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Introduction

Digital pianos continue to march forward in their quest to become more authentic, more durable, and more apt replacements for entry-level acoustic instruments. In 2019, it's hard to think of two pianos that embody the technology and performance that are available to mid-range shoppers than Kawai's CA-78, and Roland's DP-603. Stu Harrison of Merriam Pianos evaluates both in this video review, with an accompanying written article below. Thanks very much for stopping by, we hope you enjoy!

Kawai CA78 vs Roland DP603 Digital Piano Comparison Video Transcription

Welcome to another piano shootout video. My name is Stu Harrison, and we are here at Merriam Pianos, just outside of Toronto, Canada. And to my left and to my right are the CA78 digital piano from Kawai and the DP603 digital piano from Roland. I can't think of a better matchup to be comparing. I'm really, really grateful that we were able to get these two side-by-side. We've got the very best action in tone generating technology from Roland, and the very best action (the Novus 10 aside) and tone generating technology on Kawai's piano sound engine. And we are going to play them side by side exactly the same thing back and forth, 10-second segments, 5-second segments, so you can really get a good side-by-side comparison.

We'll talk about the differences in the action, we'll talk about the differences in the functionality. And hopefully, this just gives you a little bit more insight when you're doing your shopping at home. Of course, I like different things about both of these instruments, there is no clear winner here, this really comes down to personal thing. I know when you click on these videos you'd really like somebody just saying, "This is the better one." It's hard to do. The best thing, of course, get yourself into a showroom that's local to you, try them side-by-side yourself. But if you are in the market, in the $3000, $4000, $5000 price range, you're thinking digital because of either convenience or you're gonna have to move it around occasionally, make sure that both of these instruments are on your list. They're just incredible values and they're fun musical instruments to play on. So thank you so much for joining us, we're gonna get started right away talking about the action.

Comparing the PHA-50 Action with the Grand Feel II Action

Talking about the actions on these two, there are some similarities, there are some differences. This action is referred to as the PHA-50 keyboard, it is Roland's top action that they make. It doesn't matter whether you spend double or triple the money, you're not getting anything better than what you're getting right here with the Roland DP603, which to me makes it an incredible value right out of the gate. On the Kawai side, we've got their Grand Feel II action with let-off, it's not quite as compact the name as the new PHA-50 but essentially it delivers a lot of the same features rather as the PHA-50 keyboard. You've got let-off and you've got an extensive use of wood material in the wooden-key action.

The similarities obviously are that they're the best efforts from both of these companies, the other similarities, of course, that they use, they make use of wood inside the action. The biggest difference between this action and this action is on the Kawai, the key stick, or in other words, the length of the total key, even after you get in the part behind you can't see, is about this long. It's actually about the same length or precisely the same length is what you find on an upright acoustic action in terms of the overall geometry.

In the Roland, they're using more of the traditional balanced-hammer graded hammer action, but the key section is actually filled with a wood core and you can see it, if you just even press down one of the keys you can see the wood, that's not a veneer that's actually real wood in there, and yes it does make a difference even though you're still using just a key with a balanced hammer counterweight in there. So both the Kawai and Roland are offering up wooden-key keyboard actions for us to enjoy.

The PHA-50 is an action that I know really well, as I'm a pro user of the Roland RD-2000 Stage Piano. This is a piano that I love, I use it extensively on gigs and shows and in studio, and so it's definitely something that I find to be satisfying action to play. And as I say, yes, the wood is not a gimmick, it actually doesn't make a difference. So we've got wood in both but we've got the longer stick in the Kawai, giving you that sense of dynamic motion. In the Roland, they're simulating a little bit more with the use of a counterweight but it's done a really nice job. Now the key bed in both of these is a dream, they don't feel exactly the same, but I would say that the Roland and Kawai key beds are starting to feel a little bit more like each other, whereas if you went by five years ago, the Roland key beds were pretty hard, when you hit the bottom, it was cushioned with rubber padding, whereas the Kawais have for quite a while actually used felt just like they do in the acoustics.

