I few years ago we bought a Kawai K2 and we have been very happy with it ever since. We are now considering to move to a place where noise could be an issue, so I am considering getting a silent piano. I think I'd go for a...

In the end, we went for the Yamaha Modus H01 which is an excellent instrument and everybody is very happy with is.

Actually I found it in Google Books - Great Keyboard Sonatas series III - should available second hand.

Hello,

Does anyone know about a commercially available edition of Scarlatti K404 (in A Major)? I have the Sixty Sonatas book, which is very nice but it does not include this one.

Bart

The looks are not that important, it needs to be a good piano, I think I will focus on the Yamaha's. Thanks for all the tips so far.

Lets say that it can cost a few grand, I am sure I would get away with 5K, probably a bit more. (One of our other offices has an accoustic Yamaha grand)

Folks, We need to get a new digital piano at work. The good thing is that we'd like to pay to get a very good instrument. The bad thing is that I need to handle this and I do not really know about digitals. So, collective wisdom, what would be the best models you can get if you want to have the best...

K2 is a nice piano, I bought one a few years ago, and very happy with it. My only regret is that I did not buy the K3.

I bought a K2 2 years ago, and it is a beautiful piano. K3 is quite a step up though.

This very nice piece is part of the ABRSM grade 3 syllabus (to be phased out this year). However, it is also part of Keyboard Anthology Third Series Book 1 - Grades 1 and 2 (also published by ABRSM) So ... either these grades are a bit fluid. Or "standards have slipped" ... Any other sugge...

Hello: Do we have people who play both piano and classical guitar? I have been playing piano for approx 3 year and loving it. Now also started learning classical guitar. Which is all good and well ... except for finger nails. In summary: Piano: keep your nails short (as I have been nail biting for m...

(second time I try posting a reply). Scott, You can negotiate quite a lot on new list prices. Kawai K2 is a very nice piano, the list price is approx 4K but you should be able to get it for 3K (outside London). One thing you will have to deal with, as a classical guitar player, is nails. I play pian...