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K-500 Aures Upright Hybrid Piano

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$24,395.00 

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Until the end of September, Kawai is offering instant rebates on selected pianos. See store for details.

The K-500 Aures 2 delivers one of the finest upright piano-playing experiences through its blend of award-winning craftsmanship and ground-breaking technology. This amazing instrument combines the digital technology found on Kawai’s flagship digital instruments with Kawai’s K-500 professional upright piano. All of the opulence of an incredible acoustic piano with the flexibility of a high-end digital piano, the K-500 truly brings the best of both worlds together.

 

   
Dimensions width: 59″ | 149 cm
depth: 24″ | 61 cm
height: 51″ | 130 cm
weight: 515 lb | 234 kg
Available Finishes ebony polish

 

Features
Millennium III upright piano action
with ABS-carbon fibre components
Integrated Hammer Sensing System (IHSS)
for greater accuracy than conventional key-based sensor systems
extended-length key sticks
providing a more even response from the front to the back of the key
SK-EX Rendering Piano Sound Engine
with multi-channel sampling
Kawai’s Soundboard Speaker System
featuring 4 high-performance transducers
integrated Bluetooth® MIDI and Audio
wireless connectivity
Virtual Technician function
with 19 adjustable parameters
app based recorder
(SMF/WAV/FLAC/AAC formats)
dedicated PianoRemote app
user-interface for iOS/Android
90 amazing sounds
with 100 drum rhythms and built-in metronome
dedicated line in/out
plus USB to host/device, MIDI IN/OUT and 2 headphone jacks
KAWAI Ten Year Transferrable Warranty
(for acoustic piano)
KAWAI Five Year Manufacturer’s Warranty
(for digital piano components)
Audio


 

Video
EXPLORING THE AURES 2

 
LUKE JONES

 
PASCAL DEVOYON INTERVIEW

 
MAYA KAGAMI INTERVIEW

 
Specifications
K-500 AURES 2 SPECIFICATIONS
ACOUSTIC SPECIFICATIONS
Sizeheight
51" | 130 cm
width
59" | 149 cm
depth
24" | 61 cm
weight
544 lb | 247 kg
Touchwhite key surfaces
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black key surfaces
NEOTEX™
action
Millennium III Action with carbon fibre
hammers
mahogany, underfelted
Soundsoundboard
solid spruce, tapered
Agraffes
-
duplex scaling
-
back posts
5
Exterior Designpedals
damper, digital controller, soft + practice lever
casters
single, brass
lid props
1
fallboard
Softfall closing system
Music Rack39.5" fallboard style padded music rack
hard finish
-
Lock-
Other Features
  • longer keys
  • steel-reinforced keyslip & keybed
 
DIGITAL SPECIFICATIONS
Sound SourceSK-EX Rendering
  • 88-key multi-channel piano sampling
  • 88-key resonance piano modelling
 
Harmonic Imaging
  • 88-key piano sampling
  • max. 256 note polyphony
Intenal SoundsSK-EX Rendering
  • 88-key multi-channel piano sampling
  • 88-key resonance piano modelling


 
Harmonic Imaging XL
  • 90 sounds
Keyboard Modes
  • dual
  • split
  • four hands
Polyphonymax. 256 notes (depending on selected sound)
EffectsSK-EX rendering
  • ambience (10 types)


 
Harmonic Imaging XL
  • reverb (6 types)
  • effects (24 types: chorus x3, delay x3, tremolo x3, auto pan x2, phaser x2, rotary x6, combination x5)
Virtual TechnicianPianist Mode
  • touch curve (incl. user)
  • voicing (incl. user)
  • damper noise
  • fall-back noise
  • hammer delay
  • minimum touch
  • key volume (incl. user)
  • half-pedal adjust
  • soft pedal depth


 
sound mode
  • touch curve (incl. user)
  • voicing (incl. user)
  • 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 (incl. user)
  • temperament (incl. user)
  • temperament key
  • key volume (incl. user)
  • half-pedal adjust
  • soft pedal depth
Control / Recorder AppPianoRemote (iOS/Android)
 
PianoRemote app-based recorder
- SMF / WAV / FLAC / AAC
 
PianoRemote app-based user interface
Metronometime 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
Internal Songsinternal sound demo
39 songs
music
204/218 songs
lesson songs
578 songs from:
Alfred, Burgmüller, Czerny, Beyer, Bach and Chopin lesson books (lesson books sold separately)
 
140 finger exercises
Transposekey transpose
-12 to +12 semi-tones
song transpose
-12 to +12 semi-tones
Other Settings & Functionsspeaker / headphone
  • tone control
  • wall e.q.
  • low volume balance
  • speaker volume
  • spacial headphone sound
  • headphone type
  • headphone volume
  • line in volume
Bluetooth®
  • Bluetooth MIDI
  • Bluetooth MIDI device name
  • Bluetooth Audio
  • Bluetooth Audio volume
MIDI
  • MIDI channel
  • local on/off
  • transmit program change
  • multi-timbral mode
  • channel mute
user data
  • reset sounds
  • reset music
  • factory reset
system
  • auto power off
  • language information
Sound SystemSoundboard Speaker System
low-mid range transducers x2
high range transducers x2
Bluetooth®
  • Bluetooth (ver. 4.1; GATT compatible)
  • Bluetooth Low Energy MIDI Specification compliant
  • Bluetooth Audio (ver. 3.0, Profile: A2Dp, Codecs: SBC, AAC, aptX)
Connector Jacksheadphones
1/4" x1
1/8" x1
MIDI
IN/OUT
line out
1/8" stereo
line in
1/8" stereo
USB to Host
✓
USB for update
✓
Power Consumption58W
Powerpower cable
Finishpolished ebony
Othermatching artist bench
headphone hook
warranty card
owner's manual
internal song list
*Depending on market location.
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