Kawai K-800 134cm Professional Upright Piano
Kawai K-800 134cm Professional Upright Piano
Kawai K-800 134cm Professional Upright Piano
Kawai K-800 134cm Professional Upright Piano
Kawai K-800 134cm Professional Upright Piano
Kawai K-800 134cm Professional Upright Piano

Kawai K-800 134cm Professional Upright Piano

$23,495.00
12 Year Warranty 3 Years Kawai SoundGuard Interest Free Finance Available
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The K-800 is where power meets poetry.

This is the pinnacle of upright piano design, an instrument that captures the imposing presence and resonance of a grand piano while maintaining the elegance and practicality of an upright. At 134 cm, the K-800 delivers commanding tonal depth, expansive dynamic range, and expressive nuance that allows your music to breathe. Whether you're performing a Brahms intermezzo, sight-reading a duet, or simply playing for pleasure, each note carries space, colour, and presence. For serious students on the path to excellence, professional musicians wanting concert-like performance without a grand piano's footprint, or educators needing unwavering reliability and tonal depth, the K-800 is crafted in Japan with agraffes, full duplex scaling, true sostenuto pedal, NEOTEX key surfaces, and meticulous attention to every detail. This is the piano that responds not just to your hands, but to your heart, the instrument that becomes your partner in performance, witnessing every moment of growth, every breakthrough, every quiet triumph. This isn't just the finest upright piano, it's where your artistry finds its truest voice.
  • 134 cm height with grand piano-like depth and projection
  • Made in Japan with precision craftsmanship
  • Flagship of the K Series upright line
  • Largest soundboard in the K Series upright range
  • True sostenuto pedal for advanced repertoire
  • Agraffes on lower 51 keys for string alignment and bass clarity
  • Full duplex scaling (upper and lower) for harmonic richness
  • Grand-style hard finish music rack (grand piano height)
  • Additional sound escape ports for enhanced projection
  • Exclusive NEOTEX key surfaces on naturals and sharps
  • Tapered solid spruce soundboard
  • Double-felted mahogany-core hammers with T-stapling
  • Millennium III Action with ABS-Carbon components
  • Extended key length for superior control
  • Die-cast aluminium action brackets (3) for stability
  • Steel-reinforced keyslip prevents warping
  • Laminated hardwood keybed with rear braces
  • Ultra-slow Soft-Fall fallboard
  • Double brass casters
  • Stately cabinet design with sleek lines and delicate accents
  • Available in Ebony Polish
  • 3 years Kawai SoundGuard servicing included
  • 153 cm width, 65 cm depth
  • Trusted by advanced students and professional musicians worldwide

Height: 134 cm

Width: 153 cm

Depth: 65 cm

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Premium Acoustic Piano Delivery - Due to the nature of acoustic piano delivery requirements, this piano cannot be purchased online. Delivery is charged according to distance and any extras such as stairs or tight access. Your piano will not be delivered in its box.

Prior to delivery, your piano will be brought to our showroom, unboxed and given a comprehensive pre-delivery setup and service. This includes tuning, regulation, voicing, and thorough quality checks to ensure your piano is performance-ready.

Once the pre-delivery setup is complete, our team of expert and insured piano carriers will contact you to make a time to deliver and install your piano to your home.
True Sostenuto Pedal

The K-800 features a true sostenuto pedal, usually reserved for grand pianos, allowing you to sustain selected notes while other notes remain unaffected. This opens the K-800 to the most advanced repertoire and expressive techniques, from Debussy's shimmering textures to complex contemporary voicing, expanding your artistic palette beyond what most uprights can achieve.

 Agraffes, Duplex Scaling, Grand Design

Agraffes on the lower 51 keys ensure precise string alignment and bass clarity. Full duplex scaling (upper and lower) adds sympathetic vibrations and harmonic richness throughout the entire range. Grand-style hard finish music rack positions sheet music at grand piano height. These advanced features combine to deliver grand piano-like performance in an upright form.

