The slimline, stylish digital piano with concert grand performance.
Incorporating the popular Responsive Hammer action and Progressive Harmonic Imaging sound technology, along with built-in lessons, useful Four Hands playing mode, and three metal pedals, the impressive CL36 delivers Kawai's trademark touch & tone authenticity in an ultra compact cabinet.
- Touch authenticity: Responsive Hammer keyboard action
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The CL36’s superb Responsive Hammer keyboard action recreates the supreme touch of an acoustic grand piano, with its realistic movement and rigid, springless design providing a smooth and natural piano playing experience. The RH construction is built for reliability, with structural reinforcements throughout the action assembly that help to minimise noise and key wobble during staccato and fortissimo passages.
- Acoustic piano key weighting
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Just as acoustic pianos utilise heavier bass and lighter treble hammers, the Responsive Hammer keyboard action also employs different hammer weights, appropriately graded for each playing range. Such details provide greater stability during fortissimo passages, while preserving delicate pianissimo control, to satisfy the demands of the most discerning pianists.
- Ivory Touch key surfaces
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The impressive CL36 features Kawai’s highly regarded Ivory Touch key surfaces as standard. This finely textured material gently absorbs fingertip perspiration and oils to assist playing control, and possesses a natural, matte finish that is smooth but not slippery.
Furthermore, this moisture is absorbed without dirt or grease permeating the surface, allowing the keytops to be wiped clean easily using just a damp cloth.
- The Sound of a Grand Piano: Kawai EX concert grand
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The Kawai EX concert grand piano is widely regarded by professional pianists and piano technicians as one of the finest instruments within its class. Hand-built by Master Piano Artisans at the Shigeru Kawai Piano Research Laboratory in Ryuyo, Japan, each EX instrument undergoes a meticulous regulation and refinement process within a specially designed anechoic chamber.
Following this lengthy crafting period, the completed EX concert grand piano receives a final series of rigorous quality inspections, before eventually taking centre stage in the world’s most prestigious musical institutions and concert halls.
- True character in every note
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The CL36 digital piano captures the beautiful sound of Kawai’s highly acclaimed concert grand piano, with all 88 keys of this exceptional instrument meticulously recorded, analysed and faithfully reproduced using advanced Harmonic Imaging technology.
Recording each key individually in this way, preserves the rich harmonic character of the EX concert grand piano, and guarantees that the sound heard when playing any one of the CL36’s weighted keys is a faithful representation of the original acoustic source.
- Harmonic Imaging technology
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When playing a fine piano, the amount of pressure applied to the keyboard affects not only the volume of the sound produced, but also the unique tonal character of each note. Therefore, in order to construct a realistic acoustic portrait of the EX concert grand piano, not only is each key recorded individually, but also at various different volumes, ranging from gentle pianissimo to thunderous fortissimo.
The CL36 offers a highly detailed acoustic portrait, employing Kawai’s proprietary Progressive Harmonic Imaging sampling technology to ensure smooth tonal transitions across the keyboard and throughout the entire dynamic range.
- Realistic reverberation
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The CL36’s digital effects engine further enhances the instrument’s core sounds, applying additional reverberation effects that simulate the acoustic environment of a recital room, live stage, or concert hall, bringing performances to life.
The result is a rich, vibrant piano tone that delivers breathtaking realism and authenticity.
Features
- Keyboard type: RH Action with Ivory Touch surface
- Keys: 88 keys
- sound generation: Progressive Harmonic Imaging System (88 Key Sampling)
- Sounds / Tones: 15 sounds
- Polyphony: 96
- Effects: Room, stage, hall
- Modes: Dual and four-hand modes
- Metronome: Yes
- Sequencer: 3 songs, 1 track (max 15,000 notes)
- Connections: 2 x Phones, MIDI (in/out)
- Power (watts rms): 2x 15 W
- Colour / Finish: Rosewood
- Finish: satined
- Weight: 36,5 kg
- Key Cover: No
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 1368 x 766 x 295 mm
- Including: Cover, power supply, user manual