What is the history of the Shigeru Kawai piano?
The SHIGERU piano is the living legacy of our company s chairman, Mr. Shigeru Kawai. It has long been his dream to create a piano that would transcend any instrument ever built in Japan (and perhaps the world). The SHIGERU piano is the fulfillment of that dream. What is so very special about the Shigeru Kawai piano? The SHIGERU piano is handcrafted by a unique breed of craftsman. We call them our Master Piano Artisans (or MPAs). There are only twenty of them. Each one oversees the creation and completion of a given instrument before placing their name on a personal biography that follows the piano wherever it goes. Can you summarize the process by which each piano is made? First, the piano is designed with the use of CAD engineering and tonal analysis in our unique anechoic (echoless) chamber. Then, the world s finest materials are selected for use in building each instrument. The woods are carefully seasoned some as long as 15 years as is the case for the Ezo spruce used in our soundb
