KAWAI CA78 DIGITAL PIANO

Name: Kawai CA78 Digital Piano
SKU: 4349
Price: 1000.00 USD
Availability: InStock

The CA78 is one more reason why our CA Series has won more major international awards than any other digital piano line in our industry. Advanced features like our 5” high-definition color touchscreen, Bluetooth® connectivity, our next-generation Onkyo-designed audio system and cutting-edge piano sampling and modeling techniques are blended together with over 90 years of piano-building experience to create the CA78. With the industry-leading “Grand Feel II” wooden-key keyboard action and our new Shigeru Kawai SK-EX Rendering piano sound engine, the powerful CA78 will outperform any other digital piano in its class.

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Kawai CA78 Digital Piano

Depth: 18” (45.5 cm)
Width: 57 1/3" (145.5 cm)
Height: 36 1/2” (92.5 cm)
Weight: 163 lbs (75 kg)

Description

KAWAI CA78 DIGITAL PIANO

Over 90 years of award-winning piano-making excellence are merged with advanced digital features in the CA78 to elevate your music making enjoyment to the highest level. Tucked conveniently in the keyboard side panel is a full-color 5” touchscreen that provides an intuitive portal to the rich complement of CA78 sounds and control functions.

Powerful amplifier technologies and an innovative speaker configuration designed with audio specialists at Onkyo work together to deliver outstanding tonal quality. Cutting-edge piano sampling and modeling techniques used for our SK-EX Rendering piano sound engine beautifully capture the rich tone of our world-renowned Shigeru Kawai Concert Grand Piano. Direct USB and MIDI connectors expand capabilities for music making, while integrated Bluetooth® allows for wireless communication with other devices. Add our top-rated “Grand Feel II” wooden-key keyboard action and you have in the CA78 one of the most impressive digital pianos on the market today.

Visit our showroom at 5800 Richmond Avenue to hear and feel the CA78 firsthand. For more information, please call us at 713-904-0001 or email us at info@kawaipianoshouston.com.

Finish Options

CA78

Premium Rosewood

CA78

Premium Satin Black

CA78

Premium Satin White

CA78

Ebony Polish

Product Highlights

NEW – Shigeru Kawai EX Rendering piano sound engine
NEW – Modern 5″ LCD touchscreen display
NEW – Integrated Bluetooth® MIDI and Audio wireless technology
NEW – Premium audio processing and amplification powered by Onkyo
NEW – Spatial Headphone Sound for enhanced depth and realism
Industry-leading Grand Feel II wooden-key action
Ebony & Ivory Touch key surfaces, 3-sensor, let-off, counterweights
MP3/WAV/SMF playback, record, and overdub MP3/WAV to USB
256 Polyphony (max.)
Grand Feel Pedal System
Attractive, modern cabinet with 6-position adjustable music rest

Features

TOUCH

Embracing many of the long-established principles associated with an acoustic piano, the Grand Feel II, fully wooden-key keyboard utilized by the CA78 Concert Artist combines realistic materials, motion and mechanism to recreate the exceptional touch of our finest concert grand pianos. Learn More »

CA Series Touch

TONE

CA Series Tone

Developed in collaboration with Onkyo, one of Japan’s leading premium audio equipment manufacturers, the CA78 digital piano is the first musical instrument to utilize specialist components designed for high-end audio reproduction. With cutting-edge technologies such as 1-bit DSD processing, dual DAC signal conversion, and Onkyo’s exclusive DIRDC circuitry, the Concert Artist's optimized power amplifiers reproduce the Shigeru Kawai grand piano sound with stunning richness and clarity. Learn More»

LCD TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY

The CA78 digital piano is the first instrument of its kind to feature a full-color 5” touchscreen display. Discreetly embedded within the left cheekblock, this high resolution touchscreen allows sounds and settings to be selected from an attractive user interface simply by tapping or swiping the display with a finger.

LCD Touchscreen Display

BLUETOOTH®

Bluetooth Technology

In addition to standard USB and MIDI jacks for connecting to computers or other instruments, the CA78 digital piano also features integrated Bluetooth® MIDI and Audio technology that allows these instruments to communicate with supported smart devices wirelessly. Once connected to a phone, tablet, or laptop, Concert Artist 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 instruments’ premium amplifier and speaker systems without the need for any cables.

USB AUDIO & STORAGE

The CA78 Concert Artist is equipped with modern USB connectors that not only allow the instrument to be connected to a computer for MIDI use, but also to load and save data to USB memory devices directly. USB memory devices can also be used to play back MP3 or WAV audio files.

USB Audio and Storage

RICH SOUND SELECTION

Sound Selection

Supplementing the beautiful acoustic piano voices, the CA78 Concert Artist also features an excellent selection of additional sounds, ranging from electric pianos and drawbar or church organs, to strings, human choirs, and synth pads, inviting musicians to add greater variety to their performances.

