A Great Introduction to Piano
If you’re new to the instrument, the Kawai CA49 is the perfect digital piano for your home. Jam-packed with performance and value, the CA49 boasts Kawai’s advanced Grand Feel Compact wooden-key action and Ivory Touch key surfaces, giving it the feel of a real acoustic piano, while Progressive Harmonic Imaging technology and 192-note polyphony deliver the inimitable sounds of the renowned Shigeru Kawai SK-EX and Kawai EX concert grand pianos. The CA49 includes a number of notable improvements over its predecessor, including an easy-to-read OLED screen, added lessons, more tonal flexibility, and a modern cabinet design reminiscent of Kawai’s larger Concert Artist instruments. The Kawai CA49 not only offers an excellent introduction to piano, thanks to its onboard educational materials, its elegant design also ensures that it will make a great addition to in any room.
The feel of a real acoustic piano
Kawai developed their Grand Feel Compact action used in the CA49 to capture the distinctive feel of an acoustic grand piano. Every key on this digital piano is crafted from a long piece of wood, with textured Ivory Touch surfaces to ensure a comfortable playing experience. Like a real acoustic grand piano, the CA49’s keys rest on a metal balance pin and move in an even, seesaw-esque motion. The pianists here at Sweetwater have found that the CA49’s balanced touch feels amazing all over the keybed — even towards the backs of its keys. Grade-weighted hammers, bass region counterweights, and let-off simulation add to the CA49’s realistic playability, while a triple-sensor key detection system eliminates unnatural breaks during rapidly repeated notes. Performing trills on this digital home piano is smooth as silk! You also get excellent touch consistency at lower volumes, thanks to a Low Volume Balance function. Finally, the CA49 is tailor-made for young learners, thanks to an enhanced Light Touch Curve setting. The fastidious attention to detail that went into the CA49 gives you maximum stability when playing fortissimo passages, while giving you the delicate pianissimo control you need.
Progressive Harmonic Imaging delivers stunning grand piano sound
Sit down at the Kawai CA49 and play. It captures the superlative tone of Kawai’s flagship Shigeru SK-EX full concert grand piano. Every key on this 88-key digital piano delivers stunning sound; painstakingly sampled and faithfully reproduced using Kawai’s Progressive Harmonic Imaging technology. This unique process not only sounds amazing, it also re-creates the broad dynamic range of a real-world grand piano. What’s more, the CA49’s motherboard was developed in partnership with Onkyo for first-class tonal clarity. You also get a Tone Control setting with eight selectable presets, offering you complete customization of your sound. Kawai EX concert grand pianos have graced stages all around the world, hand-selected by professional pianists in prestigious events like the Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and Rubinstein international piano competitions. And now, thanks to the CA49, that sound can be yours.
Features to nurture your development as a pianist
Kawai’s CA49 digital piano includes a 3-song recorder, letting you record your performances to internal memory and play them back at the touch of a button. What’s more, there’s a cool lesson feature that helps aspiring pianists to learn the piano using an onboard collection of etudes from Czerny, Burgmüller, and Beyer, plus Chopin Waltzes 1–19 and songs from popular Alfred course books. You can practice left- and right-hand parts for each piece separately and adjust the tempo to master the more difficult passages. Dual and Four-Hands modes (and dual headphone jacks) let you collaborate with a teacher or duet partner, while 192-note polyphony is more than enough to ensure that all your notes are heard. Kawai's Grand Feel Grand Feel pedal system replicates the feel and functionality of a real grand piano triple-pedal setup. A modern cabinet design reminiscent of Kawai’s larger Concert Artist instruments finish completes the package.
Kawai CA49 Digital Home Piano Features:
- Grand Feel Compact wooden-key action captures the distinctive feel of an acoustic grand piano
- Ivory Touch surfaces to ensure a comfortable playing experience
- Grade-weighted hammers, bass region counterweights, and let-off simulation yield realistic playability
- Triple-sensor key detection system eliminates unnatural breaks during rapidly repeated notes
- Low Volume Balance function provides excellent touch consistency at lower volumes
- Enhanced Light Touch Curve setting is tailor-made for young learners
- Progressive Harmonic Imaging technology and 192-note polyphony offer spot-on re-creations of the Shigeru Kawai SK-EX and Kawai EX concert grand pianos
- Motherboard was developed in partnership with Onkyo for first-class tonal clarity
- Tone Control setting with 8 selectable presets offer complete customization of your sound
- 3-song recorder stores your performances in internal memory and plays them back at the touch of a button
- Onboard lessons include etudes from Czerny, Burgmüller, and Beyer, plus Chopin Waltzes 1–19 and songs from popular Alfred course books
- Practice left- and right-hand parts for each piece separately and adjust the tempo to master the more difficult passages
- Dual and Four-Hands modes (and dual headphone jacks) for collaborating with a teacher or duet partner
- Grand Feel pedal system replicates the feel and functionality of a real grand piano triple-pedal setup
- Smart Mode Virtual Technician simulates the duties of an experienced piano technician
- Modern cabinet design reminiscent of Kawai’s larger Concert Artist instruments
- Easy-to-read OLED screen
