Kawai have successfully combined operational technology and award-winning craftmanship to produce an instrument that delivers exceptional digital and acoustic performances.

The Kawai K-500 ATX3 allows full digital flexibility by incorporating both the elements of a powerful digital audio component with an acoustic muting feature which enables the feeling of playing a traditional piano whilst playing silently, in privacy, with the newly developed Kawai SH-9 headphones that are matched to the internal sound source of the piano.

Through the use of Kawai’s Harmonic Imaging XL technology, the K-500 ATX3 offers an array of alternative acoustic piano sounds and a fantastic selection of additional instrument voices with sounds ranging from electric pianos to strings and human choirs. Furthermore, the Kawai K-500 ATX3 includes Kawai’s Millennium III keyboard action which incorporates the latest materials combining ABS Carbon materials. The ABS-Carbon compound is incredibly rigid and lightweight and ensures the keyboard action has increased durability, improved control and responsiveness and is less prone to degradation over time. This feature and the use of the revolutionary Millennium III upright action have been developed to enhance the pianists speed, power and control.

Offering tonal clarity and dynamic range that is second to none, Kawai have developed SK-EX Rendering; a new piano sound engine that successfully blends 88-key sampling, multi-channel with the latest resonance modelling technology. The digital sound engine reproduces the sound of the world recognised Shigeru Kawai SK-EX concert grand piano when the instrument is muted.

Kawai’s AnyTimeX3 instruments allow you to enjoy an extensive variety of music related apps and serve to enhance your learning and playing experience. Furthermore, the models boast traditional warm-up drills, scales and finger exercises to aid your practise.

This model includes an integrated lesson function and offers full digital convenience due to its full-colour 5” touchscreen that enables settings and sounds to be selected simply through the swipe or tap of a finger. This instrument is part of the range that has been able to successfully integrate sensors within the working of the piano action. The result? It reads the exact movements of each hammer.

Equipped with a dual playing mode, the Kawai K-500 ATX3 allows two different sounds to be layered simultaneously while the split and 4Hands playing modes divide the keyboard into two independent sections, making it a fantastic teaching instrument.

The Kawai K-500 ATX3 is an exceptional hybrid instrument that delivers outstanding acoustic and digital performance, exceptional responsiveness and digital flexibility.