Kawai GL10: The Kawai GL-10 Baby Grand Piano Could Be The Most Advanced Grand Piano Under $20,000
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GL-10 CLASSIC BABY GRAND PIANO
THE 5'0" GL-10 offers the same careful attention to detail and quality found in our larger pianos-but in a classic "baby grand" size that will adapt to most any room.
Length: 5''0" (153cm)
Width: 59" (150cm)
Height: 40" (102cm)
Weight: 622 lbs. (282kg)
Finishes: Polished Ebony, Satin Ebony, Polished Snow White, Polished Mahogany, French Polished Mahogany
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Kawai's Exclusive Millennium III Action - Featuring ABS-Carbon Technology with Carbon Fiber
Stretcher Over-Lap Integrated Design (SOLID) - Double-width Stretcher Bar for optimum strength
Extended Length Keysticks - For more even response from the front to the back of each key
Concert-Length Key Buttons - Doubled length for maximum energy transfer and optimum power
Solid Spruce Precision Tapered Soundboard - Permanently crowned for long-term tonal stability
Solid Brass Agraffes - For even string spacing and easier tuning
Multi-Grip 11- Ply Laminated Pin Block
V-Pro Plate - Gray Iron with "Crossbone" Design
Steel-Reinforced Keyslip for strength and stability to avoid sticking keys
Steel-Reinforced, Multi-Laminated Keybed for strength and optimum energy transfer
Ultra-Slow "Soft-Fall" Fallboard
KAWAI Ten Year FULL Transferable Manufacturer's Warranty
www.kawaius.com/grand/gl/gl_mo... - Hudba
Love my GL 10!! Have had it for several months now and I’m very pleased. Got it in the polished mahogany finish. Stunning!!
Claudia Payton I,too, love the look of the polished mahogany and I am considering the GL10. How is yours holding it’s tune? Are you still just as thrilled with it? Thanks for your time!
Beautiful warm tone, from a baby grand!
Thank you, Stu, for another excellent video!
Thanks @Musecrafter, appreciate the support!
Excellent review thank you guys
Fuer 6 years with my GL10, I’m still in love with it. And so I thank you for your review. Although i live in ireland and didn’t buy it from your! But anyway thank you very much!
Just bought one! Thanks for the sweet video.
Sweet Crystal are you still satisfied after several months of ownership? Thanks for your time!
Thank you. I bought the GL-10 yesterday, and I am incredibly happy now. There weren't many sources to check the piano's quality, since it is relatively new. After watching this video I am absolutely convinced to have made the right decision. Thanks, and greetings from Munich!
Thanks very much for the 'hello'!! I hope you love the piano as much as we do. All the best, Stu Harrison.
Cenk Genc, i am very interested what do you think now after 2 years?
We just bought one today and so far we are very happy vs the Yamaha and at the price we paid it seemed a no brainer...@@ciprianbuta
@@cenplexconstructions5862 what about 2 years later again?
@@bowenliu4100 yes we are still very happy my daughter plays almost every day
Beautiful
7:24 somehow for layman like us, the moment Stu lays his hand on those key, it just gives us an assurance that what comes out right after is pleasing music. it's not about the un-manicured hands definitely!
Awesome
Thanks for the demo, I wish you could compare gl-10 sound with Yamaha gb1k with just playing different styles of music with them. regrads
Thanks for a wonderful review. But it makes me sad as I just bought a new GM10K last year - wish I would have waited.
Thanks!
