Authorised Dealer Of Kawai, Shigeru Kawai, Schimmel, Casio & Yamaha Pianos
168-170 Easterly Rd, Leeds, LS8 3AD
£2,597.00
Value Package – £2,716.00 – Inc Matching Stool & Headphones
Concert Artist performance at an affordable price
Combining the latest Grand Feel Compact wooden-key keyboard action and brand new SK-EX Competition Grand piano sounds, with powerful 360° speaker output, convenient USB audio features, Bluetooth® MIDI and Audio connectivity, and a strong selection of other sounds, the CA501 delivers best-in-class touch, tone, and features at an outstanding price.
This piano is available in three different colour finishes:
. Satin Black
. Rosewood
. Satin White
Our quick enquiry form takes less than 30 seconds to complete. Once we receive it, Mark, Oliver or David will be in touch within a few minutes.
A Kawai UK Ltd 5 year warranty comes with this piano
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Long wooden key
Counterweight
Balance pins
Weighted hammers
Let-off mechanism
Triple sensor
Ivory Touch key surface
This action retains the long wooden keysticks used for all 88 black and white keys, and the familiar ‘seesaw’ mechanism employed by acoustic grand piano actions for centuries. However, despite its smaller unit size, GF Compact features an extended key pivot length, providing a more consistent touch weight when playing towards the rear of the keyboard. This crucial detail, along with various other acoustic piano-like characteristics, ensures the CA501 delivers the most realistic playing experience in its class.
As with an acoustic piano, these finely balanced weights help to lighten the touch of the keyboard during pianissimo passages, while adding a feel of greater substance when playing with force.
The added third sensor improves responsiveness when playing the same key repeatedly, and unlike conventional two sensor keyboard actions found in many digital pianos, allows the sound of a single note to be gradually ‘layered’ without the previous tone being lost.
In addition, Kawai’s action technology also monitors the speed at which each key is lifted, influencing the release character of piano sounds, and providing a greater range of expression between staccato and legato playing.
Furthermore, this moisture is absorbed without dirt or grease permeating the surface, allowing the keytops to be wiped clean easily using just a damp cloth.
This subtle ‘notch’ sensation can be felt when playing the keys of a grand piano very gently, and may be used by experienced pianists to aid control when playing pianissimo passages.
Widely regarded as ‘the premier piano of Japan’, the flagship SK-EX grand piano graces the stages of concert halls and musical institutions around the globe, receiving universal acclaim for its tonal clarity and exceptional dynamic range. The magnificent tone of the SK-EX is at the heart of the CA501, with this new model featuring the latest SK-EX Competition Grand recreation of this peerless instrument.
This piano sound possesses a brilliant, clear tonal character, with a distinctive thick attack, and is specifically recorded from the pianist’s position for the ultimate performance experience.
Recording each key individually in this way – as opposed to stretching the same tone over several different notes – preserves the grand pianos’ unique harmonic character, and guarantees that the sound heard when playing any one of the CA501’s wooden keys is a faithful representation of the original acoustic source.
The CA501 offers a highly detailed acoustic portrait, employing Kawai’s proprietary Harmonic Imaging XL sampling technology to ensure smooth tonal transitions across the keyboard and throughout the entire dynamic range.
The CA501’s powerful Virtual Technician function simulates these refinements digitally, allowing discerning musicians to shape aspects of the selected piano’s character to suit their personal preferences.
Perform touch weight and voicing adjustments, regulate hammer and key release noises, and fine-tune string, damper, and cabinet resonances. It is even possible to adjust the precise tuning, volume, and character of individual notes – all in real-time.
Studio-quality reverb allows pianists to position themselves within one of six acoustic environments, ranging from a small practise room to an inspirational grand cathedral.
These additional components create a 360° sound field around the instrument, ensuring a natural piano sound for both the player, and those listening elsewhere in the room
Moreover, when playing through speakers at a reduced volume setting (so as not to disturb family members), the CA501’s Low Volume Balance feature intelligently adjusts keyboard touch and piano tone characteristics, allowing pianissimo passages to be played smoothly and more naturally.