So when you hit the bottom of the key bed, it sort of had a nice cushioned soft landing and sort of had that feeling that if you pushed a little harder you could even get a little deeper. And on the Roland, it used to be just kind of a clunk. Well, they've now also got a really nice cushion on the bottom where you start to feel like no, no, this is a real action, this is giving me what I would kind of expect out of an acoustic piano. They both have textured key surfaces, the Roland is a little bit more textured versus the Kawai - especially on the ivory side - and honestly delivers a true ebony & ivory touch overall. I don't find that to be a big deal, some people find it to be a much bigger deal. The fact that they are both textured and they have the ability to absorb a little bit of sweat, I don't have sweaty fingers, but I know a lot of people who get a little bit sweaty when they're playing or especially if you're in a hot environment, and having that key be able to absorb some of that moisture is actually pretty handy, otherwise it just gets to be a slippery mess.

They also use triple sensors. Kawai's triple sensor system is a little bit different than Roland's but by and large, I think they're both really responsive. Kawai's reputation between the two of them is that it does tend to have slightly more accurate MIDI output, I've observed that in studio settings, but on the other hand the Roland really doesn't produce too many spikes. It's still also a very, very accurate action. The point is, do they feel the same? No, but they do they feel miles apart? No.

These are subtle differences and it really is going to come down to the style of playing that you do and what you like already or what you're used to. So side-by-side comparison is really really critical but hopefully, I've been able to outline some of the differences and you can continue to do a little bit more reading.

Which action you're gonna like? Really, in my opinion, comes down to not only what acoustic piano you're already used to, but the style of music that you primarily play. I do find that when the playing speeds up, the Kawai has a slightly heavier sense to it whereas the Roland consistently stays feeling light throughout.

So that might mean that somebody who's already used to playing on a grand piano and has some muscle tone built up and is used to some classical playing where it takes quite a bit of fitness to get through it, which is I know what Kawai was going for here, you might feel very much at home with this, and this might start to feel a little bit too fluid, a little bit too light. Whereas if somebody is maybe more used to playing on an upright piano or your primary experience has already been with digital pianos this is gonna feel super comfortable. The point is you do have to try them yourself, these are only my impressions, but as I said both, very, very satisfying actions to play out.

Other Feature Commonalities & Differences

Moving on to features. Now the instruments have again commonalities and then there are some differences.

Some of the commonalities are:

the inclusion of bluetooth audio functionality on both machines which allows a user to stream audio from a portable device through the speaker systems on either machine. ,

both have true three pedal function (half-pedal with sostenuto, damper, and una-corda) as well as continual sensing on both instruments

both have line-in and line-out audio,

both come in satin black and satin white (although the CA78 by default also comes in Premium Rosewood),

both offer usb memory,

both are loaded with educationally-focused features such as dual mode / split mode / twin piano mode, and lots of repertoire and method book pieces pre-loaded as well.

They are also both Bluetooth midi compatible, and both companies have offered free, user-friendly apps that permit remote-controlling of the main functions, as well as surprisingly detailed apps

Both of course have the basics covered like metronome, transpose, midi file playback (SMF) through a usb key, and a stereo-to-mono function on the Left channel on the line-out

Now for some differences:

Roland's control surface is pretty traditional in that you've got physical buttons to press and touch for the various functions, whereas the Kawai uses a graphic user interface imbedded in the left cheek block.

Roland takes a different approach to reverb, instead referring to it as 'ambience' settings, whereas the Kawai has a more traditional labelling and editing function for the reverb options

Roland's cabinet offers a sleek modern cabinet, but doesn't offer the ability to adjust the music rest

Kawai's cabinet is more traditional in appearance, but certainly with contemporary styling, and does offer an adjustable music rest

The Roland offers adjustments to its ambience, brilliance, key touch, transpose, some of those more basic functions through button commands, and you can easily scroll through the categories of sounds. There's the ability to edit those sounds and save them as presets, and then we've got basic playback, basic record functionality, and we've got rhythm accompaniment.

The Roland rhythm accompaniment from a functionality standpoint, to me, is the biggest difference between these two. If you've got an iPad and you've got or a smartphone and you load up Roland's software you can use the DP603 digital piano to have a full band playing along with you, controlled entirely just with the touch of a finger and your left hand to move around the harmony - that's not something that's available on the KawaiConcert Artist Series, and currently the only two instruments with rhythm accompaniment from Kawai (aside from the monstrous CP series) is the ES8 or the KDP170. Kawai has really chosen to focus the energy and R&D primarily into the piano playing experience and updating the user interface.

So whereas the Roland starts to, I guess, expand into a number of other not so piano-specific functions and give you a much broader-based set of functionality, which is one of the things I really like about it, it gives you the piano thing but you also have a few extra features onboard without having to do it with software.

