hybrid instrument that delivers the true acoustic piano experience
The NV5S is the latest addition to the Novus range, and successor to the award-winning NV5 hybrid piano.
This updated model retains the industry-leading Millennium III Hybrid upright piano keyboard action and unique real
damper mechanism of its predecessor, while upgrading a number of sound, delivery, and operation characteristics.
Highlights
- Superb Millennium III Hybrid upright piano keyboard action
- Unique real upright piano damper mechanism
- SK-EX Rendering piano sound engine with multi-channel sampling
- Premium audio processing and amplification technologies
- High-performance speaker system with TwinDrive soundboard
- Integrated Bluetooth® MIDI and Audio with aptX support
- Modern 5" LCD touchscreen display embedded within cheekblock
- Flexible Virtual Technician function with 21 adjustable parameters
- MP3/WAV playback, record, and overdub to USB
- Ultra-slim ebony polish cabinet with Soft Fall fallboard system
The NV5S' improved SK-EX Rendering multi-channel sound engine features enhanced acoustic piano samples, with new
Virtual Technician parameters to precisely control the attack, release, and sustain characteristics of each piano.
The updated NV5S retains the high fidelity audio processing and powerful amplification of the original NV5, while
improving the instrument's speaker system. The NV5S continues to offer a best-in-class audio system with four
upward-facing full range speakers, two front-facing dome tweeters, and Kawai's exclusive TwinDrive soundboard
speaker system. However, both the primary and secondary transducers mounted to the soundboard have been upgraded,
broadening the range of reproducible high frequencies for an even more acoustic-like listening experience
for both the player and their audience.
As with its predecessor, the NV5S incorporates a 5" touchscreen display discretely embedded within the instrument's
left cheekblock. The touchscreen's updated hardware and software adopts the same system design and user interface
introduced with the CA99/CA79 digital pianos. This improved UI is optimising for pianists, and provides easier
access to additional sound and functions that inspire musical creativity. The NV5S retains the convenient Bluetooth
MIDI and Bluetooth Audio functionality of the original Novus, with added support for the advanced aptX algorithm
allowing high quality audio to be streamed through the piano's superb amplifier and speaker system wirelessly, with
minimal latency. Finally, as with all new Kawai instruments, the NV5S fully supports the latest PianoRemote and
PiaBookPlayer apps for iOS and compatible Android devices, providing an effortless way to control the instrument
wirelessly from a smartphone or tablet, or to study the notated scores for many of the built-in classical etudes
and piano pieces from the comfort of an armchair.
Keyboard: Millennium III Hybrid, uprightpiano action with 88-key graded ABS hammers and damper
mechanism. Integrated Hammer Sensing System (IHSS), contact-less optical sensors
Sound Source:
SK-EX Rendering 88-key multi-channel piano sampling, 88-key resonance modelling
Harmonic Imaging XL 88-key piano sampling
Internal Sounds:
SK-EX Rendering SK-EX Concert Grand (10 rendering characters)
Harmonic Imaging XL 90 sounds
Keyboard Modes: Dual, Split, 4Hands (Volume/Balance adjustable)
Polyphony max. 256 notes (depending on selected sound)
Effects:
SK-EX Rendering Ambience (10 types)
Harmonic Imaging XL Reverb (6 types), Effects (24 types)
(Chorus x 3, Delay x 3, Tremolo x 3, Auto pan x 2, Phaser x 2, Rotary x 6, Combination x 5)
Virtual Technician (depending on sound) Touch Curve, Voicing, Resonance Depth1, Damper Resonance, Damper Noise,
String Resonance ², UndampedString Resonance ², Cabinet Resonance ², Key-off Effect,
Fall-Back Noise, Hammer Noise, Hammer Delay, Topboard, Decay Time, Release Time,Minimum
Touch, Stretch Tuning, Temperament, Temperament Key, Key Volume,Half-Pedal Adjust,
Soft Pedal Depth, Tuning,Damper Hold
Internal Recorder 10 song, 2 track recorder (approximately 90,000 note memory capacity)
USB Recorder: playback MP3, WAV, SMF
USB Recorder:Record MP3, WAV, Overdub audio,Line In & Bluetooth Audio Recording
Metronome: 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 3/8, 6/8,7/8, 9/8, 12/8 + 100 drum rhythms
10~400 bpm (20~800 bpm for eighth note rhythms)
Internal Songs:
Demo songs 39 songs
Music 205 or 218 songs 3
Lesson Songs 578 Songs from Alfred, Burgmüller, Czerny, Beyer, Bach, and Chopin lesson books 4
140 Finger Exercises
Transpose: Key Transpose: -12~+12 semi-tones, Song Transpose: -12~+12 semi-tones
Other Settings:
Speaker / Headphone Tone Control,Low Volume Balance, Speaker Volume,Spatial Headphone Sound, Headphone Type,
Headphone Volume, Line In Volume
Bluetooth: Bluetooth MIDI, Bluetooth MIDI Device Name, Bluetooth Audio, Bluetooth Audio Volume
USB Memory FormatUSB
MIDI MIDI Channel, Local On/Off, Transmit Program Change, Multi-timbral Mode, Channel Mute
User Data Reset Sounds (Favorite/Recent/User), Reset Music (Favorite/Recent/Recorder), Factory Reset
System LCD Brightness, Display Scale, Auto Display Off, Auto Power Off, Startup Screen,
Startup Settings, Language, Information
Display 5 LCD touchscreen (480 x 800 pixels)
Bluetooth Bluetooth(Ver. 4.1; GATT compatib.) Bluetooth Low Energy MIDI Specification compliant,
Bluetooth Audio
Jacks: Audio LINE IN (1/8" STEREO), LINE IN Level, LINE OUT (1/4" L/MONO, R), Headphones x 2 (1/4", 1/8")
Jacks: MIDI/USB MIDI (IN/OUT), USB to Host, USB to Device, USB for Update
Pedals: Grand Feel Pedal System. Damper (with half-pedal support), Soft, Sostenuto
Speaker System:
Speakers Soundboard Speaker System. 8 cm x 4 (top speakers). 2 cm x 2 (dome tweeters)
Output Power 130W
Power Consumption: 60W
Cabinet: Key Cover Acoustic piano type (with Soft fall system)
Cabinet: Music Rest Upright piano type(fixed position)
Dimensions:
(Music rest folded) 1495 (W) x 465 (D) x 1100 (H) mm
Weight: 113 kg