CONCERT MAGIC

This exclusive feature lets anyone enjoy the thrill of playing the piano, even if you’ve never played before. Learn More »

Concert Magic

LESSONS AND EXERCISES

Alfred Lessons

The CA78 Concert Artist comes with the first year’s lesson songs from Alfred Publishing’s Basic Piano Course 1, Premier Course 1 and Adult Course 1 built in. We’ve also included the printed music and recordings for time-tested finger exercises such as scales, arpeggios and Hanon songs. Learn More »

GRAND FEEL PEDAL SYSTEM

IThe CA78 features three pedals – soft, sostenuto, and damper (with half-damper capability). The new Grand Feel Pedal System reproduces the individual weighting of each of the three pedals of the Kawai EX concert grand.

Grand Feel Pedal System

JACKS AND CONNECTIONS

Jacks and Connections

In addition to USB, the CA78 has other useful jacks including 2 headphone jacks, MIDI connections and audio input / output jacks for connecting to sound equipment and recording systems.

Specifications

Keyboard		Grand Feel II action - 88 wooden keys - Grade-weighted hammers - Ivory Touch white key surfaces - Ebony Touch black key surfaces - Let-off simulation - Triple sensor key detection - 88-key Graded counterweights
Pedal		Grand Feel Pedal System - Damper (with half-pedal support) - Soft - Sostenuto
Piano Sound		Pianist mode: SK-EX Rendering - 88-key multi-channel sampling - SK-EX recording Sound mode: Harmonic Imaging XL (HI-XL) - 88-key stereo sampling - SK-EX, SK-5, EX recording 256 note maximum polyphony
Piano Resonance		Pianist mode: Resonance Modelling - Damper Resonance - String Resonance - Undamped String Resonance - Aliquot Resonance Sound mode: Acoustic Rendering - Damper Resonance - String Resonance - Undamped String Resonance - Cabinet Resonance
No. of Sounds		Pianist mode: 10 rendering characters Sound mode: 66 voices
Reverb		Pianist mode: Ambience (10 types) Sound mode: Reverb (6 types)
Brilliance		✔
Other Effects		24 types
Speakers		13 cm x 2 (woofers) (8 x 12) cm x 2 (top speakers) 5 cm x 2 (tweeters)
Output Power		100 W (50 W x 2)
Headphone Enhancements		Discrete SpectraModule™ headphone amplifier Spatial Headphone Sound Headphone Type Headphone Amplifier
Display		5" LCD touchscreen (480 x 800 pixels)
Key Cover		Sliding type
Music Rest		Collapsible type (6 angle adjustability)
Dimensions	Width	57 1/3" (145.5 cm)
	Depth	18” (45.5 cm)
	Height	36 1/2” (92.5 cm) (not including music rest)
Weight		163 lbs (75 kg)
Available Finishes		Premium Satin Black (CA78B) Premium Satin White (CA78W) Premium Rosewood (CA78R)
Basic Functions		Dual Split Four Hands Transpose Tuning Favorite
Internal Songs	Sound Demo	37 songs
	Piano Music	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) Chopin Etudes (Opus 10) 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
Internal Recorder	Total Memory	Pianist mode: approximately 10 mins. per song Sound mode: approximately 90,000 notes
	No. of Songs	Pianist mode: 3 songs Sound mode: 10 songs
	Parts	Pianist mode: 1 part Sound mode: 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
Metronome	Drum Rhythms	100 patterns
Bluetooth® *		Bluetooth® (Ver. 4.1; GATT compatible) Bluetooth® Low Energy MIDI Specification compliant, Bluetooth Audio
USB Audio Recorder	Record	MP3 WAV
	Playback	MP3 WAV SMF
	Other Functions	Overdubbing Line In recording
App Functions		-
Connector Jacks	Headphone	1 x 1/4", 1 x 1/8" Stereo jacks
	MIDI	MIDI IN, MIDI OUT, Bluetooth® MIDI
	Line Out	1/4" L/MONO, R [unbalanced]
	Line In	1/8" Stereo (with volume adjust knob) [unbalanced]
	USB to Host	✔
	USB to Device	✔
	Others	-
Power Consumption		50 W
Power		Power cable
Bench		Matching Storage Bench
Headphones		Headphone hook
Sheet Music		Finger Exercises Only
Others		Warranty Card Owner's Manual Hymn Player Manual Internal Song List

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Warranty

Kawai CP, CA, CS and CN Series products:

5 Years Parts and Labor – Click Here To Download Owner’s Registration Card

Customers should retain their store receipt or purchase statement as proof of the date of purchase. Please contact Kawai’s Technical Services Division if you have any questions or concerns, or to request a copy of your new warranty.