CA 701

The CA701 features a modern, elegant cabinet design and is available in four premium finishes to match your home: Ebony Polish, Premium Rosewood, Premium Satin Black, and Premium Satin White.

Yes. The music rest angle can be adjusted to multiple positions to suit your playing height, just like on a concert grand, and it can also be laid completely flat. Newly designed, integrated music holder pins can be flipped up to prevent your sheet music pages from slipping.

Yes. The CA701 features a built-in, sliding key cover that elegantly glides out to protect the wooden keys, the music stand pins, and the control panel from dust and sunlight when the instrument is not in use.

When you purchase the CA701, the box includes:

• The CA701 Digital Piano (with integrated Grand Feel Pedal System)
• The adjustable music rest (with integrated flip-up sheet holder pins)
• The power adapter and power cord
• The owner's manual and setup instructions

The Grand Feel III action features full-length wooden keys with a seesaw mechanism – just like an acoustic grand. It has the longest key pivot distance of any digital piano keyboard, making playing at the back of the keys incredibly easy. Graded hammer weighting, counterweights in the front of each key, Ebony & Ivory Touch key surfaces, a triple-sensor system, and pressure-point (let-off) simulation ensure maximum precision, natural repetition, and an authentic piano touch.

The Grand Feel Pedal System replicates the exact pedal resistance of our premier Shigeru Kawai SK-EX concert grand across all three pedals – sustain (with half-pedal support), soft, and sostenuto. The physical positioning of the pedals has also been ergonomically optimized and moved further back to match an acoustic grand.

The CA701 features our premier acoustic instruments, reproduced with our latest high-resolution SK-EX Rendering multi-channel sampling and physical resonance modeling technology, as well as our Harmonic Imaging XL engine:

• Shigeru Kawai SK-EX Competition Grand (New): Captured from the player's perspective with multiple microphone positions, offering a stronger, highly dynamic tone with brilliant clarity.
• Shigeru Kawai SK-EX Concert Grand: Captured from the audience's perspective for a warmer, beautifully blended concert-hall tone.
• Shigeru Kawai SK-5 Chamber Grand: Celebrated for its intimate, expressive mid-sized tonal character.
• Kawai K-60 Upright Piano: A high-quality acoustic upright sound for a distinct, traditional tone.
• Kawai EX Concert Grand: The legendary stage instrument known for its powerful, bright tone.

Our Spatial Headphone Sound (SHS) technology adds physical spatial depth and three-dimensional realism to the piano sound through headphones. It creates a natural, open acoustic experience, significantly reducing listening fatigue during longer private practice sessions. You can even optimize the sound profile for open, semi-open, closed, or in-ear headphones.

The CA701 features an impressive high-end sound system with digital 110W amplifiers. It is equipped with 6 speakers, including top-facing speakers with custom-designed 360-degree diffusers. This setup projects the sound evenly throughout the room, creating an immersive, multi-dimensional acoustic field that perfectly mimics a real acoustic grand piano for both the player and the audience.

Yes, easily via Bluetooth® MIDI (Ver. 5.0) and high-fidelity Bluetooth® Audio (Ver. 5.1). Bluetooth MIDI enables wireless communication with learning and control apps like Kawai's PianoRemote or PiaBookPlayer. Bluetooth Audio lets you stream songs, backing tracks, or instructional videos directly from your device through the CA701's powerful speaker system to play along wire-free.

Yes. The built-in lesson function includes a library of typical learning études by Czerny, Burgmüller, and Beyer, as well as the renowned Alfred Piano courses. Each piece can be played at a variable tempo, with the left or right hand played individually for focused practice. A Four-Hands mode also splits the keyboard so teacher and student can play simultaneously at the same octave register.

Yes, you have two options:

• Internal Recorder: Stores up to 3 songs with a maximum capacity of approximately 10,000 notes directly in the piano's memory.
• USB Audio Recorder: By plugging in a USB flash drive, you can record your play directly as high-quality MP3 or WAV audio files to share with friends, listen on your phone, or burn to a CD.

The CA701 features an intuitive, 5-inch color touchscreen with an anti-glare, reflection-free surface built into the cheekblock, providing clear visual access to all functions. The screen can even be set to turn off completely when you are playing to avoid any visual distraction. You can also manage all settings wirelessly using the free Kawai PianoRemote app on your smartphone or tablet.

The CA701 is equipped with a professional, fully-featured connection panel that offers maximum flexibility:

• Dual Headphone Jacks: 1x 1/4" (6.3mm) stereo jack and 1x 1/8" (3.5mm) stereo mini-jack for silent practicing together.
• Stereo Line Out (L/MONO, R): Connects easily to external amplifiers, mixers, or PA systems.
• Stereo Line In (with volume adjustment): Connects external devices like laptops directly to play audio through the piano's speakers. It features a dedicated volume control knob (Line In Level) directly on the panel.
• USB to Host: Connects to computers or tablets for MIDI production.
• USB to Device: Allows you to plug in a USB flash drive to save recordings or play back MP3/WAV files.

The Virtual Piano Artisan allows you to act as your own piano technician. Directly through the touchscreen, you can easily adjust the sound character of the acoustic piano, harpsichord, or e-piano. You can fine-tune string, damper, and cabinet resonances, adjust the noise of key-off and fallback hammers, and even change the pitch, volume, and voicing of individual keys before saving your custom setup.

No. Unlike an acoustic piano, the CA701 is 100% digital and never needs to be tuned. It is completely unaffected by seasonal humidity or temperature changes, meaning it will sound perfect and perform reliably year after year with zero maintenance costs.

Kawai is renowned for its exceptional reliability. The CA701 is built with our finest premium components and is backed by our comprehensive 5-year manufacturer's warranty (subject to regional registration) to ensure complete, long-term peace of mind.

The CA701 is a significant step up from the CA401 and CA501, offering a truly professional playing and acoustic experience. The key upgrades of the CA701 are:

• Keyboard Action: The CA701 features the advanced Grand Feel III action with longer wooden keys and a longer pivot point, providing even more precise control and balance than the Grand Feel Compact action found in the CA401/501.
• Sound Generation: It uses Kawai's flagship SK-EX Rendering engine with multi-channel sampling and physical resonance modeling, delivering a much more organic, rich, and detailed piano sound than the Progressive Harmonic Imaging (CA401) or Harmonic Imaging XL (CA501).
• Sound System: The CA701 features a 6-speaker system with 110W amplification and 360-degree diffusers, projecting a massive, multi-dimensional sound field compared to the 40W (CA401) and 100W (CA501) systems.
• Interface: The CA701 replaces the traditional cheekblock buttons with an intuitive 5-inch color touchscreen for effortless navigation.

While both models share the same premium Grand Feel III wooden-key action, the 5-inch touchscreen, and the SK-EX Rendering sound engine, the CA901 represents the absolute pinnacle of the series ("Premium Experience") with the following exclusive upgrades:

• TwinDrive Soundboard Speaker: The CA901 features a real wooden soundboard on the back of the cabinet, powered by high-performance AURES transducers. This replicates the physical vibration and rich projection of an acoustic grand piano's soundboard, which the CA701's traditional speaker system cannot fully match.
• Premium Amplification & Cabinet: The CA901 utilizes a larger, heavier upright-style cabinet and an even more sophisticated multi-channel speaker setup (135W total output) for a truly immersive, concert-hall experience.