Kawai cn

[sebq]

Does somebody know the digital pianos Kawai cn2, 3 ou 4 ?
Is it a good choice for a beginner ?
Is 32 watt enough ?

Thanks

[ksnmohan]

Hallo sebq,

I am rather surprised that no one has contributed to the info on Kawai CN2/CN3/CN4 Digital Pianos. It is more than 45 days since your posting yr message. And I just joined the Forum 10 days ago.

Of course Kawai pianos have a good reputation and these should be fine for a beginner. But as in all  cases, the choice is purely individual and the opinions on the feel, sound quality etc. are very subjective.

In the UK the prices range from British Pounds 700 for the CN2  going upto  Pounds 1200 for the CN4 (you can convert these by multiplying by 2 for approx Dollar figures)

As for Reviews, suggest you visit

www.keyboardplayer.com/hardware.php?manufacturer=Kawai

which has published Reviews on all the Models above.

Only catch is that they charge around 5 Dollars (Pounds 2.50) for each review download!

All the best!

Prof K S (Mohan) Narayanan
Musicologist, Composer, Teacher
Chennai (Madras), India

[kartman]

Another late reply here...
I bought my digital piano about half a year ago.

CN3 was one of the models I tried.
I think the strength of that model is the well balanced piano touch. It was very easy to control the dynamics with the action of that piano. I could play very even and very well controlled. Control was much better than on the yamaha's where my playing always became uneven, no matter how much I tried, especially the gentle staccato notes.

However, 2 disadvantages prevented me from buying it:
- Even though the action allowed for well controlled playing, the action also had a bad point: It was way too light. It was much lighter than the Yamaha and Roland digitals, and also much lighter than the Kawai CA series.
- The piano sound is of significantly lower quality than the piano sound in the CA series. It misses depth, and it sounds quite mechanical.

So, basically, the difference between Kawai's CN series and CA series was so huge, that the CN series was no option for me anymore. I concentrated on the CA series, and compared it to Yamaha (the difference between the cheapest and most expensive clavinova model is much smaller the difference between Kawai's CN and CA).
The sound quality of the Kawai CA7 was about comparable to the clavinova's except maybe the lowest 2 octaves of the right hand (which is unfortunately the most important part...). The action of the CA7 was MUCH better than the Yamahas and Rolands. I never managed to play with proper evenness on any of the Yamaha or Roland keyboards. So, I decided to buy the Kawai CA7. And I don't regret it at all until now.