The Lounge Piano
An intimate Kawai upright with felt on. 2 dynamic layers.
ByTed Kocher
The story
We acquired this piano from a former coworker about three years ago.
It sits in our lounge and is played lovingly by anyone who wishes.
The piano is a Kawaii upright, not old, not brand new, somewhere in-between.
We mostly leave it with the middle pedal down, which brings a layer of felt between the hammer and the strings.
We sampled this piano with two velocities – quiet and medium-loud.
We hope you enjoy this piano.
Sampled, edited and Kontakt’ed by:
Ted Kocher, Anthony Caruso, Scott Bergstrom, Nick Mastroianni, Chris Rossetti and Tao-Ping Chen on March 26, 2019.
Reviews
I love this
i love this! it sounds alot like gibran alcocers!s
Mellow but sharp
This one has a pretty interesting sound that i really lime. It has a mellow, subdued and warm sound while also being plucky and bright too. Its kind the best of both worlds. Reading the description saying that its a kawai upright really makes sense because it reminds me of the Meyer Felt. It would be nice to have more dynamic layers and round robins but its not bad in that department. The tone and attack of this piano is really beautiful and i really love it for that.
Unfortunately, the high intensity is too tight and not very coordinated.
I cancel RT Noise by turning off R, because it is not necessary for Felt.