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Kawai K-500 AURES

Kawai K-500 AURES
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Model

K500 AURES

MSRP:$23,795

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Model

K500 AURES

Blending award-winning craftsmanship and advanced technology, The K-500 AURES Hybrid delivers the finest in acoustic and digital piano performance. The AURES originates from Kawai’s award-winning K Series Professional upright line of pianos offering...

K500 AURES

Technical Specifications

Acoustic
Action: Millennium III
  • Key Surfaces: NEOTEX
  • Hammer Core: Mahogany
  • Hammer Felt: With underfelt
  • Max String Length: 1,230 mm
  • Soundboard: Solid Spruce, Tapered
  • Soundboard Size: 1.45 m²
  • Ribs: 11
  • Back Posts: 5
  • Duplex Scale: Yes
  • Agraffes: No
  • Fallboard: Soft Fall
  • Lock: Yes
  • Casters: Double
  • Pedals: 3 (Soft, Muffler, Damper)
  • Tone Spreader: Yes
  • Height: 130 cm
  • Width: 150 cm
  • Depth: 62 cm
  • Weight: 238 kg
  • Finishes: Black Polish
Digital
Sensing System: Integrated Hammer Sensing System (IHSS), optical
  • Velocity Curves: Light+, Light, Normal, Heavy, Heavy+, Off (Constant), User
  • Sound Source — Pianist Mode: SK-EX Multi Channel 88-key Rendering
  • Sound Source — Sound Mode: Harmonic Imaging XL, 88-key Sampling
  • Sounds — Pianist Mode: Shigeru Kawai EX Concert Grand with 10 Rendering Characters
  • Sounds — Sound Mode: 88 voices — Grand Pianos: Shigeru Kawai EX, Kawai EX, SK-5
  • Polyphony: max. 256 notes (depending on selected sound)
  • Virtual Technician — Pianist Mode: Touch Curve, Voicing, Damper Noise, Fall-back Noise, Hammer Delay, Minimum Touch, Key Volume, Half-Pedal Adjust, Soft Pedal Depth
  • Virtual Technician — Sound Mode: Touch Curve, Voicing, Damper Resonance, Damper Noise, String Resonance, Undamped String Resonance, Cabinet Resonance, Key-off Effect, Fall-back Noise, Hammer Delay, Topboard Simulation, Decay Time, Minimum Touch, Stretch Tuning, Temperament, Temperament Key, Key Volume, Half-Pedal Adjust, Soft Pedal Depth
  • Keyboard Modes: Dual, Split, 4Hands (Volume/Balance adjustable)
  • Reverb: Room, Lounge, Small Hall, Concert Hall, Live Hall, Cathedral
  • Effects — Pianist Mode: Resonance Depth (10 types), Ambience (10 types)
  • Effects — Sound Mode: Reverb (6 types), Effects (24 types): Chorus x3, Delay x3, Tremolo x3, Auto Pan x2, Phaser x2, Rotary x6, Combination x5
  • Temperaments: Equal (Piano Only), Pure (Major), Pure (Minor), Pythagorean, Meantone, Werckmeister III, Kirnberger III, Equal (Flat), Equal (Stretch), User
  • Recorder — Pianist Mode: 30 min audio (WAV + MP3), 3 songs
  • Recorder — Sound Mode: USB: MP3/WAV record & playback, A-B Loop; Internal: MIDI 10 songs, 2 tracks, max. 90,000 notes
  • Metronome: 10 beats + 100 rhythms, tempo and volume adjustable
  • Lesson Songs: 542 songs — Czerny, Burgmuller, Beyer, Bach, Chopin, Hanon, Alfred
  • Demo Songs: 39 songs
  • Piano Music: 29 songs
  • Concert Magic: 176 songs
  • Display: 5 inch LCD touchscreen (480 x 800 pixels)
  • Bluetooth: Ver. 4.0 (GATT compatible), Bluetooth Low Energy MIDI, Bluetooth Audio
  • Registrations: 16 Favorite Memories
  • USB Functions: Playback: MP3, WAV, SMF; Recording: MP3, WAV; Audio Overdub, Convert Song to Audio, Internal Songs load/save, SMF save, File delete, USB format
  • Sound System: Soundboard System with 4 Transducers
  • Amplifier: 140 W
  • Connectivity: LINE IN (1/8 inch stereo), LINE OUT (1/4 inch L/MONO, R), Headphones x2 (1/4 inch, 1/8 inch), MIDI IN/OUT, USB to Host, USB to Device
  • Power Consumption: 58 W