KAWAI MP9500

The world had never seen a portable professional stage piano with real wooden keys until the arrival of the MP9000 in 2001. Its successor, the award-winning MP9500 took that success to an even higher level with an enhanced action, improved sounds and a plethora of new control features. Now a Kawai Legacy Product, the MP9500 helped to establish a pattern of evolution that has made subsequent MP Series models the most award-winning instruments in their class.

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Kawai MP9500 Digital Piano

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How do you make a great instrument even better? That was the challenge facing Kawai as it set out to improve on the universally-acclaimed MP9000. The MP9000 digital piano was one of the first professional stage pianos with authentic wooden keys. It set a new standard for superb touch in a portable stage piano and became the top choice among professionals who needed a road-worthy portable instrument with terrific sound and the natural “feel” of a grand piano. Four years later, enter the MP9500 with its redesigned AWA Grand Pro Action with wooden keys, 64 onboard sounds and expanded MIDI capabilities — and the musicial world immediately took notice.

It wasn’t long before the MP9500 was receiving rave reviews and received the prestigious “Readers Choice Award” from Tastenwelt Magazine in Germany. Like all instruments in the course of steady evolution, the MP9500 eventually became a Kawai Legacy Product — but not before it paved the way for the introduction of the next-generation MP Series Professional Stage Pianos that have become the most award-winning in the industry and have been voted “Pro Digital Keyboard Line of the Year” in 2014, 2018 and 2019 by the readers of MMR Magazine. Explore the current industry-leading Kawai MP Series models, HERE.

Specifications

keyboard	88 weighted wood keys, AWA grand PRO action
polyphony	64 notes
sound generation	Harmonic Imaging ® Stereo technology
internal sounds	64 in total, from them:8 x Pianos (concert grand, studio grand, mellow grand, modern piano, rock piano, jazz grand, new age piano, honky tonky),12 x E.Pianos, 2 x Clavi, Vibraphone, marimba, 2 x cembalo, 6 x Church Organn, 8 x Drawbar Orgeln, 4 x Strings, 4 x Brass, 8 x Vocal/pad, 8 x Basses
reverb types	Plate, reverb 1, reverb 2, stage 1, stage 2, room 1, room 2
effect types	Choirus 1, Choirus 2, Choirus 3, Flanger 1, Flanger 2, ensemble, Celeste, delay 1, Delay2, Auto pan, tremolo, Phaser 1, Phaser2, rotary 1, rotary 2, Auto Wah, Exciter, Enhancer, Overdrive, Distortion, SympRes
display	2 x 16 characters LCD with background light
controls	pitch bend wheel, modulation wheel, master volume, zone volume (x4), zone Edit Choice (x4), zone on/off (x4), real time edit control (x4), control mode switch (x4), EFX on/off, reverb on/off, menu up, menu down (Link mode), value up, value down, sound mode, Set up mode, (system mode), sound /Set up Choice (8x2), store, transpose
back side	6,3mm jacks for line out (L/Mono,R); XLR Out (L/R); headphone, damper/soft pedal, foot switch (assignable), expression (assignable), MIDI In / Out / Thru; AC in, power switch on/off
parameters for internal zones	sound, volume, zone hi, zone lo, velocity switch (Off, Soft, Loud), velocity switch level, velocity Sensitivity, damper (on/off), FSW (on/off), EXP (on/off), mod wheel (on/off), bender (on/off), bender range (0-7), pan, transpose (±36), Fine Tuning, Virtual Voicing (mellow, Bright, Dynamic, normal), Attack, Decay, Release, Cutoff
parameters for external MIDI zones	sound nr., volume, bank select (MSB/LSB), MIDI CH, zone hi, zone lo, velocity switch (Off, Soft, Loud), velocity switch level, velocity Sensitivity, damper (on/off), FSW (on/off), EXP (on/off), mod wheel (on/off), bender (on/off), bender range (0-12), pan, transpose (±36), Fine Tuning, Knobs A-D (on/off/CC#), TX Channel, TX Program, TX Bank, TX volume, Attack, Decay, Release, Cutoff
system parameters	Master Tuning, historische tunings, user Scale, system Channel, Footswitch CC#, expression CC# + Aftertouch, Touch Curve (normal, light, light+, heavy, heavy+, user), LCD Contrast, RCV CH 1-16 Play/Mute
dimensions	1466 x 442 x 189 (mm)
weight	32 kg
accessories	F-2r damper+soft pedal and music rack included
accessories optional	F-1foot switch, V-2OX expression pedal