2011 Kawai Digitals CA93

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Description

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Concert Artist instruments are widely regarded as the finest digital pianos available. Professional musicians that demand authentic touch and tone favor KAWAI’s wooden key action and Harmonic Imaging sound technology, while teachers praise the built-in lessons and finger exercises. The inclusion of other instrumental sounds, such as pipe organs and strings, adds to the versatility of the Concert Artist instruments. And for aspiring hobbyists, the convenient USB audio feature allows music to be played through the instrument’s speaker system, serving as an invitation to accompany their favorite artists. It’s even possible to record audio files without leaving the keyboard, a convenience that is rare among digital pianos.

Soundboard Speaker System

The CA93 is equipped with a unique Soundboard Speaker System. Embracing the rich, harmonic qualities of wood, sound energy is channelled onto a spruce soundboard to faithfully reproduce the unmistakable warmth and ambience of an acoustic piano. While the sound produced by normal ‘cone’ speakers typically resonates in circles from a central point, instruments such as guitars, violins and pianos, harness the acoustic properties of wooden boards, vibrating with the resonances of each tone for greater uniformity of expression. The Soundboard Speaker System adopts similar principles in order to enhance the sound reproduced by conventional speakers.

The touch of a grand piano

The keyboard action of an acoustic grand piano has remained largely unchanged for centuries, employing long wooden keys that rise and fall in a seesaw motion, to trigger hammers that strike strings. It’s an intricate, yet beautifully designed
mechanism that allows pianists to express a wealth of feeling and emotion in their playing.

The Concert Artist’s RM3 Grand action embraces the very same, long-established acoustic piano principles of material, motion, and mechanism to faithfully recreate the exceptional touch of a fine concert grand. First, all eighty-eight black and white keys are crafted entirely from long pieces of wood, with finely textured ivory-like surfaces applied to absorb moisture and assist control. Each wooden key pivots smoothly on a central balance pin – the ends rising then falling with gravity to replicate the natural motion of an acoustic piano action. When pressed, the back of each key triggers a grade-weighted hammer which, in turn, strikes a switch to play the note. Additional counter-weights placed at the front of the bass keys help to lighten their heavier touch during pianissimo passages – again, another refinement borrowed from the acoustic piano action, while the new let-off feature even recreates the subtle ‘notch’ sensation felt when gently playing the keys of a grand. Over eighty years of experience in building the world’s finest acoustic pianos clearly influences our digital piano engineers, and ensures that the Concert Artist will satisfy the demands of even the most discerning pianist.

Specifications

CA 93
Keyboard 88 wooden keys with Ivory Touch key surfaces
Action RM3 Grand with Let-off
Sound Source Ultra Progressive Harmonic Imaging™ (UPHI)
Internal Sounds 80
Polyphony max. 192 notes
Display 16 x 2 characters LCD
Reverb Room 1, Room 2, Stage, Hall 1, Hall 2
Effects Chorus, Delay 1, Delay 2, Delay 3, Tremolo, Rotary 1, Rotary 2
Recorder 10 song, 2 track recorder - 90,000 notes
USB Functions Play MP3/WAV/MID, Record MP3/WAV,
Convert Song to Audio, Load/Save Recorder song
Registrations 8 memories
Demo Songs 36 songs + 42 Piano Music pieces
Concert Magic 176 songs
Lesson Function Alfred Piano Courses + Finger exercises
Virtual Technician Voicing, Damper Resonance, String Resonance, Key Off Effect,
User Touch Curve, Temperament, Stretch Tuning
Other Features Dual, Split, Dual/Split Balance, Four Hands Mode, Key/Song Transpose,
Tuning, Metronome (with 100 rhythms), Speaker/Headphone Volume
EQ Settings Loudness, Bass Boost, Treble Boost, Mid Cut, User (3 band EQ)
Wall EQ
Jacks MIDI (IN/OUT/THRU), USB (to Host, to Device), LINE IN (L/MONO, R),
LINE IN Level Adjust, STEREO IN, LINE OUT (L/MONO, R), Phones x 2
Pedals Damper (with Half-Pedal support), Sostenuto, Soft
Speakers 7 cm x 4 + 1.9 cm x 2
Soundboard Speaker System
Output Power 50 W x 2 + 35 W transducer
Dimensions 571/2" (W) x 181/2" (D) x 36" (H)
Weight 192

Specifications are subject to change without notice