Thanks Stu. I bought a new GL10, partially based on your review, and partially because my local dealer offered me one for $7,800. It is a beautiful, well designed instrument with that velvety Kawai sound I've always loved. However, I think buyers should be aware of a couple things: 1) the action is very heavy compared to other grands. Fast songs with arpeggios will be more fatiguing to play than on most other acoustic pianos. This may be a good thing for practice and building finger strength, but prevents this piano from being a "joy to play" or "practically playing itself", as people describe pianos with lighter and more responsive actions. And 2): dynamic range is ok. Very soft passages are impossible to produce on this piano. My other piano is a Kawai MP11 SE, and it oddly has a more sensitive action, more akin to the performance Steinway at my piano store, which has a very light touch. So if you like a piano with a good mellow tone, mediocre low end, and heavy touch, you may prefer this piano. For the price, I can't complain. But were I to do it over again, I would have spent more time comparing the actions, as this one is so heavy.
Hi Emery - thanks for the comments and sharing your experience! This may be stepping into slightly dangerous territory to make a comment like this, but this sounds like a simple case of the piano being delivered without proper prep. A heavy action that's not delivering a responsive lower dynamic range sounds like an under-regulated action, or a piano that hasn't been voiced at all. Was the piano delivered 'straight out of box'? Did you discuss with the dealer's technician what you were looking for? I would agree that an out-of-box piano of almost any piano in this price range is not going to be ideal, and most of my comments were based on the piano having been properly voiced and regulated by a competent technician with concert-level experience. Of course, for $7800, that wouldn't have left much for a dealer to put into the piano...so i suppose you could always pay a tech to come and perform the work.
The GL10 action that we have in both our showrooms weighs 53 grams in the bass, and 49 in the treble. Well within normal range and most definitely not considered heavy.
Please feel free to write me direct, or continue the thread here. sharrison@merriammusic.com. Thanks, Stu.
Hi Stu, thank you for your reply, I'm impressed you do so despite my being outside your customer area. So my piano was supposedly adjusted at the store, as it was on the floor. This is why I chose a floor model, as opposed to one still in the box. My dealer also offered a free tuning, which occurred a few months after I bought it. Due to a sticking key issue, I've had a couple technicians look at it. One tech was a former Steinway rebuilder.
With both techs, I mentioned touchweight and inquired about voicing. Both felt the touchweight seemed normal, and didn't have much to say about voicing. My impression was they felt voicing was an involved process more suitable in a rebuild, than on a new piano. So perhaps you're right, I'm missing a step. Perhaps I need the right tech. Maybe I'll ask a competing local piano store for a recommendation. Thanks for the advice!
@@emerywang HI Emery: The sticking keys suggest to me that this action probably got a basic regulation but not much more. Because we're in Toronto and the climate is varied (like... crazy lol), we often ease/ream both the balance rail bushings and front rail bushings on most of the Japanese product to ensure that we don't have sticking keys through the fall/winter. If you were to get a tech in to the piano, either you paying or the dealer paying, I'd be requesting that they ease the center and front bushings a little, and checking the weight to make sure that the bass wasn't mover 55 grams. Of course, I haven't checked your instrument personally so please take this as nothing more than suggestions - I'm sure the tech's you've had look at it are great, but sometimes I find having a specific request for them can help make the visit a little more productive. Good luck!
Awesome, will do. Thanks so much for your help, Stu.
@@deveneleven400 Yes, I was able to adjust it to have a good touchweight. It's a nice baby grand piano.
so cute
From the other videos I've heard on youtube, this piano has sounded very soft, do you think this would be good for pieces such as moonlight sonata 3rd movement?
Hi Stu, I'm making a decision whether to buy GL10 or GL30. And I just can't make a decision myself, maybe you can help? I plan to put the piano in my living room, room size is 12 by 21 foot with 7.5 foot ceiling. It has hard floor, have sofa and tv in the living room as well. The dealer suggested my room size maybe too small for a GL30, so I should buy a GL10. But I know GL10 is made in Indonesia while GL30 is in Japan and allegedly to have a much better sound than GL10. If money is not an issue, do you think I should buy GL10 or GL30 (the only thing I'm worried if going for GL30 is that it may be too overpowering)?
