Kawai CN301 Console Digital Piano with Matching Bench (Premium Rosewood)

Kawai KACN301 Overview

Authentic Touch, Beautiful Sound, Inspiring Features

The premium rosewood Kawai CN301 Digital Piano with Matching Bench is a midrange instrument with a variety of inspiring features suitable for everyone in the family. It offers Responsive Hammer III keyboard action, Progressive Harmonic Imaging sound samples, and acoustic piano sounds from the Kawai Concert Grand Piano, plus a competition grand sound that provides a more natural and dynamic playing experience. The piano features 88 keys, grade-weighted hammers, triple-sensor key detection, and a Grand Feel 3-pedal system for realistic grand-piano touch and feel. With 256-voice polyphony, 45 assorted instrument sounds, 62 built-in songs, Four Hands mode, transpose, metronome, built-in etudes and Alfred lesson songs, Spatial Headphone Sound (SHS) technology, and a 10-song recorder to record and play back one's performance, the CN301 is great for beginners seeking a sophisticated starter instrument, teachers, or experienced players looking for a digital piano for silent practice with headphones.

The piano features a 40W 4-speaker sound system with top-speaker diffuser panels that expand the instrument's tonal projection in all directions to deliver a stunning concert grand piano experience for both player and listener. Bluetooth audio/MIDI and USB MIDI connectivity with support for the PianoRemote and PiaBookPlayer apps enable you to play along with your favorite music. The CN301 is housed within a compact attractive cabinet that incorporates a modernized OLED graphic display and control panel for a contemporary look. With a matching bench included, this elegant piano adds a nice touch to the dcor of large and small living rooms, studies, and family rooms.

Touch

• The CN301 digital piano utilizes Kawai's Responsive Hammer III keyboard action developed to recreate the touch and feel of playing a Kawai grand piano. Each key is authentically weighted using metal hammers, which are graded (i.e. slightly heavier in the bass region, and lighter in the trebles) just like an acoustic piano. These weights also allow released keys to return to their original position without the aid of springs, resulting in a smooth, natural playing experience.
• The Responsive Hammer III keyboard action features Kawai's authentic Ivory Touch key surface material, which possesses an attractive matte finish that is smooth but not slippery.
• Counterweights are embedded within each black and white key to balance the touch of the keyboard during pianissimo passages, while providing a feeling of greater substance and solidity when playing with force.

Tone

• The CN301 digital piano features concert grand piano samples from the SK-EX Concert Grand, recorded from the performer's perspective. These distinctive new samples are brilliant, clear, and bring an exciting new dimension to the playing experience. Widely regarded as one of 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 additio to the SK-EX, SK-5 Grand Piano and EX Concert Grand were carefully recorded, meticulously analyzed, and faithfully reproduced with full 88-key sampling using Progressive Harmonic Imaging sound technology. This proprietary process accurately reproduces the broad dynamic range of the original grand pianos, affording pianists an extraordinary level of expressiveness ranging from the softest pianissimo to the strongest, most robust fortissimo.

Superior Headphone Experience

• Kawai's Spatial Headphone Sound (SHS) technology dramatically enhances the depth and realism of the CN301's sound when listening through headphones or earphones. The player can select from three different acoustic presets that orient the spatial positioning of the sound for a more authentic listening experience. Reduction of auditory fatigue from using earphones or headphones for extended periods of time is also a valuable feature of Kawai's exclusive SHS headphone technology.
• The piano is equipped with both 1/4" and a 3.5mm headphone jacks.

Grand Feel Pedal System

• The CN301 features three pedals: soft, sostenuto, and damper (with half-damper capability).
• The Grand Feel Pedal System reproduces the individual weighting of each of the three pedals of the Shigeru Kawai SK-EX concert grand piano, for a more authentic pedaling experience.

Rich Sound Selection

• The CN301 offers a selection of additional instrument sounds, including dynamic electric pianos, realistic drawbar organs, lofty church organs, vibrant strings, astounding human choirs, and even atmospheric synth-style pads, inviting musicians to add greater variety to their performances.
• Furthermore, the Dual playing mode 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 volume balances for each playing mode can also be adjusted quickly and easily using the real-time panel controls.

Bluetooth Connectivity

• The CN301 features integrated Bluetooth MIDI and Bluetooth audio technology that allows the instrument to communicate with smart devices wirelessly.
• Once connected to a phone, tablet, or laptop, CN301 Digital Piano owners can enjoy a wide variety of exciting music-related apps that enhance their learning and playing experience and stream audio from songs and videos through the instrument's full-spectrum speaker system without additional cables.

Metronome and Other Features

• The CN301 offers a built-in metronome as an aid for the serious piano student. With 7 time signatures, the metronome is a handy tool to learn how to keep a steady rhythm.
• The CA301 has six types of reverb settings to simulate the reverberation of a small room or a cathedral, plus several settings inbetween.
• The 10-song, 2-track MIDI recorder enables you to capture your performance on the fly.
• A USB port allows the instrument to be connected to a computer for MIDI use.

Lessons and Exercises

• The CN301 comes with a lesson function allowing aspiring pianists to practice the piano using a broad selection of built-in song books and finger exercises.
• The convenient lesson feature allows musicians to learn the piano using a built-in collection of etudes from Chopin, Czerny, Beyer, and Burgmüller, or using songs from the popular Alfred course books.
• The left- and right-hand parts of each piece can be practiced separately, adjusting the tempo to perfect difficult passages before being recorded with the built-in recorder for self-evaluation.

Customize Your Sound with Built-In Virtual Technician

• The CN301 digital piano's versatile Virtual Technician digitally duplicates the various tonal characteristics a skilled piano technician can coax out of a fine piano. Beyond meticulously tuning each note, the technician also performs numerous regulation and voicing adjustments that allow the instrument to truly sing.
• The CN301 digital piano's Smart Mode Virtual Technician simulates these refinements digitally, with ten preset configurations that adjust various characteristics of the grand piano sound to match different musical styles.

PianoRemote App

• Kawai's PianoRemote app, compatible with iOS and Android devices, is supported by the CN301. This multifunction app empowers players to manipulate a variety of control parameters, select from a menu of piano and instrumental sounds, and listen to a wide variety of built-in piano music.