Kawai ES-8 B

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Stage Piano

With Responsive Hammer III (RHIII) mechanism with pressure point simulation and triple sensor for 88 keys
Harmonic Imaging XL (HI-XL) with 88 key sampling
34 Sounds
256-voice polyphonic modes
100 Rhythms with variation
Transpose
Intonation
String resonance
Damper effect
Dual mode
Split mode
Four hand mode
Internal 2-channel recorder
Metronome
2 x Headphone connectors
MIDI in/out
Line in (stereo)
Line out (L/mono, R)
USB to host
USB to device
Speaker system: 2 x 15 W
Dimensions (W x D x H): 1362 x 361 x 149 mm
Weight: 22.5 kg
Colour: Black
F-10H sustain pedal and sheet music stand included
With 5-year manufacturer's warranty

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Number Of Keys	88
hammer mechanics	Yes
Number of simultaneous tones	256
Number Of Sounds	34
Effects	Yes
Speaker	Yes
Headphone Outputs	2
Sequencer	Yes
Metronome	Yes
MIDI keyboard-function	No
Pitch Bend	No
Modulation Wheel	No
Split Zones	0
Layer Function	Yes
MIDI interface	1x In, 1x Out

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Great sounds but flawed action

James W74, 01.07.2018

I read many reviews on how great the key action was prior to purchase. In my opinion, the action is flawed. I am professional jazz pianist with hand built Yamaha SX5 grand piano, Kawai VPC1 and Roland RD800. The Kawai ES8 has a sticky action which gave me hand strain after 1 day...! Putting the Yamaha acoustic grand (with awesomely good action, better than my now sold Steinway) , the VPC1, RD800 and ES8 side by side, the ES8 was BY FAR the worst and sluggish/stickiest action. VPC1, also by Kawai, is a dream action, amazingly good; ES8 action is so different I cannot believe the same company built it.

Sounds in the ES8 are incredibly good. I rate the piano sounds equal or better vs Ravenscroft. Is such a conundrum: ES8 great sounds but sticky action; RD800 with quite good action but terrible piano sounds (out of tune, certain notes mis voiced vs their nearby peers, you have to edit it to get an acceptable sound and even then it sounds plastic, so I use Ravenscroft); then MD11/(SE) "perfect" sounds/action but heavy for gigging!

The problem seemed to have been especially bad on 3 or 4 keys (e.g. the G ,Ab and Bb above middle C). It was an issue of stickiness or even friction (?), i.e. the key not returning up quickly enough. It was not a keyweight issue and anyway my various pianos range from 50g to 79g with no problems for me. So I'm not sure if it was the whole key bed (by design) or just a small # of keys being defective. I ended up buying a MP11SE... and a small wheeled trolley for shlepping it around!

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Excellent Kawai piano

18.09.2016

I am very satisfied and very suprised with Kawai ES8.
Previous I have Yamaha P85 and Yamaha DGX-640..You can not compare these pianos...Kawai ES8 is standing 10 times above these models of Yamaha..
Have Ivory touch keys, very organic and superB sound.
Thanks again to Thomann staff. Excellent job, fast shipment.
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item number	367427
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available since	September 2015

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