The Kawai ES920 offers an exceptional selection of acoustic piano sounds and high-quality instrumental tones, catering to a wide range of musical styles. Engineered in collaboration with audio specialists at Onkyo, its advanced stereo speaker system utilizes cutting-edge audio processing and amplification technology, ensuring a rich, immersive sound experience.
Navigating the ES920’s extensive features is effortless, thanks to its intuitive panel layout, sharp OLED graphic display, and dedicated 4-band EQ faders, allowing for precise tonal adjustments. Bluetooth MIDI and Audio connectivity enable seamless wireless integration with apps like Kawai’s PianoRemote, as well as streaming music directly from a smartphone or tablet through the ES920’s powerful built-in speakers. For wired connections, the ES920 offers MIDI, USB, and Line In/Out options, ensuring maximum flexibility for both practice and performance.
Despite its lightweight design at just 37 pounds, the ES920 is built for durability and delivers an outstanding playing experience, making it the perfect choice for home, stage, or studio use.
Features
- Responsive Hammer III keyboard action with redesigned key switches
- Improved acoustic piano sounds and updated Virtual Technician parameters
- Enhanced Touch Curve setting with 10 selectable touch presets
- Electric Piano, Drawbar and Jazz Organ, Electric Bass, Harpsichord, and Strings sounds
- Motherboard developed in partnership with Onkyo for improved tonal clarity
- Updated control panel with 4-band EQ faders and modern OLED graphic display
- Support for latest PianoRemote control app for iOS/Android
- Bluetooth MIDI and Audio functionality with aptX support for wireless audio playback
- Stylish rounded case design and lightweight chassis weighing 37.5 lbs
- Modern HM-5 designer stand and F-302 triple pedal bar (optional accessory)
- Compatible with the GFP-3 portable triple pedal unit (optional accessory)
Specifications
- Responsive Hammer III action
- 88 keys
- Grade-weighted hammers
- Ivory Touch white key surfaces
- Let-off simulation
- F-10H pedal unit: Damper (with half-pedal support)
- Harmonic Imaging XL (HI-XL)
- 88-key stereo sampling
- 256 note maximum polyphony
- Piano Resonance: Undamped String Resonance, Cabinet Resonance
- Piano Adjustment: Virtual Technician (21 parameters)
- Touch Curve (incl. User Touch Curve)
- Voicing (incl. 88-key User Voicing)
- Damper Resonance
- Damper Noise
- String Resonance
- Undamped String Resonance
- Cabinet Resonance
- Key-off Effect
- Fall-back Noise
- Hammer Noise
- Hammer Delay
- Topboard Simulation
- Decay Time
- Release Time
- Minimum Touch
- Stretch Tuning (incl. 88-key User Tuning)
- Temperament (incl. User Temperament)
- Temperament Key
- Key Volume (incl. 88-key User Key Volume)
- Half-Pedal Adjust
- Soft Pedal Depth
- Number of Sounds: 38
- Reverb: 6 Types
- Other Effects: 11 types + 4 combination effects + amp simulator
- Speakers: (8 x 12) cm x 2
- Output Power: 20 W x 2
- Display: 128 x 64 pixel OLED
- Dimensions
Width: 52 3/4" (134.0cm) /
Depth: 14 3/4" (37.5cm) / 17" (43.0cm)
Height: 5 3/4" (14.5cm) / 13 3/4" (35.0cm)
Weight: 37.5 lbs (17 kg)
- Basic Functions: Dual, Split, Four Hands, Transpose and Tuning
- Internal Songs: 27 Songs
- Internal Recorder
Total Memory: approximately 90,000 notes
No. of Songs: 10 songs
Parts: 2 track recorder
- 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: Rhythm Section
- 100 styles (x 2 variations)
- 4-part accompaniment select
- 100 preset chord sequences
- Bluetooth: Bluetooth (Ver. 4.1; GATT compatible), Bluetooth Low Energy MIDI Specification compliant, Bluetooth Audio
- App Functions: Virtual Technician app (iPad), PianoRemote app
- Connector Jacks
Headphone: 2 (1/4",1/8 “ )Stereo jacks
MIDI: MIDI IN, MIDI OUT
Line Out: 1/4" L/MONO, R [unbalanced]
Line In: 1/8" Stereo
USB to Host: ?
USB to Device: ?
Others: Damper/Soft (for GFP-3/F-302), Damper (for F-10H)
- Power Consumption: 18 W (PS-154 AC adaptor)