The Kawai, from a function standpoint, is a little more stripped back. Yes, you have the ability to edit the sound, yes, you've got this gorgeous touch screen rather than the buttons, making the control of the instrument very intuitive and kind of fun to use the LCD touchscreen display but you're missing a few things like the extensive rhythm, sort of a ranger rhythm playback.

Speaker System

Both the Roland and Kawai offers up a premium amplifier and speaker system with plenty of detail and range. On the CA78 you're getting an extra two tweeter speakers and in my opinion, a slightly better sound production overall with the Onkyo power amplifiers which really brings premium audio processing to the mix. Beyond the various tone processing that's going on with the main amplifiers, the CA78 has a discrete Onkyo headphone amplifier which gives you the ability to adjust the spatial headphone sound parameters (such as the type of headphone that you're using). And as I said, possibly our focus that's just a little more piano-centric versus more broad-based functionality between the Roland and the Kawai.

The Roland DP-603 uses a speaker 'bar' which faces the player, and also uses two power amplifiers for the L/R channels. Although the wattage is lower than the CA78, and doesn't offer quite the same range of main & tweeter configuration, still definitely improves upon the traditional 'speaker-down' orientation found in most digital pianos.

Piano Tone Engine

The CA-78 Kawai, by default, uses the current flagship 9' concert grand Shigeru Kawai SK-EX, or the older version, the Shigeru Kawai EX rendering of their concert grand piano. The SK-EX rendering pianist mode is the concert piano model that you get as soon as you turn it on out of the box. The overall sound engine is labelled Harmonic Imaging XL - with the big advancement being multi-channel sampling - and represents about the 5th or 6th generation of tone engine that Kawai has been developing since the mid 2000's.

The DP603 is using the SuperNATURAL piano modelling sound engine, something that offers up unlimited polyphony on the pianist mode, an impressive 388 polyphony when in sound mode, and brings the top-of-industry modelling tech that the V-Piano first showcased to the market. This means that

Hopefully, the playing in the video can give you a sense of some of the differences in the tone qualities. I mean what I noticed right away is that the Roland tends to I think bias a little bit towards the the brighter sound. The Kawai seems to have a bit more presence around the lower and the mid-tones, and generally is a little bit of a softer edge to it, a little bit just sounds a bit like a fatter lower tone. Your ear is likely to just have a preference the minute that you hear them.

One last thing for people out there who are a little tech-savvy, both of these instruments come equipped with wireless connectivity using Bluetooth MIDI, which means that you can take your iPad or your smart device load them up with the proprietary software from both Kawai and Roland and control these remotely, gives you tons of extra flexibility and, of course, you can use them with apps like GarageBand, Roland's Piano Partner 2 or any other kind of mobile DAW software, it's a ton of fun. So there's lots of expansion capabilities. The Kawai CA78 also has built-in lessons with songs from Czerny, Alfred, Chopin, Burgmüller, Beyer, and many more; they also use a feature which has proven popular across virtually Kawai's entire digital piano lineup, called concert magic - something that teaches basic rhythm while playing along to known favorites.

Final Summary

Anyway, we'll wrap this up. Thank you so much for watching but most importantly, I hope this has been useful. Please let us know in the comments below what you liked about the video, what you'd like to see more of and in future videos. And I hope that this is genuinely helped your shopping experience. Of course, if you are anywhere near Toronto, please come and visit us at Merriam Pianos and either one of our showrooms where we've got both DP603 and Kawai CA78 digital pianos on display at all times. For those on the hunt for a new piano, you wouldn't be going wrong with either one of these fantastic instruments. thanks so much.

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Introduction

Stu Harrison of Merriam Pianos examines Kawai's award-winning CA78 Digital Piano, a relatively new entrant to the home digital market, and one aiming for the higher-end of the buying public. Aside from its impressive technical specs and inspired collaboration with a hi-fi stereo company, the CA78 is also an exquisite piano to just sit down and enjoy. If you find yourself in the market for a new piano, and you've been seeking digital or acoustic pianos in the $5000 and under range, this piano should absolutely be on your short list to investigate. In the video above, Stu specifically plays the ebony polish version, but it also comes in 3 other finishes: Premium Rosewood, Satin Black, and Satin White (in some markets).

We'll be discussing the features, the sound, and the action - but first, let's begin with action.

