Indoor shoes ‘Piafit’ with 2.5 cm heel height (21.0-27.0 cm)

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

Pedalling naturally.
Free the pianist.
-Indoor shoes for pianists ‘Piafit, debut in 2023.

Little Pianist, creator of the world’s first “pianist’s shoes”, has developed indoor shoes in response to user feedback.

We want to free all pianists from the foot strain caused by pedalling.

To be one with the pianist’s feet.
Piafit’s keyword is “wrapping”. Ergonomically designed
for a sense of unity.

Pianists’ problems, such as calluses on the pedalling area, cramps in the feet and breaks due to foot pain, have been caused by unnatural foot movements. The Piafit is thoroughly ergonomically designed to enable pedalling with much less energy than conventional shoes by making the entire area of the sole of the foot act on the pedals, rather than the conventional action of pressing down on the pedals with a part of the foot.

Shoes created by people who love music, for people who love music.
It snuggles up to your body as you play the piano.

Pianist Rintaro Akamatsu    photo by Junichiro Matsuo
Associate professor at Osaka College of Music, visiting professor at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, visiting professor at Utsunomiya Junior College, ambassador for Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

Thanks to "Peer Fit'', I was relieved of many years of stress. It's not so much that they're comfortable, but that they're so comfortable that you forget you're even wearing them.
My feet, which had been squeezed by leather shoes, immediately stopped screaming, and my time in the university laboratory became an exciting time. Playing music shouldn't be painful.
Even though it fits, the ankle can be used comfortably, so you can pedal freely. Skillful pedaling requires flexibility in the ankles, and it is undesirable to keep them as tense as the wrists. By relaxing your ankles, you can move smoothly from your knees to your hips, so you won't feel fatigued even for long periods of time.
The height of the heel has also been designed to help you maintain good posture naturally, which is what I feel when I wear Peer Fit. Good sound comes from good posture, so it goes without saying that it's effective.
Shoes created by people who love music, for people who love music. It snuggles up to your body as you play the piano.

Profile of Professor Rintaro Akamatsu
Rintaro Akamatsu has studied with France Clidat, Jean Micault in Paris and György Nádor, Zoltán Kocsis in Budapest. He won third prize in the Clara Schumann International Piano Competition at Düsseldorf 2000. Since then, has given concerts as soloist and chamber musician in Japan, USA, Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Taiwan and Columbia, and collaborated with orchestras such as the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Metropolitan Orchestra, the Royal Chamber Orchestra, the Danube Symphony Orchestra, the Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra, etc. In addition to many CDs for King International and others, his writing has appeared in newspapers, magazines and books. Professor of Osaka College of Music, Senzoku Gakuen Music College, Utsunomiya Junior College. Director of Budapest International Piano Masterclass, Japan Liszt Piano Academy.

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A range of seven sizes for pianists of all ages

Piafit is available in seven sizes, from 21 cm to 27 cm in increments of 1 cm, in the hope that it will appeal to people of all genders and ages.
The Piafit is designed to provide a sense of oneness with the foot even for those who have not been able to wear pianist-specific shoes in the past.

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.

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

*We will send items outside of Japan by EMS.
*We do not accept maintenance or size exchanges from customers whose destination is outside of Japan.
*Shipping fee outside Japan is 5000 yen.
*Customers whose destination is outside of Japan can only pay by credit card.
*For customers whose shipping address is outside of Japan,
we do not accept cancellations after shipping, even before unpacking.