Kawai CA-51 digital piano disassembled

What Kawai doesn't want you to see.
Kawai CA-51 digital piano with AWA Grand Pro-II action, disassembled and demonstrated.

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Science & Technology

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• kawai
• awa
• grand
• pro
• digital
• piano
• ca-51
• ca51
• disassemble
• disassembled
• action

[Fumoffuuu]

this is interesting, im considering buying this as well. my primary other option is a yamaha clp 330, do you know anything about that, to be able to compare the two? if so, which would you consider the better buy?

[shirakawa2]

Sorry, I don't know much about Yamahas. At the time, when I bought this Kawai two years ago, I was considering maximum maximum key action realism and the best models compared to this one were too much expensive. The probably have much better build quality and reliability though.

[baby002]

Cool! How heavy are these keys? Are they as heavy as the keys on a real piano? Does it really feel like a real piano?

[shirakawa2]

Keys are about as heavy as those on my upright acoustic piano. I don't know how they are compared to a real grand piano because I never played one, but many say that the feel is very similar to one.

What I can say about realism, again, compared to my upright acoustic piano, is that keys don't "vibrate" when strings are struck and that the feel of the escapement system is not recreated.

[DigitalPianist]

@shirakawa2 Are the keys are made of wood?

[shirakawa2]

@DigitalPianist Yes, but it wasn't really high quality wood. It also had some manufacturing defects.

PS I don't own this digital piano anymore.

[leeyowon2]

addictive vid LOL can't stop watching those hammers flicking...

[underverser]

Yes indeed... It's funny to watch over and over >=)

[khandbleachfan]

this isnt the top line in the CA series no other action will be different than this ,besides the yamaha avant grands wich use a real grand piano action , i think this kawai action is really impresive

[DigitalPianist]

Does it have the famous graded hammer effect?

[casioPX500L]

please upload a video of new RM3 grand keyaction, what is the diffence between AWA grand II and RM3 ?

[casioPX500L]

@Fumoffuuu I have found a picture of Yamaha GH3 3 rd sensor and upload video of the keyaction. I think Kawai RM3 action is best for moment

[PublicYahoo]

Kawai doesn't want you to see it because unlike Roland

the hammers don’t have escapement.

On the Roland you can fire off the

escapement for high speed trilling.

Good post.

[nothingUnrealExists]

I have a CE200 and I LOVE it. However, I have a sticking key, and rather than truck it accross town to the nearest dealer, I would like to crack it open and see if it's just a lubrication issue. I have the service manual, but it gives no guidance at all. Any advice on whether it's worth the attempt and how to approach the disassembly?

[robcat2075]

I don't get the scandal aspect of it...

[jamesh625]

where is the actual mechanism for creating sound? that is, where and what do the hammers strike? is it the row of black things behind the keys or the bar that the white part of the keys hit above them?