Mystery digital piano in vintage shell - any ideas?

[ACCORDIONWOMAN]

Hi, I wasn't sure where I might ask about this, so thought I'd try here!
I've played a couple of UK pub gigs recently in a chain called 'The Botanist'. I think they have several venues. Small modern, trendy pub restaurants. In the venues, they have pianos. It looks real, and is in a vintage, old style pub piano shell.This is the Farnham venue I played in, you can see the piano in the picture.

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However, these are digital pianos. They make no sound when switched off. When you open the lid, you can see that it is basically a digital piano inside a shell. I believe the brand of the digital part is Kawaii. I didn't get a picture of the inside.

Heres a picture of one from another of their venues.

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Anyway, they sound good, play well. And I didn't believe it was not a real piano, until the guitarist opened it up and showed me! I can't find any info on the web about these. Does anyone have any ideas what these strange beasts might be?!

[JayDee]

Digital pianos in a acoustic piano shell is getting popular, no hiring a tuner every year. Could be purpose built by Kawai, or just a rehousing

*Why not ask them?

[ACCORDIONWOMAN]

Hey, thanks for the reply. I'm thinking it must be a purpose built thing. There was nothing to give away the fact it was a digital one. No electronics on view (all inside the lid). Even the actual keys were a kind of 'off-white' colour- but I think they were plastic.

Asking them is a bit tricky, I don't think the pub staff will know. Also, it's not my gig so I don't want to phone the venue. I have all you lovely NORD people to help me out anyway!

Thanks for the link anyway, I checked it out.


Anyone else???