The Kawai K-500 is a fifty-one-inch professional upright piano that represents the top of Kawai's K Series, delivering concert-quality tone and touch in a vertical format that rivals many baby grand pianos in musical performance. The K-500 features Kawai's Millennium III Upright Action with ABS-Carbon composite components, offering the same advantages of speed, precision, and climate stability found in the company's grand piano actions. The taller cabinet allows for longer bass strings and a larger soundboard area, producing a depth and richness of tone unusual in upright instruments. The solid spruce soundboard is precisely crowned and tapered for optimal resonance, delivering warm bass, lyrical midrange, and clear, projecting treble across the full dynamic spectrum. Duplex scaling adds harmonic overtones that give the tone additional complexity and sparkle. The agraffes in the upper register ensure precise string positioning and consistent tonal quality. The polished ebony cabinet has an imposing presence with the soft-close fallboard protecting the keyboard. Build quality reflects Kawai's exacting standards at the Ryuyo factory. The K-500 is ideal for advanced students, professional teachers, and performing pianists who need a high-caliber acoustic piano but lack space for a grand. Its fifty-one-inch height requires adequate ceiling clearance and room volume to fully appreciate its sound.

Acoustic Pianos

A fifty-one-inch professional upright rivaling many baby grands in performance, with Millennium III action and duplex scaling that produces concert-quality tone in a vertical format.