If you're shopping for an acoustic grand piano, it's because you already know that they provide a playing and listening experience that can't be recreated any other way. The individual resonant characteristics of the soundboard, the plate, the rim, and the rest of the materials combine to produce a sound that is unique to each specific piano. Small differences in materials like the grain of the spruce trees which provide the wood for the soundboard, for example, can make a noticeable difference in sound between two otherwise-identical pianos. Sometimes, all of the variables line up just right and you get an extraordinary instrument... meet my GX-6!

I purchased this piano new in September 2025 after an exhaustive search. I'm very lucky to have a sister who happens to be one of the most talented and sought-after piano technicians in the country, and I enlisted her help when I decided to buy a new piano. We spent a week playing every high-end grand in Western Washington, and this GX-6 was the clear winner. Its tone and potential stood out immediately, exceeded only by a few Faziolis, Steinways, and Bosendorfers costing 3 or 4 times as much.

Once I got the new piano home, we began the work of really refining the instrument and elevating it to its full potential. Most new pianos sitting in a showroom receive only basic tunings, but my Kawai has received the kind of specialized attention a piano rarely gets, representing over $4,000 in professional upgrades and labor:
• Action Regulation & Refinement: My sister spent several days performing a deep-level regulation on the Millennium III action. This included precision alignment of the action geometry, touch-weight balancing, and friction reduction. This level of "blueprinting" typically costs $2,500+ and ensures a lightning-fast repetition and even response that far exceeds new-out-of-the-box performance.
• Custom Voicing: The hammers were professionally voiced to optimize the rich, singing "Kawai Sound," removing some of the factory brightness to create a warm, sophisticated tonal palette.
• Climate Control System: A full professional humidity control system was installed (a $1,200+ value) to ensure soundboard longevity and rock-solid tuning stability.
New pianos often require a "breaking-in" period where parts shift and settle. This GX-6 has already been stabilized and brought to its peak performance by one of the industry's leading technicians. It plays better now than the day it left the factory.

I've enjoyed this magic piano more than any musical instrument I've ever owned or played in my life. Since buying it, though, we've decided to make a major life change and move overseas and I can't take it with me. While I was agonizing over the decision to part with it, my sister shared her perspective with me. She said that we don't ever really own great pianos like this, we only just take care of them for a time until they pass to the next caretaker. Are you the next caretaker of this mint condition, fully prepped, "turn-key", extraordinary piano?