Great stage piano/controller/keyboard....Wow !! 
by Alfredo Suárez from Ponce, Puerto Rico, June 2008
Music Background:  Pro Musician

I recently bough one and right out of the box it looks beautiful !. It is not too heavy for an 88 weighted keys so you can take it with you even in a small car. The sounds are great for the most of them specially the acoustic and electric pianos. You can combined piano sounds with string pads and other synth sounds to create very complex and beautiful sounds and store them in its user set-ups locations. It is very easy to use and programing, has a lot of other sounds like organs, brass, bass, hollow pads, etc.. and I would recomended to any body. Thanks Kawai !!

  Perfect for the gigging keyboard player 
by Jay Singer from Cleveland, OH, January 2008
Music Background:  Classically trained pianist, music educator

As a 55-year old jazzer I've gone through a ton o' keyboards in +40 years. This one is very satisfying, not only because of the sounds and touch, but because it programs very easily and is relatively light at 45 lbs. One can program setups with four independent sounds, each with its own range, effect, reverb, pedal assignments, etc. I can mix the relative balances of these sounds on the fly and easily store settings as I refine them. Although not as "deep" as my (departed) Yammy S80, since it lacks a sequencer player and arpeggiator, for my type of gigging: playing lh bass along with the usual rh pianos, organs, eps, pads and etc. at casuals, it's just about perfect. Programming the 80 was very frustrating and counterintuitive: the MP5 is very straightforward. Oh, and it's about 1/2 the weight of the 80. Support from the KawaiUS rep, Troy R. is excellent and immediate, which is terrific for us technology impaired 20th century guys!

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