Piano Action

Talking about the action on the CA78, now this is the same action that you're gonna find on the Kawai CA98. Kawai has been working on this type of wooden-key keyboard action for close to 20 years. I remember starting in the piano business back in about 2005 and going down to Kawai's North American headquarters in Los Angeles and getting a whole run-through on what they were doing with their all-wood action at that point, and it was absolutely state-of-the-art, leading the industry. At this point we're almost 15 years later and they continue to improve on this action.

What's even more interesting is as time has gone by several other companies are now using this action as the absolute foundation for their product. And so you can now find this in Nord's brand new grand piano product that literally just hit the market a couple of months ago, as well as Ravenscroft, which is arguably one of the top boutique piano makers in the world, came out with a digital product called Ravenworks and they're using Kawai's wood-based action in there. So it's showing up everywhere. It really has, as I said, been leading the pack almost for two decades now. And what's in the CA78 is the very best of what Kawai is now producing in 2019.

[Referencing the video] I'm just gonna pull in a wooden-key action model right here so we can have a look at exactly what this is all about. One of the things that you notice fairly immediately is just the sheer length of the wooden-key. And actually if you hold this up to an acoustic piano wooden-key, what you realize is the distance between the front pin and what they would call the capstan, which is actually what moves the hammer, is exactly the same geometry and dimensions as what you'll find in an acoustic key.

The second thing that I certainly noticed because I'm obviously an acoustic piano player, as well as a salesperson and trainer, is you notice that a lot of the components in there are actually made of natural materials like brass and chrome, hard metals that you also find in the action of acoustic pianos. So you're talking about an action that's built incredibly durably.

The way in this works is rather than having all of the parts that normally go in a whippen, it's really got one hammer component with weighting on the end. Now that weighting is graded so as you get closer to the top of the keyboard, those weights get smaller, so it gets closer to the bottom of the keyboard, those weights get heavier to simulate the smaller and the larger keys.

And then, of course, you've got this little rubber nub in there, I'm sure there's a more technical term for that, but that essentially simulates that little escapement or that let-off where on a real piano, the jack would have been just slipping off the knuckle on the shank of the hammer. So this is what it's all about. This is what drives these CA78 and CA98. And of course, again we're talking about the Grand Feel II with let-off and counterweights complimented by the SK-EX Rendering piano sound engine.

The surfaces they've chosen for the key surfaces also gives a realistic ebony & ivory touch.

Now as you start to play this instrument you get musically lost pretty quickly - in all the good ways. In short, we have a true musical instrument on our hands. I mean the level of expression and the depth of the range that you have, that the action gives you is pretty extraordinary. If you haven't had a chance to try one of these, if you're in the market, you know, whether or not Kawai is on your list or not, if you have a chance to sit down and play one, I really think that it's an opportunity that you should take.

It's pretty remarkable how far they've come from the time where people used to sneer at the thought of a digital piano being a real instrument to the point now where we have really good players coming in the showroom, good teachers coming into the showroom talking about instruments like this as their primary teaching instrument or at the very least, a really good secondary instrument to have in the studio or at home as a practice piano.

Now on top of the fact that it's feeling a lot better, and I made mention of the durability that you get over top of, say, a standard plastic action that has a few more moving parts, it's also using a triple sensor. And that triple sensor again is industry-leading. It's one of the primary reasons why Ravenworks and Nord selected this was just the accuracy of the MIDI information that this instrument outputs to the tone generator. It's spot on and we see this time and time again.

I remember going back down to NAMM a couple of years ago and walking around some of the software displays and most of them were using the Kawai VPC1 as the main controller to actually demonstrate the software because the MIDI output was just so accurate and the feel was so good. So the CA78, again the same as CA98, you're getting fantastically accurate, durable and very satisfying action on which to play.

The Piano Sound

Let's move on to the sound that is actually co-powered by Onkyo. So the newest CA (Concert Artists) series, including the Kawai CA78 and the 98, and of course the Novus 10, are all building upon Kawai's Harmonic Imaging XL technology, which is another thing that they've been working on for many, many years. Now in simple terms, Harmonic Imaging is their trade name for essentially the algorithm that they use to create the piano sound engine. And in even more kind of, you know, simplified terms, essentially what it is, is a recording of a real piano and then they are using what's called modeling to affect those samples.