In addition, the CA501 also allows players to select a variety of headphone types (Open, Semi-open, Closed, In-Ear, Canal, etc.) for an optimised listening experience.
Wireless Bluetooth® connectivity, USB audio record/playback, Dual, Split, and Four Hands keyboard modes, and a rich assortment of instrumental voices add greater variety to players’ performances, while the convenient metronome function and integrated lessons ensure that regular practise is both productive and engaging for aspiring pianists.
Once paired with a phone, tablet, or laptop, CA501 owners can enjoy a wide variety of exciting music-related apps that enhance their learning and playing experience, or stream audio from songs and videos directly through the instrument’s impressive speaker system without the need to connect additional cables.
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The Dual playing mode also allows two different sounds, such as grand piano and strings, to be layered together, while the Split and Four Hands modes divide the keyboard into two independent sections.
The latter feature is particularly useful in learning environments, allowing teacher and student (or student and student) to play together at the same time using a single instrument.
This latter USB to Device functionality allows favourite instrument settings, registrations, and memorable recorder songs stored within internal memory to be safely preserved on USB flash drives, or for standard MIDI files (SMF) downloaded from the internet to be played back and enjoyed using the instrument’s exquisite Harmonic Imaging XL sounds without additional hardware or cables.
It is even possible to record and overdub entire performances directly as MP3 or WAV audio files for emailing to family and friends, or casual listening away from the piano.
This unique feature accurately replicates the position and individual weighting of the damper, soft, and sostenuto pedals of a Shigeru Kawai SK-EX concert grand piano to further enhance the CA501’s acoustic piano-like authenticity.
With a strong emphasis on acoustic piano realism, the CA501 also features traditional finger exercises, scales, and warm-up drills, and includes companion books for all classical scores to further aid one’s piano development.
* Included score books dependent on market location.
* Alfred lesson books sold separately.
As with a grand piano, the viewing angle of the instrument’s music rest can be adjusted to suit the performer’s playing position, or laid flat for convenience when notating scores or sketching musical ideas.
The smooth, rounded edges and gently tapered design give the score support pins a high quality, premium feel, while their crystal-like transparent finish also helps to prevent obscuring the notation behind.
The CA501’s various sounds and functions can all selected directly from the control panel, with clear labels printed onto each button ensuring an intuitive, modern, and uncluttered appearance.
* For a visual representation of the piano in each finish, please refer to the Gallery function at the top of this page.
* Cabinet finish availability dependent on market location.
DIMENSIONS
Keyboard | ・ Grand Feel Compact action – 88 wooden keys – Grade-weighted hammers – Ivory Touch white key surfaces – Let-off simulation – Triple sensor key detection – Bass region counterweights |
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Pedal | ・ Grand Feel Pedal System – Damper (with half-pedal support) – Soft – Sostenuto |
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Piano Sound | ・ Harmonic Imaging XL (HI-XL) – 88-key stereo sampling – SK-EX-L, SK-5, EX, K-60 recording – 256 note maximum polyphony |
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Piano Resonance | ・ Acoustic Rendering – Damper Resonance – String Resonance – Undamped String Resonance – Cabinet Resonance |
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Piano Adjustment | ・Virtual Technician (21 parameters) – Touch Curve (incl. User Touch Curve) – Voicing (incl. 88-key User Voicing) – Damper Resonance – Damper Noise – String Resonance – Undamped String Resonance – Cabinet Resonance – Key-off Effect – Fall-back Noise – Hammer Delay – Hammer Noise – Topboard Simulation – Decay Time – Release Time – Minimum Touch – Stretch Tuning (incl. 88-key User Tuning) – Temperament (incl. User Temperament) – Temperament Key – Key Volume (incl. 88-key User Key Volume) – Half-Pedal Adjust – Soft Pedal Depth・Virtual Technician Smart Mode (10 presets) |
