Kawai ES6 Reviews

“Out of the models I looked at (incl Roland and Casio at £1000) the touch most closely resembled that of a real piano”

I finally got round to buying my piano! The main reason it took me so long to get one was money issues – I was looking for a decent model in the price bracket of around £1000 and took me a while to save up.

I bought a Kawai ES6 from Biggars Music in Glasgow. I was looking for a stage piano that I could take to rehearsals/gigs so weight and size was a big factor. I shopped around Edinburgh/Glasgow and found a number of good digital pianos however I really liked the feel and touch of the Kawai ES6 and out of the models I looked at (incl Roland and Casio ~£1000) the touch most closely resembled that of a real piano, full 88-keys and good weighting. It also has sufficient midi inputs/outputs and USB connection that will come in handy when I get round to buying Cubase software and experimenting in digital music. For around £1,050, Biggars also threw in a detachable keyboard music stand, sustain pedal and music stand so I think I got a pretty good deal!

I’ve also bought a Roland KC-150 keyboard amp (£250), as although the speakers are pretty good, greater volume is needed for playing with a band. Since I bought the digital piano in June, I’ve joined a blues band and we’re playing covers including Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino and Ruth Brown, which have great piano parts!

Review by Jonathan Moore, Glasgow, Scotland

 

“The ES6 is fantastic- the action is one of the better that I tried”

I bought the Kawai ES6 after looking at the Yamaha P155 and the Roland FP7 and Casio Privia series.
The ES6 has all of the things I was looking for- portability, weighted keys, realistic piano sounds
and on board speakers. The ES6 is fantastic- the action is one of the better that I tried- it is
slightly heavier than the Yamaha and the Roland and has more of an acoustic piano feel.

The piano sounds are excellent and the mellowness of the Kawai I really like- although the tone can
be adjusted to make it more bright if desired and the keyboard action can be adjusted to have a
lighter touch.

The speaker arrangement of 6 across the board easily fills up the room I have it inAll in all the
Kawai ES6 is excellent digital piano and I an really happy with it.

Review by Robert Gramlich, USA

 

“The Kawai ES6 has a very small sound like playing the radio in a biscuit tin”

I tried the Kawai ES6 for over an hour in a shop selling exclusively Kawai Piano’s.
The salesman seemed to think Kawai was the best brand ever trouncing everyone
else. I must admit I was initially disappointed with the look as it was very cheap
looking. It had the look of GCSE electronics projects where you vacuum form a
plastic skin just to protect the electronics. But I was hopeful for the sound.

Here too I was disappointed, the speakers were poor and just didn’t make a nice
sound at all, very small sound like playing the radio in a biscuit tin. I wondered if
perhaps that was all small speakers were capable of. The action seemed rather
binary as did the level of sensitivity to my key presses, I could either hammer the
key down for loud or press lightly for a normal sound, but I don’t think you could
call it expressive.

The one thing I will say for the Kawai ES6 is it did sound similar to their upright
pianos, but I didn’t like them either. Overall rather disappointed with it and was
hoping there were better offerings.

Review by John Taylor

 

“I didn’t like the feel – It felt quite soft”

I was going to buy the Kawai ES6 but upon playing it, while it sounds nice (especially the piano and strings combo) I didn’t like the feel.
It felt quite “soft”, I’m not sure how else to describe it… there wasn’t effort required to press the keys down… a lack of inertia I guess.

Review by Steven Pillay, Ireland

 

“These are customer reviews from actual owners of this piano.
The most recent review is at the top of this page “, Graham Howard, Piano Advisor

Send me an email if you have any questions or need advice: grahamhoward@ukpianos.co.uk
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