So it's kind of like taking a snapshot of a real photo and then applying computer graphics over it to make any changes that you want. So you start with something real and then you're applying programming and essentially computer code to modify it and customize it to what you happen to be doing on the keys. And that's where you get into their Virtual Technician technology and even if you're just using it straight out of the box as it was programmed at the factory, you're hearing tons of detail that is…you don't hear in too many other places in the digital world.

The bass sound for their piano sample in the 78 and the 98 is their 9-foot Shigeru Kawai EX Concert Grand Piano. Now that on its own is an exquisite instrument to start with. I think arguably certainly one of the top five concert grands in the world right up there in tonal complexity with a Hamburg Steinway or the Fazioli 278 or, you know the Bechstein 9-foot as well. And so you're starting with a great bass, and you've got…I think it's the fifth or sixth generation of Harmonic Imaging now that they're applying to that sample and so you get this fantastically colorful, responsive dynamic tone out of this instrument.

The engine is capable of a 256 max polyphony, which given the size of the multi-channel sampling bank, is impressive. They also equip the sound engine with remarkably high-quality reverb modules and resonance modelling in addition to the multiple virtual technician presets - all of it coming together to give a customized playing experience that feels more personal than a typical digital. I should mention that many of the extra horsepower we're discussing here is only available in pianist mode, rather than sound mode (organ / pads etc).

So all of that great technology by Kawai and Onkyo is sending sound to our ears through four super high-end speakers. And the four (really six if you could the top speakers as four) speakers on its own is kind of a nice treat because most digital pianos, particularly if you're down in the $2,000 range or below, you're just getting 2 basic stereo speakers. Generally, you could describe the speaker system as being truly 'hi-fi', both in terms of the power amplifiers, the speakers themselves, the tweeters,

The main volume of the instrument is coming out of the bottom. We've got two two-way speakers on the bottom. So that's a speaker where you almost you have like two cones within one. You've got something for your low frequencies and you've got a slightly smaller cone for your mid-frequencies, all built into a single speaker. So we've got two of those on the bottom and then we've got two discrete amplifiers in there. So we've got nice, clean signal out of the left and out of the right.

Discussing the headphones specifically, the CA78 is equipped with a discrete stereo headphone amplifier, which is really where you can hear the premium audio processing going on. They give the user the option to control the spatial headphone effects, and even specify the type of headphones they are using, like open-back, closed, or earbuds.

All in all, what this translates to is an instrument that doesn't need assistance from any external device to deliver great sound, whether its through its onboard speakers or using a fantastic set of headphones that you already love - this, despite having discrete line out and line in . You've got multi-channel sampling being processed by top-end audio circuits, 100 watts of power, 6 premium speakers by Onkyo, and all the editable parameters that you could ever hope for to build yourself your perfect virtual grand piano. What more could someone want out of a digital piano?

Pedals and Cabinet

The pedal systems on digital pianos don't often get discussed, but in addition to having true sostenuto, damper, and una corda function (soft pedal), the Kawai also uses what they call Grand Feel Pedal System, which accuractly simulates the spring pressure for all three pedals as they actually exist on a real concert grand piano. They also include half-pedal function, which for classical and jazz players alike is a huge plus.

The cabinet, as mentioned at the very beginning, is available in a wide range of finishes, from Ebony Polish, Premium Rosewood, Satin White, and Satin Black. The styling is contemporary without risking being overly trendy; its a sleek, modern cabinet with the normal acoustic piano conveniences like adjustable music rest, a condensed user interface that looks and feels like a smart phone (more on that below), and perhaps most importantly, a durable and well-crafted frame.

Features and Controls

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Kawai CA78 Controls[/caption]

Driving all of this or I should say controlling all of this is something that Kawai brought out last year and it's now the control interface on their CA48, their CA78, 98 as well as the Novus. And I'll make sure that we get some B-roll of this. It's a brand new LCD touchscreen user interface on to the left. All of the buttons are gone. All of the control surfaces are gone. We're now left with essentially what's the size of an iPhone. And it's completely touchscreen. It's totally intuitive. It's fun to use. And there's a Bluetooth connection that kind of transports that control right on to a smart device such as your phone.

And so I've got my phone, it's an iPhone 10. You can Bluetooth-link it your smart devices. And then with this app, you can totally just select right from there what pads you want to use. So within the app, we've got 10 acoustic pianos that you have to choose from and then, of course, each one of these can be customized. So we start with the Shigeru Kawai SK Concert Grand Piano which is sort of its big default juicy sound, jazz clean, upright pianos, and then even you get into the electric pianos.