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No. of Sounds | 45 voices | |
Reverb | 6 types | |
Brilliance | ✔ | |
Other Effects | 24 types | |
Speakers | 13 cm x 2 (woofers) (8 x 12 cm) x 2 (top speakers, with diffusers) |
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Output Power | 100 W (50 W + 50 W) | |
Headphone Enhancements | Spatial Headphone Sound Headphone Type |
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Display | 128 x 64 pixel OLED | |
Key Cover | Sliding type | |
Music Rest | Collapsible type (3 angle adjustability) Score support pins |
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Product Size & Weight |
Width | 142.5 cm (56″) |
Depth | 48.5 cm (19 1/4″) | |
Height | 93 cm (36 2/3″) [music rest flat] 110 cm (43″ 1/3) [music rest raised] |
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Net Weight | 66 kg (145.5 lbs.) | |
Packing Size & Weight |
Dimensions | 155.5 (W) x 68 (D) x 59.5 (H) cm |
Gross Weight | 80.5 kg (without bench) 88.5 kg (with bench) |
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Available Finishes | Premium Satin Black (CA501B) Premium Satin White (CA501W) Premium Rosewood (CA501R) |
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Basic Functions | Dual Split Four Hands Transpose Tuning Low Volume Balance Registration Startup Setting |
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Internal Songs | Sound Demo | 33 songs |
Piano Music | 29/42 songs * | |
Concert Magic | 176 songs | |
Lesson Songs | Burgmüller 25 (25 Etudes Faciles, Opus 100) Czerny 30 (Etudes de Mécanisme, Opus 849) Czerny 100 (Hundert Übungsstücke, Opus 139) Beyer 106 (Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Opus 101) J.S. Bach: Inventionen Sonatinen Album 1 Chopin Walzer (Chopin waltzes series) Alfred’s Premier Piano Course Lesson 1A Alfred’s Premier Piano Course Lesson 1B Alfred’s Basic Piano Library Lesson Book Level 1A Alfred’s Basic Piano Library Lesson Book Level 1B Alfred’s Basic Adult Piano Course Lesson Book Level 1 |
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Internal Recorder | Total Memory | approximately 90,000 notes |
No. of Songs | 10 songs | |
Parts | 2 parts | |
Metronome | Time Signatures | 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 3/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 12/8 |
Drum Rhythms | 100 patterns | |
Bluetooth * | Bluetooth (Ver. 5.0; GATT compatible) Bluetooth Low Energy MIDI Specification compliant Bluetooth Audio (Ver. 5.1; A2DP compatible) |
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USB Audio Recorder | Record/Playback | MP3 WAV SMF (Playback only) |
Other Functions | Overdubbing Bluetooth Audio recording |
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App Functions | PianoRemote (iOS/Android) PiaBookPlayer (iOS/Android) |
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Connector Jacks | Headphone | 1 x 1/4″, 1 x 1/8″ Stereo jacks |
MIDI | USB-MIDI, Bluetooth MIDI * | |
Line Out | 1/4″ L/MONO, R [unbalanced] | |
Line In | 1/4″ L/MONO, R [unbalanced] | |
USB to Host | ✔ | |
USB to Device | ✔ | |
Others | – | |
Power Consumption | 30 W | |
Power | Power cable AC adaptor (PS-242) |
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Bench | Fixed-height or height-adjustable bench * | |
Headphones | Headphone hook | |
Sheet Music | Classical Piano Collection * Classical Lesson Scores * Finger Exercises |
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Others | Warranty Card * Owner’s Manual Internal Song Lists |
Remember we supply pianos in Yorkshire and Nationwide… frequently delivering to Leeds, Bradford, York, Harrogate, Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Doncaster, Sheffield, Scarborough, Bridlington & Hull.
If you cannot visit, call us. We can mail order your digital piano anywhere in the U.K. Our specialist carriers work nationwide. We can even arrange to unbox and assemble it. Please ask us for more details.
Our quick enquiry form takes less than 30 seconds to complete. Once we receive it, Mark, Oliver or David will be in touch within a few minutes.