The K-500 AURES delivers one of the finest upright piano playing experience in the market today through its blend of award-winning craftsmanship and ground-breaking technology. Identical to the K-500 K Series professional upright piano, the new K-500 AURES features sound and operation technology found on Kawai’s flagship digital instruments, including a modern LCD touchscreen display and the new Kawai Hybrid Soundboard amplification system.
Blending award-winning craftsmanship and advanced technology, The K-500 AURES Hybrid delivers the finest in acoustic and digital piano performance. The AURES originates from Kawai’s award-winning K Series Professional upright line of pianos offering many of its top-of-the-line features, including Kawai’s Millennium III upright action, considered the world’s finest upright piano action.
As a premiere digital piano, the AURES comes equipped with a Kawai’s latest and most advanced digital and sound technology, with the addition of the newly developed AURES Hybrid soundboard technology.
Developed in collaboration with Onkyo, Japan’s leading premiere audio manufacturer, the soundboard technology incorporates newly-designed high performance transducer components that allow the K-500 AURES to deliver digital audio through its premium solid spruce soundboard resulting in a rich, powerful, and expansive sound.
| Soundboard | Tapered Solid Spruce | |
| Back Posts | 5 | |
| Hammers | Mahogany / Underfelted | |
| Action | Millennium III Upright Action with ABS-Carbon Composites | |
| Key Surfaces | NEOTEX™ | |
| Sound Source | Pianist Mode: SK-EX Rendering
– 88-Key Multi-channel Sampling Sound Mode: Harmonic Imaging XL – 88-Key Stereo Sampling |
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| Internal Sounds | Pianist Mode:
– SK-EX Concert Grand Sound Mode: – 88 Sounds |
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| Keyboard Modes | Dual Split Four Hands Transpose Tuning Favorite |
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| Polyphony | Max. 256 notes (depending on selected sound) | |
| Effects | Pianist Mode:
– Resonance Depth (10 types) Sound Mode: – Reverb (6 types) |
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| Virtual Technician | Pianist Mode:
– Touch Curve (incl. User) Sound Mode: – Touch Curve (incl. User) |
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| Internal Recorder | Pianist Mode:
– 3 song recorder (approximately 10 min. per song) Sound Mode: – 10 song |
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| USB Audio Recorder | Record | MP3 WAV |
| Playback | MP3 WAV SMF KSO (internal song file) |
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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 | |
| Internal Songs | Sound Demo | 39 Songs |
| Piano Music | 29 or 42 Songs (Depending on market) | |
| Concert Magic | 88 Songs | |
| Lesson Songs | 584 Songs from Alfred, Burgmüller, Czerny, Beyer, Bach, and Chopin lesson books, 140 Finger Exercises | |
| Favorites | 16 memories (4 x 4 pages) | |
| Transpose | Key Transpose | -12~+12 semi-tones |
| Song Transpose | -12~+12 semi-tones | |
| Other Settings & Functions | Sound Settings | Tuning (Sound mode only) Damper Hold (Sound mode only) Tone Control (incl. User), Speaker Volume Line In Level Wall EQ SHS Mode Phones Type Phones Volume, LCD contrast Factory reset MIDI setting Bluetooth setting |
| Settings | Bluetooth MIDI Bluetooth Audio Bluetooth Audio Volume Rename File Delete File, USB Format MIDI Channel Send PGM Local Control Transmit PGM# On/Off Multi-timbral Mode Channel Mute LCD Contrast Auto Display Off Auto Power Off Factory Reset |
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| Display | 5″ LCD touchscreen (480 x 800 pixels) | |
| Bluetooth® | Bluetooth® (Ver. 4.1; GATT compatible) Bluetooth® Low Energy MIDI Specification compliant Bluetooth Audio |
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| Connector Jacks | Headphone | 1 x 1/4″, 1 x 1/8″ |
| MIDI | MIDI (IN/OUT) | |
| Line Out | 1/4″ L/MONO, R | |
| Line In | 1/8″ Stereo (with volume adjust knob) | |
| USB to Host | ✔ | |
| USB to Device | ✔ | |
| Pedals | Damper (with half-pedal support) Soft Sostenuto |
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| Power Consumption | 58 W | |
| Power | Power Cable | |
| Bench | Matching Artist Bench | |
| Headphones | Headphone Hook | |
| Others | Warranty Card Owner’s Manual Hymn Player Manual Internal Song List |
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| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 51” (130 cm) x 59” (149 cm) x 24” (61 cm) | |
| Weight | 515 lbs (234 kg) | |
| Finish | Polished Ebony |