 Japanese Craftsmanship, Flagship Quality

Crafted in Kawai's Japanese factory as the flagship of the K Series upright line, the K-800 represents the pinnacle of nearly a century of piano-making expertise. Every component, from the tapered soundboard to the sostenuto mechanism, agraffes, and stately cabinet design, reflects uncompromising standards built to inspire for generations.
True Sostenuto Pedal
Agraffes, Duplex Scaling, Grand Design
Japanese Craftsmanship, Flagship Quality
KAWAI SOUNDGUARD

3 Years SoundGuard Included

To ensure your instrument remains in peak condition, your new Kawai Upright Piano includes Kawai SoundGuard, a premium 3 year servicing program tailored exclusively by Kawai.

Reasons to choose the Kawai K-800 134cm Professional Upright Piano

The Upright That Plays Like a Grand

The Upright That Plays Like a Grand

The K-800 stands at 134 cm with the largest soundboard in the K Series upright line, delivering tonal power, depth, and projection that rivals grand pianos. Agraffes across the lower 51 keys ensure perfect string alignment and bass clarity. Full duplex scaling adds sympathetic vibrations and harmonic richness throughout the entire range. Double-felted mahogany hammers deliver crisp articulation and refined sustain. The grand-style hard finish music rack positions sheet music at grand piano height, perfect for multi-page scores and performance settings. This is the upright that gives your music room to breathe, that responds with the depth and presence you'd expect from a much larger instrument.
Touch That Responds to Your Every Intention

Touch That Responds to Your Every Intention

The K-800 features Millennium III Action with ABS-Carbon Fibre components for immediate, articulate response that translates every musical intention with precision. Enhanced by exclusive NEOTEX key surfaces on both naturals and sharps, offering the smooth texture of natural ivory and ebony with a semi-porous surface that prevents slipping during the most demanding passages. The K-800 delivers touch that gives you complete control over the smallest phrasing details or the boldest grand dynamics. Extended key length provides effortless control.This is touch so responsive, so intuitive, that the piano becomes invisible, there's only you and the music.
True Sostenuto Pedal for Advanced Expression

True Sostenuto Pedal for Advanced Expression

The K-800 features a true sostenuto pedal, usually reserved for grand pianos, that allows you to sustain selected notes while other notes remain unaffected. This opens the K-800 to the most advanced repertoire, from Debussy's shimmering textures to the complex voicing demands of contemporary works. Combined with the expansive dynamic range, rich harmonic depth, and responsive touch, the sostenuto pedal expands your expressive palette, allowing you to explore musical colours and techniques that most upright pianos simply cannot achieve. This is the instrument that never limits your artistic vision.
Sound That Carries Space, Colour, and Presence

Sound That Carries Space, Colour, and Presence

At 134 cm with tapered solid spruce soundboard, agraffes, full duplex scaling, and premium mahogany hammers, the K-800 produces tone with extraordinary depth, clarity, and harmonic complexity. Each note carries a sense of space and presence, from the most delicate pianissimo where you can hear every subtle colour, to powerful fortissimo that fills the room with commanding resonance. Additional sound escape ports enhance projection. This is sound that makes every practice session feel like a performance, that rewards every hour of work, that turns technique into music and music into emotion. When your piano sounds this beautiful, you never want to stop playing.
Built to Endure Decades of Professional Demands

Built to Endure Decades of Professional Demands

The K-800 combines thoughtful design with structural resilience. Steel-reinforced keyslip prevents warping through changing seasons. Laminated hardwood keybed with rear braces ensures stable placement and prevents energy loss. Die-cast aluminium action brackets provide consistent accuracy year after year. Ultra-slow Soft-Fall fallboard protects the instrument. Double brass casters balance graceful ease with durability. Combined with precision Japanese craftsmanship and rigorous quality control, this is an instrument built to support advanced studies, professional teaching, performances, daily practice, and decades of musical growth.
The Partner That Witnesses Your Journey