And so on and so forth.

It's a very easy app to use. It's free so you can download it. Unfortunately at this point, it's only on iOS. But the Bluetooth link between the instrument and your device, whether it's an iPad format or a smartphone format, that works in both Android and iOS. And there's hundreds of apps that you can use to make use of that wireless Bluetooth MIDI link or that wireless Bluetooth, as it's officially called.

In addition to the LCD touchscreen display, there's a lot of standard features that people always ask me about. Does it have headphone jacks? Does it have audio outs? You know, is there a USB connection? Can i playback MP3 or WAV audio files? Is there a built-in metronome? So the answer is yes to all of those. This has discrete stereo audio out so if you do want to hook it up to an amplifier or if you want to hook it up to a stereo at home, no problem. You can do that without it shutting off its local speakers, which is a nice feature. It also has headphone jacks. And what's great about that is it's got a quarter-inch as well as a 3.5 mm so you don't need the adapter. You can plug whichever end is on your headphones in and it'll work just fine.

You can also feed an auxiliary audio device in through the 3.5 mm jack underneath. It's got the input control or the gain control, so you can control the volume that's coming in. Plus you can use these speakers as Bluetooth speakers. This is, it seems like kind of a simple feature, but it's actually a ton of fun because what this means is you can take your phone or you can take your computer or any Bluetooth device that, you know, you play your music through, and if you want to play along to some of your favorite tracks, you don't need the cable. You can just link it up and you can use this fantastic set of amps and speakers right on board streaming your Bluetooth audio and you can be playing along with it.

I have a lot of people that come back and tell me that that's one of the things that they actually use the most with their Bluetooth connection. And I can understand why. It's a ton of fun. You can engage with something that you already have a lot of fun with which is, of course, your favorite music. Last but not least, it's got the cover. If you're in a dusty environment or of course you just like the look of the instrument with a closed versus the keys up, when you're not playing it, you pull the cover down. Elegant look from a furniture standpoint and you'll make sure that your ivory feel key surfaces stay nice and clean.

And last but not least, are the built-in educational functions and standard playing functions - at this point almost assumed, but still worth mentioning. So yes, the CA78 has transpose, dual mode / split modes, metronome, and recording functions. Teachers can use the recording function to copy exercises to usb memory in real time, or they can record and playback smf files (Standard Midi Files) within the lesson or give them to students for study throughout the week.

For teachers using either the Beyer, Burgmuller, Czerny, Alfred, or Chopin series of instructional books, Kawai has preloaded the CA78 with many of those series' most popular books' repertoire right on to the instrument, which works surprisingly well as a practice and teaching aid.

Conclusions

The Kawai CA78 sits in a point in the market where there are probably 4 or 5 competitors that are sort of vying for your attention in this price range. Roland has some, Yamaha has some. And of course, the closest one to the CA78 on the Kawai side is the CA98, which is virtually the same instrument with a soundboard.

So to wrap up, we've got an instrument here that is the culmination of everything Kawai has been putting its maximum efforts towards for 20 years - a continued research and development of their Harmonic Imaging, their wooden key action, their experience with improving and understanding the ideal user interface, and their newly successful collaboration with Onkyo. And now they've combined the CA and the CS series from a cabinetry standpoint and you can get this in polished ebony - such an elegant cabinet. I'm not sure what more you could possibly want from a digital piano if you were looking to just sit down, enjoy a super authentic piano tone and just relax at the end of the day with your favorite song.

So get to a showroom and try one out if you have the opportunity to do so. I highly recommend it. I don't think this is an instrument that is going to disappoint in any way, shape or form. Or of course if you're in Toronto, we have one of these in both of our showrooms at Oakville and Vaughan. We'd love to see you. And thank you so much again for watching another piano review from Merriam Pianos. My name is Stu Harrison. We'll see you next time.

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A Lost Treasure by Sebastián Zegers

Like I said before. I'll reblog everything from CA-78 pretty much. 

I sadly didn't get to spend a whole lot of time with Sebastian but I do know one thing for sure as that he is one of the nicest and most generous people that I have ever met. And despite the fact that he is more talented than me he somehow manages to make me feel really good about myself and my work rotfl. 

and he got me the number for a locksmith when I was locked out of my car. so there is that. 

A day in the life of CA78.