Black Enamel for Competitions with 2.5 cm heel height (22.5-26.0 cm)

Sales price: 26,950 yen

■Heel height: 2.5cm
■Size：(Total 8 sizes)
Japan size
22.5/23.0/23.5/24.0/24.5/25.0/25.5/26.0cm
US size 5.5/6/6.5/7/7.5/8/8.5/9
EU size 35/36/37/38/39/40/41/42
The products are listed in Japanese sizes.
■Color：Black enamel
■Material:
(Instep) Synthetic leather
(Sole) Synthetic rubber
■Strap: 3-way strap button system
made in Japan
※Specifications are subject to change due to manufacturing reasons.
Comes with original shoe box with logo
■Chopin International Piano Competition in ASIA supplementary prize
■ 2015 Good Design Award.
■Shoes for Pianist ” Patent No. 5470498 obtained.
■Little Pianist Trademark No. 5742991 registered.
■Symbol mark registered trademark No. 5742992
■Shoes for Pianist International patent registration number: CN105163620(B)
■Kanto Region Commendation for Invention, Incentive Award
■Obtained patent No. 7403051 for “Shoes for Pianist”

Piano shoes Size contrast chart (approximate)
The size contrast chart above is a guide.

JP SIZE	US SIZE	EU SIZE
22.5	5.5	35
23.0	6.0	36
23.5	6.5	37
24.0	7.0	38
24.5	7.5	39
25.0	8.0	40
25.5	8.5	41
26.0	9.0	42

The size comparison table above is for reference only.

Thanks to your support,
the number of users of Little Pianist piano shoes has exceeded 10,000!

Good piano players wear piano shoes?
Especially popular with pianists aiming to win piano competitions!
Piano shoe users have expressed their joy at winning competitions and being accepted to music colleges.
Once you wear piano shoes, you can pedal more easily than when you are barefoot, so once you wear piano shoes, you say, ‘I can’t go back to normal shoes!’ Once you wear piano shoes, you’ll never go back to normal shoes!’
Use your piano shoes as a ‘piano playing tool’ and enjoy playing the piano in the way you want, stress-free.

Designed in the piano image colours of glossy black, red and gold.
These black piano shoes are ideal for matching with dark colored dresses.
In addition, this enamel is made of ‘stretch enamel’, which provides a gentle fit around the fingers.
They do not hurt your feet when you pedal a foot wide.
The insoles are made of a non-slip material so that the foot does not slip inside the shoe and unnecessary force is not required.
The outsole is made of metal to prevent the pedals from slipping and to transmit the depth of the pedal to the foot.
The sole also has a silent effect, reducing the sound of walking on stage.
The silence is very useful before a competition performance and makes a good impression on the jury.
These piano shoes have a 3-way strap, so that the second player in a duet can easily operate the pedals when stretching his or her legs to pedal.

With piano shoes as your ally,
you can achieve your ideal music on the most important stage.

The original heel section has a heel structure specially designed for piano playing (patented).

Curved heel designed in Japan, Little Pianist original.
(No other company has it!)
Patented designed piano playing heel to help you play exactly the way you want.
The original curved heel, patented and designed for piano playing, allows the toe to lift up softly at the moment you envision, just like a feather in a shoe.
Piano shoes make it easier to perform the pedaling techniques necessary to pursue music, such as ‘half-pedaling’ and ‘vibrato pedalling’, because they allow you to quickly and timely ‘step changes’ that affect the music and control the depth of your pedaling.
There is no contact noise with the pedals to worry about, so only beautiful piano sounds are played.
When the heel is fixed to the floor during performance, the piano shoes themselves are stable, which reduces muscular strain (according to Tsukuba University empirical research data) and keeps concentration at a minimum load.
We recommend that you wear these ‘piano performance shoes’ when practicing at home to demonstrate their power on stage.

3 ways it can be used!
Three ways that you enjoy the shoes.

By putting the strap through the through-hole in the heel, the ankle-strap pumps are secured at the ankle!
The narrow straps make your feet look more beautiful.
This style is recommended for dresses with an elegant, mature look.

Can also be worn as plain pumps without the straps.
The simple design makes it suitable for a variety of stages.
They are comfortable and can be worn for long periods of time.

The strap is passed through a through-hole in the back sole of the pumps to create an instep strap type.
It tightens the line from the ankle to the instep.
The straps hold the foot firmly in place, allowing you to pedal with great stability.

The sole also has a silent effect, reducing the sound of walking on stage.

Magic shoes, we are proud to recommend them to students and teachers!

Ms Michiko Sumino

Pianist Jury member, International Chopin Piano Competition in ASIA Asia
She is Mother of Hayato Sumino.

