Specs

Kawai K-500 Aures Specifications
Touch
Millennium III™ Upright Piano Action
NEOTEX™ key surfaces
Double felted, mahogany core hammers
Extended key length
Die-cast aluminum action brackets
IHSS contact-less optical sensors
Upright piano damper mechanism
Tone
Acoustic mode
2,248 sq. in. solid spruce, tapered soundboard w/ 11 ribs
48.4" speaking length of #1 string
Double felted, mahogany core hammers
2 contour bars
Upper duplex scale
Agraffes
Strength
5 back post
Plate bolts
Steel reinforced keyslip
Steel reinforced keybed
Multi-grip pinblock
Steel tuning pins
Square tubed pedal levers
Pianist mode: SK-EX Rendering
88-key multi-channel sampling
SK-EX recording
Sound mode: Harmonic Imaging XL (HI-XL)
88-key stereo sampling
SK-EX, EX and SK-5 grands recordings

256 note maximum polyphony

Piano Resonance
Pianist mode: Resonance Modeling
Damper Resonance
String Resonance
Undamped String Resonance
Aliquot Resonance
Sound mode: Acoustic Rendering
Damper Resonance
String Resonance
Undamped String Resonance
Cabinet Resonance
Pedal
 Grand Feel Pedal System
Damper (with half-pedal support)
Soft (with half-pedal support)
Sostenuto
Piano Adjustment
Virtual Technician (19 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 Delay
Topboard Simulation
Decay 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

Virtual Technician Smart Mode (10 presets)

Number of Sounds
SK-EX Rendering: 10 rendering characters
Harmonic Imaging XL: 90 voices
Reverb
Pianist mode: Ambience (10 types)
Sound mode: Reverb (6 types)
Brillance
Yes
Other Effects
24 types
Speakers
TwinDrive Soundboard Speaker System
8 cm x 4 (Onkyo top speakers, with diffuser)
2 cm x 2 (Onkyo dome tweeters)
Headphone Enhancements
Discrete SpectraModule™ headphone amplifier
Spatial Headphone Sound
Headphone Type
Headphone Amplifier
Output Power
135 W (45 W x 3)
Display
5" LCD touchscreen (480 x 800 pixels)
Key Cover
Upright piano fallboard with Soft Fall system
Music Rest
Upright piano type
Basic Functions
Dual
Split
Four Hands
Transpose
Tuning
Registration
Low Volume Balance
Startup Setting
Internal Songs
39 Demo songs
29 or 42 (depending on market area) Piano songs
176 Concert Magic songs
Lesson Songs
Burgmüller 25 (25 Etudes Faciles, Opus 100)
Czerny 30 (Etudes de Mécanisme, Opus 849)
Czerny 100 (Hundert Übungsstücke, Opus 139)
Beyer 106 (Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Opus 101)
J.S. Bach: Inventionen
Sonatinen Album 1
Chopin Walzer (Chopin waltzes series)
Alfred’s Premier Piano Course Lesson 1A
Alfred’s Premier Piano Course Lesson 1B
Alfred’s Basic Piano Library Lesson Book Level 1A
Alfred’s Basic Piano Library Lesson Book Level 1B
Alfred’s Basic Adult Piano Course Lesson Book Level 1
Internal Recorder
Pianist mode: approximately 10 mins. per song
Sound mode: approximately 90,000 notes memory
Pianist mode: 3 songs
Sound mode: 10 songs
Pianist mode: 1 track
Sound mode: 2 tracks
Metronome
Time Signatures 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 3/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 12/8
100 Drum Rhythm patterns
Bluetooth®
Bluetooth® (Ver. 4.1; GATT compatible)
Bluetooth® Low Energy MIDI Specification compliant
Bluetooth® Audio
USB Audio Recorder
Record MP3, WAV, SMF
Playback MP3, WAV, SMF
Overdubbing
Line In recording
Bluetooth Audio Recording
App Functions
Virtual Technician app
Sound Museum app
Connector Jacks
Headphone 1 x 1/4", 1 x 1/8" Stereo jacks
MIDI IN, MIDI OUT, Bluetooth® MIDI
Line Out 1/4" L/MONO, R (with volume adjust knob)
Line In 1/4" Stereo (with volume adjust knob)
USB to Host
USB to Device
Others -
Power Consumption
60 W
Exterior design
39.4" (W) flip down music rack
Soft, practice, damper pedals
Double brass casters
Soft Fall fallboard
Dimensions
Height 51”
Width 59"
Depth 24”
Weight
515 lbs.
Finish
Polished Ebony