User's Manual
Table Of Contents
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Important Information
Welcome to the Kawai CA49 digital piano
Thank you for purchasing this Kawai CA49 digital piano.
This owner’s manual contains important information regarding the instrument’s usage and operation.
Please read all sections carefully, keeping this manual handy for future reference.
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Feature Highlights
Grand Feel Compact wooden-key action with Ivory Touch key surfaces and “Let-O” mechanism
The CA49 digital piano utilises Kawai’s Grand Feel Compact keyboard action, which draws upon 90 years of acoustic piano
craftsmanship to provide an exceptionally realistic playing experience. All 88 black and white keys are crafted entirely from
long pieces of wood, with nely textured Ivory Touch key surfaces applied to assist playing control.
As with an acoustic grand piano action, the keys rest on a metal balance pin and move with a smooth seesaw-like motion,
while the extended pivot length ensures a consistent, evenly-balanced touch weight – even when playing towards the back
of the key. The Grand Feel Compact action also incorporates grade-weighted hammers, bass region counterweights, and
let-o simulation for added authenticity, while its accurate triple-sensor key detection system allows rapidly repeated notes
such as trills to be performed smoothly, without unnatural breaks in sound.
Shigeru Kawai SK-EX and Kawai EX instruments reproduced with Harmonic Imaging sound technology
The CA49 digital piano captures the magnicent tone of Kawai’s agship Shigeru Kawai SK-EX full concert grand piano.
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. In addition, the CA49 also features the
distinctive sound of Kawai’s highly acclaimed EX concert grand piano, which has frequently been selected by professional
pianists in such prestigious events as the Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and Rubinstein international piano competitions, among
others.
Both instruments have been carefully recorded, meticulously analysed, and faithfully reproduced with full 88-key sampling
using Harmonic Imaging™ sound technology. This unique process accurately recreates the broad dynamic range of the
original grand pianos, aording pianists an extraordinary level of expressiveness ranging from the softest pianissimo to the
strongest, boldest fortissimo.
Integrated Bluetooth® MIDI connectivity
In addition to standard MIDI jacks for connecting to other instruments, the CA49 digital piano also boasts integrated
Bluetooth MIDI technology that allows the instrument to communicate with supported smart devices wirelessly. Once
connected to a phone, tablet, or laptop, CA49 digital piano owners can enjoy a wide variety of exciting music-related apps
that enhance their learning and playing experience without additional cables.
* Availability of Bluetooth function dependent on market location.
Internal Song recorder, Built-in Lesson Function
The CA49 digital piano features a three song recorder, allowing performances to be recorded to internal memory and
played back at the touch of a button.
In addition, the convenient lesson feature allows aspiring pianists to learn the piano using a built-in collection of etudes
from Czerny and Burgmüller, or songs from the popular Alfred course books. The left and right hand parts for each piece
can be practiced separately, while adjusting the tempo allows more dicult passages to be perfected.