They are exactly the ideal shoes I was looking for. When playing, the first thing that comes to mind is the ease of subtle control of the pedals, and how smoothly and lightly the foot moves in and out on the pedals.
It is also nice not to hear footsteps when walking on stage!
I will continue to use these magical piano shoes with great care.
We are proud to recommend it to students and teachers.

〜Profile〜.
After graduating from the Toho Gakuen School of Music with a degree in piano, she studied at the New England College of Music in Boston. She currently teaches a wide range of students from infants to adults, including students preparing for music college entrance exams and piano teachers. She has received the PTNA Piano Teacher of the Year Award 22 times in succession. She has received many special teaching awards. More than 100 of her students have participated in the PTNA National Finals. He is also active in many fields, lecturing, writing and teaching seminars on piano teaching methods.
　She is a regular member of the All Japan Piano Teachers Association (PTNA) and a jury member of the PTNA Competition National Finals. Jury member of the Asian Chopin International Piano Competition in Asia. Member of the jury of the National Competitions of the International Chopin Piano Competition in Europe.

The birth of ‘piano playing shoes’ was an eye opener.

Ms Reiko Kikuchi

Visiting professor at Tokyo College of Music and Showa University of Music

Thanks to the comfortable fit, as everyone has already commented, and the stability provided by the device with the heel, I was able to pedal subtly and smoothly.
Pedalling is an important part of piano playing, along with finger touch.
In the beginning it is simply ‘step on and release’, but gradually you have to learn more advanced techniques such as half pedals and vibrato pedals, which I often pay attention to during lessons.
The creation of a ‘piano-specific shoe’, which did not seem to exist until now, is a true eye-opener.
I would recommend it not only to pianists, but also to mothers and teachers, as it makes no noise when walking on stage.

The pedals and feet become one, allowing for lean and precise pedaling.

Ms Mai Koshio

Part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts High School of Music and Osaka College of Music.

When I put on my piano shoes, I was thrilled that I had finally found the performance shoes I was looking for! I was thrilled.
I have tried many shoes in the past, but it was difficult to find the right one! I’ve never been able to find anything that I could think of.
These shoes not only remove the anxiety from your feet and keep your centre of gravity in check, allowing you to concentrate on your playing, but the soft, cushioned material also allows your pedals and feet to become one, allowing you to pedal with precision and without waste.
After all, the moment you put on your favourite shoes, you feel good! is the feeling that motivates you before the show.
It is my partner with whom I will be sharing the stage. I am grateful to Little Pianist for noticing the thoughts of the performers and developing this product.
I recommend it to many pianists with the same problem!

〜Profile〜.
Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts and its graduate school. Performed in front of the Imperial Palace’s Momoka Gakudo upon graduation. Graduated from the Mozarteum Salzburg with the highest unanimous honors in the master’s programme at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. Completed post-graduate studies at the same university.
Winner of the Silver Prize in Class C, Gold Prize in Class E, Bronze Prize in Class G, Silver Prize in Special Class and Audience Prize at the national finals of the PTNA Piano Competition. Awarded the Encouragement Prize at the 3rd Yasuko Fukuda Award Selection.
Second prize in the Jr. D category at the 2007 Val Cesia International Competition; second prize at the 2015 Mauro Paolo Monopoli International Competition; first prize at the 2019 Amigdala International Piano Competition; first prize at the 2008 Amigdala International Piano Competition; first prize at the 2009 Amigdala International Piano Competition; second prize at the 2009 Amigdala International Piano Competition.
1st prize at the Finlentino International Competition in 2020.

Quantify the load on your feet when pedaling, A demonstration experiment was conducted with pianists to measure the effectiveness of piano shoes.

In September 2022, an experiment was conducted at a piano studio in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, to measure the effect on the feet during performance using electromyograms and accelerometers. It has been proven that there is.

Dr. Kazutaka Adachi, Doctor of Science, The University of Tokyo

In pedaling, a force of between 5 and 7 kg is exerted on the right foot only, and in developing children this can affect bone development if they are not wearing the right shoes.
Piano shoes are ergonomically sensible in terms of the hardness and shape of the soles and the curvature of the heel, and pedaling movements in particular are easy and as desired because the fulcrum is close to the ankle joint, just below it.
This results in less stress and awareness on the feet and allows the brain to concentrate on the movement of the fingers.

Differences in muscle strain when pedalling three times
~Results of a demonstration experiment by the University of Tsukuba~.

It was demonstrated that the load on muscle activity was clearly reduced when wearing the Little Pianist.

Dr. Kazutaka Adachi, Doctor of Science, The University of Tokyo

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