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HQ of Kawai Musical Instruments in Hamamatsu Shigeru Kawai Grand Piano. Koichi Kawai, the company founder, was born in Hamamatsu, Japan in 1886. His neighbor, Torakusu Yamaha, a watchmaker and reed organ builder, took him in as an apprentice. Kawai became a member of the research and development team that introduced pianos to Japan. [2]
Company Place Country Years active Acquired by Notes Atlas [1] [2]: Hamamatsu→Liaoning: Japan→China 1943–1986 2004–present. Atlas Piano and Instrument Manufacturing (Dalian) Co. Ltd is a musical instrument manufacturing company that Japan atlas piano manufacturing Co., Ltd. whole moved to China and invested and registered in Dalian Free Trade Zone.
The first of the series was the K5000W keyboard workstation introduced in 1996. Soon afterwards the K5000S was introduced, followed its rackmounted sibling the K5000R. In Japan, Kawai stopped production of all models of the K5000 by the summer of 1999, although they were officially discontinued months earlier in other parts of the world.
This article is a list of piano brand names from all over the world. This list also includes names of old instruments which are no longer in production. Many of these piano brand names are "stencil pianos", which means that the company which owns the brand name is simply applying the name to a piano manufactured for them by another company,
The FDIC is an independent government agency charged with maintaining stability and public confidence in the U.S. financial system and providing insurance on consumer deposit accounts.
Indexes ended lower on Thursday as traders focused on the coming jobs report. The data is expected to show the US economy added 214,000 new hires, a steep uptick from October's reading.
Many of the current Hardman models are based on Kawai designs. Eventually all of the Hardman piano models not based on Kawai designs had the benefit of the technical input of Kawai Japan technicians. The entire Hardman line today is considered one of the highest-quality/value lines of pianos due in part to the Kawai joint venture.
The man appeared in court last week and denied all charges. He was ordered held in pre-trial detention. Recently exposed cases of child sex abuse in Medellin, including by foreign tourists, has ...