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Kawai America Corporation
2055 East University Drive
Rancho Dominguez, California 90220
310-631-1771
800-421-2177
info@kawaius.com
www.kawaius.com

For company background, see the Kawai listing in the “Brand and Company Profiles” for acoustic pianos.

A renowned builder of acoustic pianos for over 90 years, Kawai entered the digital piano market in 1985. Today, Kawai’s digital pianos comprise four main model lines: Concert Performer (CP), Concert Artist (CA), Classic Series (CS), and CN Series. Other digital models include the CE220, CL26, and KDP110. Portable digitals include the ES8 and ES110, and professional models include the MP Series stage pianos and the VPC1 virtual piano controller.

Kawai created the first hybrid digital instrument to use a transducer-driven soundboard for a more natural piano sound, a feature available in the CS11 and the flagship CA98. Many Kawai models offer USB digital audio recording and playback. Recently, Kawai introduced the first of its Novus line of hybrid instruments, the NV10. This new model features an actual grand-piano action, with modified hammers and optical sensors.

Several different types of action appear in Kawai digital pianos. Kawai is well known for its wooden-key actions for digital pianos, the current versions of these being the Grand Feel (GF), GFII, RM3II, and AWA PROII, these actions available in upper-end models. The Responsive Hammer II (RHII), RHIII, and RH-Compact actions use an industry-standard graded hammer design with plastic keys, and are found in the lower-cost and portable models.

Kawai’s main lines of digital piano are sold through a network of authorized local dealers; several models are also available from Kawai’s online store. Professional products and other digitals are sold through a combination of authorized online and bricks-and-mortar retailers.

Digital Piano: Specifications & Prices

See the Introduction for an explanation of specifications and a key to the finish codes.

Prices in blue italics indicate MAP (Minimum Advertised Price). Other prices are our estimates based on normal retail margins. For more information on MAP and retail pricing, please see "Shopping Options" in our article "Buying a Digital Piano."

Click the Model link for additional specifications. Click the Product Page icon to go to the manufacturer's web page for that model.

Model	Form Slab, Vertical, Grand	Ensemble	Finish See finish codes	Est. Street Price	Voices	Rhythms / Styles	Polyphony	Pedals H = half-pedaling support	Speakers / Watts	Recording MIDI Tracks / Digital Audio (DA)	Bluetooth	Vocal Support	Educational Features
ES110	S		Bk/Wt	*699*	19	100	192	1 (3) H	2 / 14	1	Yes	No	Yes
ES8	S		Bk/Wt	*1,649*	34	100	256	1 (3) H	2 / 30	2 / DA	No	No	No
MP11SE	S		Bk	*2,799*	40	100	256	3 H	0 / 0	1 / DA	No	No	No
MP7SE	S		Bk	*1,799*	256	100	256	1 (3) H	0 / 0	1 / DA	No	No	No
VPC1	S		Bk	*1,849*	0			3 H	0 / 0		No	No	No
CA48	V		R	*2,099*	19	100	192	3 H	4 / 40	1	Yes	No	Yes
CA48	V		ES	*2,199*	19	100	192	3 H	4 / 40	1	Yes	No	Yes
CA58	V		R	*2,999*	42	100	256	3 H	4 / 100	2 / DA	Yes	No	Yes
CA58	V		WtS/ES	*3,099*	42	100	256	3 H	4 / 100	2 / DA	Yes	No	Yes
CA78	V		EP	*4,699*	66	100	256	3 H	6 / 100	2 / DA	Yes	No	Yes
CA78	V		R	*3,999*	66	100	256	3 H	6 / 100	2 / DA	Yes	No	Yes
CA78	V		WtS/ES	*4,099*	66	100	256	3 H	6 / 100	2 / DA	Yes	No	Yes
CA98	V		R	*5,399*	88	100	256	3 H	6 / 135	2 / DA	Yes	No	Yes
CA98	V		ES	*5,499*	88	100	256	3 H	6 / 135	2 / DA	Yes	No	Yes
CA98	V		EP	*6,199*	88	100	256	3 H	6 / 135	2 / DA	Yes	No	Yes
CA98	V		R	*5,399*	88	100	256	3 H	6 / 135	2 / DA	Yes	No	Yes
CE220	V		ES	*1,899*	22	100	192	3 H	2 / 40	2	No	No	No
CL26	V		R	*1,099*	8		96	1 H	2 / 30		No	No	No
CN27	V		R	*1,899*	19		192	3 H	2 / 40	1	Yes	No	Yes
CN37	V		R	*2,599*	352	100	256	3 H	4 / 40	2 / DA	Yes	No	Yes
CN37	V		Wt/ES	*2,699*	352	100	256	3 H	4 / 40	2 / DA	Yes	No	Yes
CP2	V	E	R	5,900	1000+	425	256	3 H	4 / 100	16 / DA	No	Yes	Yes
CP2	V	E	ES	5,991	1000+	425	256	3 H	4 / 100	16 / DA	No	Yes	Yes
CP3	V	E	R	4,445	700+	215	256	3 H	2 / 100	16 / DA	No	No	Yes
CP3	V	E	ES	4,536	700+	215	256	3 H	2 / 100	16 / DA	No	No	Yes
CS11	V		EP	6,627	80	100	256	3 H	6 / 135	2 / DA	No	No	Yes
CS8	V		EP	4,627	60	100	256	3 H	4 / 100	2 / DA	No	No	Yes
KDP110	V		R	*1,149*	15		192	3 H	2 / 40	1	Yes	No	Yes
KDP70	V		R	*899*	15		192	3 H	2 / 16	1	No	No	Yes
CP1	G	E	EP	15,173	1000+	425	256	3 H	9 / 200	16 / DA	No	Yes	Yes
NV10	G		EP	12,995	88	100	256	3 H	7 / 135	2 / DA	Yes	No	Yes

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