Enhanced touch and tone
Kawai has launched the CA401, the latest addition to the Concert Artist digital piano series.
It features a wooden-key keyboard, Progressive Harmonic Imaging sound samples, new concert grand samples, Bluetooth MIDI and audio connectivity, a redesigned control panel, and a refined cabinet.
Highlights
NEW: Updated control panel layout with modern OLED graphic display.
NEW: SK-EX Competition Grand piano sound, specially recorded from the player’s perspective.
NEW: Bluetooth AUDIO for wireless audio playback from smart devices.
NEW: Modern cabinet design modelled after larger Concert Artist instruments.
IMPROVED: Refined cabinet design with improved pedal position & new music desk score support pins.
touch
The CA401 digital piano employs Kawai’s Grand Feel Compact keyboard action, which draws upon 90 years of acoustic piano craftsmanship to provide an incredibly realistic playing experience.
All 88 black and white keys are crafted entirely from long pieces of wood, (as opposed to other digital pianos with wood glued to the exterior of a plastic key). Finely textured Ivory Touch key surfaces on the keys provide an authentic touch rarely found on digital pianos in its range.
The CA401 digital piano features a totally new concert grand piano sample, the SK-EX ‘competition grand’, which is recorded from the performer’s perspective. This distinctive new sample is brilliant and clear and brings an exciting new dimension to the playing experience.
Widely regarded as the “premier pianos of Japan”, Shigeru Kawai instruments grace the stages of concert halls and musical institutions throughout the world and are prized for their exceptional tonal clarity.
Tone
Bluetooth
The new CA401 digital piano boasts both integrated Bluetooth MIDI technology and Bluetooth audio. Bluetooth MIDI allows the instrument to communicate with most smart devices wirelessly.
Once connected to a phone, tablet, or laptop, CA401 digital piano owners can enjoy a wide variety of exciting music-related apps that enhance their learning and playing experience without additional cables.
Grand feel pedal system
The CA401 features three pedals – soft, sostenuto, and damper (with half-damper capability).
The Grand Feel Pedal System reproduces the individual weighting of each of the three pedals of the Shigeru Kawai SK-EX concert grand piano, giving the pianist a more realistic pedaling experience.