Nice One, if you haven't decided yet I would recommend GL20, I got mine from Merriam (Toronto) about 5 months ago. It is just a couple of inches longer than GL 10, made in Japan, I also got it in "Snow White". Cannot be happier, speaking of sound quality, touch, service, looks etc. I did try GL10 side by side with GL20 and the difference is big, to say the least (however I don't expect such a difference between GL 20 and 30, but didn't have a chance to try the 30 one).
Anna Gottlieb I’m so envious of you because they no longer make the GL20 in Japan. So consider yourself lucky:P That said.....I am looking at getting the GL30 as it IS made in Japan. Just wish I coulda got ahold of the GL20 before production was moved to Indonesia
Is the music desk adjustable or does it sit in one place like the GM10?
im positive it'll slide as there is no wooden bar prohibiting it from sliding. some parts of the case overhang over the music desk which tells me it does indeed slide and cannot be pulled out from the top
what is the song demo played in this vid? Or is it just an improve solo? Thanks
+Dman82499 Thanks for the comment - it's just an improvised bit I did. Hope you enjoyed it!
Is it just me, or does the gl10 that Stu is sitting at has a gm10k music desk?
The video is from 2016, so I think Kawai has actually updated them in the mean time...but good eye Kevyn!!
I have got this awesome piano you can watch the unboxing of GL 10 here : czcams.com/video/Bu2ncn57A6E/video.html
Is there in it model a millenium III mechanic.?
yes
Essex s or kawai gl-10 ?
Hi and thanks for the question. Interestingly, the Boston line of grand pianos (Steinway brand), which Kawai builds for them in entirety, is actually done on the same production line and by the same staff as the Kawai GL line. I've visited the Ryoyu Factory twice now, and both times the Bostons and GL's were side by side at several production points in the factory.
Also, the pianobuyer.com guide lists the GL10 at several levels above the Essex in terms of overall build and component quality, and one over the Yamaha GB1K. So "by the numbers", the GL10 would probably out-rank the Essex. But of course musical preference is always paramount, so do what you can to try and play both!
How does it do compared to k.kawai KG-3C?
+Jeremy Chan C H Hi and thanks for your question Jeremy. The KG-3C is a 6'1 piano, the GL10 is a 5'1 - so there is a fairly large difference in size. But there are also differences in the action (the KG3C does NOT have the carbon fibre action, whereas the GL10 does). Additionally, the GL10 has slow-fall, the stretcher bar, and a tapered soundboard. Overall, the KG3 will have a deeper bass and a more aggressive attack, and overall produce more volume because of it's size. However, the GL10 does have a more accurate action, and it's tone is a bit more complex/thick than the KG3.
I hope that helps, and good luck with your piano shopping!
+Merriam Music thanks for your reply 😀😀 so is KG3 a good piano? How long would a piano last speaking generally? Btw I'm living in Malaysia which is a tropical country with lots of rain.
Hi Jeremy - I always liked the KG series. Yes, I'd say it's a good piano for sure. If you are going to look at a used piano like this, it would be helpful to get one that had been in your climate already for some time. Getting a KG series from a drier climate and bringing it to Malaysia may cause problems with the wood structures (rim, pinblock, soundboard). But if you can get one local, I'd say you'll have a very nice instrument to enjoy.
+Merriam Music thanks again😀😀 yeah they actually refurbished the piano locally (changing pins, hammer and tuning the action) so it should be alright ?
Yep, that sounds promising. The only other thing I'd make sure is that you're not overpaying...the KG series is an older series but a very good series. Especially if the rebuilding work was a quality job. From my experience, a KG3 should be selling for anywhere from 8-12k US, depending on market and condition, but of course there could always be circumstances that might push it higher or lower.
Why does nobody record demos from the hearing perspective of the player? Nobody would shove their head into the piano... :D
Because there is no microphone that could record the sound like human ear :)
Hearing can be very subjective. Not everyone hears the same. By shoving the mic by the piano you’re getting a more accurate sound based on your own perspective with consideration of the sound of the actual instrument.