KS-F series

Kawai KS-5F Upright Piano

132 cm tall, 250 kg. This is the top of the upright range and it behaves like it. Nothing else in the KS-F series is bigger.

132 cmHeight
250 kgWeight
152 cmWidth
61 cmDepth
88Keys
3Pedals

Ask About This Model Should I Choose It?

Photos of the actual piano on request. Tell us your room and floor and we will say if it fits.

Kawai upright piano of the same type as the Kawai KS-5F

Best forAdvanced players and teachers

Space neededabout 1.6 m of wall

AccessService lift

Every KS-5F 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 KS-5F 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 KS-5F if

The player is preparing for practical exams or teaches at home
You have the floor space and the access to take a large upright
The bass on a smaller piano has started to sound thin to you

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 KS-5F Sounds Like

Full-length bass strings and the biggest soundboard in the range. It fills a room without being forced, which is what teachers listen for. Against the Kawai KS-3F it is 5 cm taller and 15 kg heavier.

Set against the Kawai No. K35, the most commonly sold used Kawai here, it is 30 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. Which you prefer is genuinely personal, and twenty minutes at the shop settles it faster than any description.

Room and access

Will it get in?

Space: about 1.6 m of wall
Floor: roughly 1.1 m²
Case width 152 cm, depth 61 cm
Access: Service lift

250 kg is getting heavy. In a lift it is routine, up a staircase it becomes a planned job.

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Size comparison

Closest Alternatives To The KS-5F

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 KS-5F is not on the floor when you ask, the table below is where we would send you next.

Model	Height	Weight	Width
Kawai KS-5F This model	132 cm	250 kg	152 cm
Kawai BL-61	132 cm	250 kg	152 cm
Kawai KU-3	132 cm	250 kg	152 cm
Kawai KU-3D	132 cm	250 kg	152 cm

Buying it used

What You Are Actually Buying

We do not guess about individual instruments. Ask what was replaced on the KS-5F you are looking at and we will tell you, serial number included.

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.

KS-F series

Where The KS-5F Sits In The Range

A later domestic line with the F suffix. Heights step in tight increments, so there is usually one that matches an awkward wall.

Kawai KS-1F 124 cmKawai KS-2A 125 cmKawai KS-2F 125 cmKawai KS-3F 127 cm

All Kawai upright models

Questions

Kawai KS-5F: What People Ask

How big is the Kawai KS-5F?

132 cm tall, 152 cm wide, 61 cm deep, and about 250 kg. Height sets the tone, weight sets what delivery day looks like.

Will a KS-5F fit my place?

You need about 1.6 m of wall and roughly 1.1 m². 250 kg is getting heavy. In a lift it is routine, up a staircase it becomes a planned job. Message us the room and the floor. It takes a minute and saves a wasted trip.

Is a used KS-5F a safe buy?

We do not guess about individual instruments. Ask what was replaced on the KS-5F you are looking at and we will tell you, serial number included. It carries a five-year warranty on parts and labour, honoured by the workshop that did the work.

Can I rent a KS-5F instead?

Rent-to-own runs on a separate pool that changes weekly, so we cannot promise a KS-5F specifically. Ask what is free now. Rent for six months, buy it, and those six months come off the price.

Do you have a KS-5F in stock?

Ask, because it changes week to week. No stock today does not mean no stock next month. We watch for specific models.

How often does a KS-5F 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.