Where it sits
Its price class holds 38 digital pianos between €1,200 and €4,500 (EU street prices) – the Kawai CA-501 sits in the middle there. The Kawai CA-401 from the same brand sits around €375 below it. At a comparable price the comparison also lists Yamaha YDP-184 and Yamaha Clavinova CLP-845.
Strengths & limits
In its favour
- 88 weighted keys with hammer action – the fingers learn the right force from day one
- Wooden keys instead of plastic – closer to an acoustic piano
- Three pedals (damper, sostenuto, soft) are included
- Bluetooth for apps and a wireless connection
Against it
- At ~60 kg not an instrument you carry around often
Price comparison
Price as of 2026-08-24
EU prices – local street prices differ
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Technical data
| Action | Grand Feel Compact (wooden keys) |
|---|---|
| Sound engine | Harmonic Imaging XL (SK-EX + EX) |
| Polyphony | 256 |
| Display | OLED display |
| Amplification | 4-speaker system |
| Weight | ~60 kg |
| Connections | USB-MIDI, USB-to-Device, Bluetooth Audio + MIDI, Line In/Out, headphones ×2 |
| Pedals | 3 pedals (Grand Feel) |
| Features | Grand Feel Compact wooden keys, SK-EX and EX grand samples, 4-speaker system, recording (intern + USB-Audio) |
- Grand Feel Compact (wooden keys)
- Sound engine: Harmonic Imaging XL (SK-EX + EX)
- Polyphony: 256
- Screen: OLED display
- Grand Feel Compact wooden keys
- SK-EX and EX grand samples
- 4-speaker system
- recording (intern + USB-Audio)
- amplification: 4-speaker system
- Connection: USB-MIDI
- Connection: USB-to-Device
- Connection: Bluetooth Audio + MIDI
- Connection: Line In/Out
- Connection: headphones ×2
- pedals: 3 pedals (Grand Feel)
- Weight: ~60 kg
- Kawai-cabinet with 3 pedalsn (Grand Feel pedal System)
- PianoRemote-App
- Built-in tutor-book pieces (Alfred, Burgmüller and others)
- Grand-Feel action with Echtholztasten
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Alternatives in the same category
Kawai CA-501 €2,238–2,399Cabinet digital piano with Grand Feel Compact action.
Yamaha Clavinova CLP-845 €2,179–2,269The Clavinova upper class: GrandTouch-S action with wooden keys – CFX plus Bösendorfer Imperial on board.
Yamaha YDP-184 EU approx. €2,200–2,400*Cabinet digital piano with GH3 action.
Yamaha CSP-255 €2,760Cabinet digital piano with GrandTouch-S action.
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