BL series

Kawai BL-71 Upright Piano

132 cm tall, 260 kg. This is the top of the upright range and it behaves like it.

132 cmHeight
260 kgWeight
154 cmWidth
66 cmDepth
88Keys
3Pedals

Ask About This Model Should I Choose It?

Room, floor, lift. Three answers and we can tell you if this is the right piano before you come in.

Kawai upright piano of the same type as the Kawai BL-71

Best forAdvanced players and teachers

Space neededabout 1.6 m of wall

AccessLift needed

Every BL-71 comes with all of this

In the price, not added at the end.

Free delivery included with a used piano

Free deliveryAnywhere in Peninsular Malaysia

Upholstered bench included with a used piano

Upholstered benchWith storage for music

Two free tunings included with a used piano

Two free tuningsAfter it settles in your room

Accessories over RM500 included with a used piano

Accessories over RM500Heater, caster cups, key cover

Five-year warranty included with a used piano

Five-year warrantyParts and labour, our workshop

Only staircase carries are quoted separately, because the cost is in the steps and the turns rather than the distance. Ask About This Model

Making the call

Is The BL-71 Right For You?

The honest version. We would rather talk you out of the wrong piano than deliver it and hear about it later.

Choose the BL-71 if

The bass on a smaller piano has started to sound thin to you
You are setting up a studio or a teaching room
The player is preparing for practical exams or teaches at home

Look at something else if

There is no service lift and the piano has to go upstairs
The room is small, where a big instrument mostly produces reverberation
Nobody in the house plays beyond early grades yet

Tell Us Your Situation

Sound and size

What The BL-71 Sounds Like

The low register has real weight to it. Played hard it stays musical instead of turning percussive.

Set against the Kawai No. K35, the most commonly sold used Kawai here, it is 40 kg heavier. Near the top of the weight range, which runs from 160 kg up to 270 kg.

Kawai voicing runs warmer than Yamaha at the same size, particularly up top. People who practise for hours tend to prefer it. Neither is better. Play both, which you can do on one floor at the shop.

Room and access

Will it get in?

Space: about 1.6 m of wall
Floor: roughly 1.1 m²
Case width 154 cm, depth 66 cm
Access: Lift needed

260 kg is near the top of what an upright weighs. Staircases get quoted only after we see the access. The case is 66 cm deep, which is more than most. Measure the doorway rather than assuming it will turn.

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Size comparison

Closest Alternatives To The BL-71

Kawai built several at 132 cm tall: the No. K35, No. K48, No. K50, BL-61 and 19 others. They differ in weight and case rather than in size. If the BL-71 is not on the floor when you ask, the table below is where we would send you next.

Model	Height	Weight	Width
Kawai BL-71 This model	132 cm	260 kg	154 cm
Kawai No. K48	132 cm	260 kg	154 cm
Kawai BL-82	132 cm	260 kg	154 cm
Kawai KU-5	132 cm	260 kg	154 cm

Buying it used

What You Are Actually Buying

The risk with any used piano is buying somebody else's problem: polished case, fine for a month, then it will not hold a tuning. Ours are rebuilt twice before you see them, once in Japan and again in our own workshop here, and the second pass happens after the instrument has crossed the equator and shown us how it reacts to this climate.

Tune it twice a year. Not because it gets played hard, but because the soundboard moves with the weather and takes the tuning with it.

Our rent-to-own programme

Rent First. The Rent Becomes Credit.

Not sure yet? Rent monthly and decide later. What you have paid in rent comes straight off the price if you keep it.

Ask What We Have To Rent How Rent-To-Own Works

Ask what we haveRental stock is separate from what we sell and changes weekly.

We deliver and tune itPositioned, tuned once it settles, bench included. Fixed monthly amount.

Take your timeNo deadline. Keep renting while the household decides.

Keep it or return itKeep it and the rent comes off the price. Return it and you owe nothing.

Questions

Kawai BL-71: What People Ask

How big is the Kawai BL-71?

132 cm tall, 154 cm wide, 66 cm deep, and about 260 kg. Height sets the tone, weight sets what delivery day looks like.

Will a BL-71 fit my place?

You need about 1.6 m of wall and roughly 1.1 m². 260 kg is near the top of what an upright weighs. Staircases get quoted only after we see the access. Give us the measurements and the access and we will be straight about whether it works.

Is a used BL-71 a safe buy?

Can I rent a BL-71 instead?

Rent-to-own runs on a separate pool that changes weekly, so we cannot promise a BL-71 specifically. Ask what is free now. Rent for six months, buy it, and those six months come off the price.

Do you have a BL-71 in stock?

Ask, because it changes week to week. When we are out, we say so rather than steer you into whatever is on the floor.

How often does a BL-71 need tuning in Malaysia?

Twice a year. Tune it twice a year. Not because it gets played hard, but because the soundboard moves with the weather and takes the tuning with it. The first two tunings are on us, once it has settled in.