With our advanced Soundboard Speaker System featuring an authentic wooden soundboard, the CA98 Hybrid Digital Piano delivers an amazing concert piano experience that can be heard in the comfort of one’s home. To provide outstanding performance, we combined our industry-leading “Grand Feel II” wooden-key keyboard action with the Shigeru Kawai SK-EX Rendering piano sound engine (featuring multi-channel sampling and resonance modeling) for unparalleled touch and tone.
With amplification and speaker technologies developed in collaboration with premium audio maker Onkyo and our new 5″ touchscreen display, the CA98 offers the discerning player a truly satisfying piano experience. Try it yourself and understand why the CA98 digital piano of the CA Series and its hybrid predecessors have received more major international awards than any other line of hybrid digital pianos.
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 Onkyo speaker system featuring Twin-Drive soundboard
- 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
SOUNDBOARD SPEAKER SYSTEM
The flagship CA98 Hybrid incorporates the latest version of Kawai’s highly-regarded Soundboard Speaker System… the Premium Onkyo “Twin Drive” soundboard speaker. This unique audio technology embraces the rich, harmonic qualities of wood, channelling sound energy onto a traditional soundboard to produce a natural, organic tone.
TOUCH
Embracing many of the long established piano-building principles associated with an acoustic piano, the Grand Feel II, fully wooden-key keyboard utilized by the CA98 Hybrid combines realistic materials, motion and mechanism to recreate the exceptional touch of our finest concert grand pianos.
TONE
Developed in collaboration with Onkyo, one of Japan’s leading premium audio equipment manufacturers, the CA98 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 Artists’ optimized power amplifiers reproduce the Shigeru Kawai grand piano sound with stunning richness and clarity.
LCD TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY
The CA98 Hybrid 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.
BLUETOOTH®
In addition to standard USB and MIDI jacks for connecting to computers or other instruments, the CA98 Hybrid 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 CA98 Hybrid 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.
RICH SOUND SELECTION
Supplementing the beautiful acoustic piano voices, the CA98 Hybrid 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.
LESSONS AND EXERCISES
The CA98 Hybrid 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.
GRAND FEEL PEDAL SYSTEM
The CA98 Hybrid 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.
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 |
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| Pedal | Grand Feel Pedal System - Damper (with half-pedal support) - Soft - Sostenuto |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| No. of Sounds | Pianist Mode: 10 Rendering Characters Sound Mode: 88 Voices |
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| Reverb | Pianist mode: Ambience (10 types) Sound mode: Reverb (6 types) |
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| Brilliance | ✔ | |
| Other Effects | 24 Types | |
| Speakers | TwinDrive Soundboard Speaker System 8 cm x 4 (top speakers) 2 cm x 2 (dome tweeters) |
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| Output Power | 135 W (45 W x 3) | |
| Headphone Enhancements | Discrete SpectraModule™ Headphone Amplifier Spatial Headphone Sound Headphone Type Headphone Amplifier |
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| Display | 5" LCD touchscreen (480 x 800 pixels) | |
| Key Cover | Sliding Type | |
| Music Rest | Collapsible with 6 Angle Adjustments | |
| Dimensions | Width | 57 1/3" (145.5 cm) |
| Depth | 18 1/3” (46.5 cm) | |
| Height | 37” (94 cm) (not including music rest) | |
| Weight | 187 lbs (85 kg) | |
| Available Finishes | Premium Satin Black (CA98B) Premium Rosewood (CA98R) |
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| Basic Functions | Dual Split Four Hands Transpose Tuning Favorite |
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| Internal Songs | Sound Demo | 39 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Parts | Pianist mode: 1 part Sound mode: 2 parts |
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| 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. 4.1; GATT compatible) Bluetooth® Low Energy MIDI Specification compliant, Bluetooth Audio |
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| USB Audio Recorder | Record | MP3 WAV |
| Playback | MP3 WAV SMF |
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| Other Functions | Overdubbing Line In recording |
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| 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 | 55 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 |
WARRANTY
Kawai CP, CA, CS and CN Series products:
5 Years Parts and Labor –
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.
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This instrument has been thoroughly inspected by our service department and maintained to ensure it is sold in optimal playing condition. It includes a 90-day full-service warranty with purchase and will be tuned before delivery. Additional service plans are available at the time of purchase.