The Partner That Witnesses Your Journey

The K-800 is for those who see their instrument not just as a tool, but as a partner in performance. It's the piano that's there when you finally master that passage you've worked on for weeks. It's the presence in your teaching studio that students remember years later, the instrument that showed them what's possible. It's the companion on quiet evenings when you play just for yourself, finding comfort and joy in familiar pieces. It's the witness to your growth, your breakthroughs, your artistic evolution. This is the pinnacle of upright piano design, the instrument that honours your dedication, supports your ambitions, and never asks you to compromise. This is where your artistry finds its truest, most powerful voice.

Music is at the heart of everything we do.

It brings stories to life, shaping moments with emotion.

It’s there when we celebrate, when we reflect, and when we connect.

At the centre of it all - sits the piano.

It’s not about perfection or mastery.

But a companion for creating memories and marking life’s most meaningful passages.

A voice when words fall short, a touchstone for joy, longing, and everything in between.

More than just an instrument, it’s a memory maker.

Through life’s highs and lows, it endures.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

The K-800 represents the pinnacle of upright piano design, combining every advanced feature Kawai offers. At 134 cm with the largest soundboard in the K Series line, it delivers grand piano-like depth and projection. It features a true sostenuto pedal (usually reserved for grands), agraffes on the lower 51 keys for bass clarity, full duplex scaling (upper and lower) for harmonic richness, NEOTEX key surfaces, Millennium III Action, grand-style hard finish music rack, and additional sound escape ports. Crafted in Japan with uncompromising quality control, the K-800 is designed for serious students, professional musicians, and educators who demand the absolute finest upright performance without compromise.

The sostenuto pedal (middle pedal) allows you to sustain selected notes while other notes remain unaffected, crucial for advanced repertoire where you need to hold bass notes or inner voices while continuing to play freely with both hands. This feature is standard on grand pianos but rare on uprights. The K-800's true sostenuto mechanism opens the instrument to the most demanding works in the piano literature, from Debussy and Ravel to contemporary compositions, allowing expressive techniques and voicing possibilities that most upright pianos simply cannot achieve. For serious musicians exploring advanced repertoire, this feature is transformative.

The K-800 delivers tonal depth, harmonic richness, dynamic range, and expressive capabilities that rival many grand pianos in the 5ft - 6ft range. The 134 cm height, agraffes, full duplex scaling, sostenuto pedal, and largest soundboard in the K Series create grand piano-like resonance, projection, and expressive nuance. However, grand pianos offer longer strings (particularly in the bass), horizontal soundboard orientation, and different action geometry that some players prefer for the most advanced professional work. For musicians who need grand piano-like performance but cannot accommodate a grand due to space, budget, or acoustic considerations, the K-800 is the ultimate solution, it's the upright that truly plays like a grand.

Absolutely. The K-800 is trusted by advanced students, professional musicians, and educators worldwide as the finest upright piano available. At 134 cm with sostenuto pedal, agraffes, full duplex scaling, NEOTEX keys, and Millennium III Action, it delivers the expressive range, tonal depth, and responsive touch needed for the most demanding repertoire, university-level studies, professional auditions, competitions, teaching, and performances. The grand-style music rack and additional sound escape ports make it ideal for professional teaching studios and smaller performance venues. This is the upright that allows you to explore the full expressive range of the piano literature without limitation.

Your K-800 won't arrive to your home in a box. First, it receives comprehensive pre-delivery preparation by our expert technicians before leaving our showroom. This includes tuning, regulation, voicing, and thorough quality checks to ensure your piano is performance-ready. Delivery is handled by specialist piano carriers who understand how to safely transport and position acoustic instruments. Your piano arrives ready to play, professionally set up, and backed by our commitment to excellence. This careful preparation and expert delivery ensure your K-800 sounds and feels its absolute best from the very first note.

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