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THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING A KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO!

This KAWAI digital piano is a revolutionary new keyboard instrument, combining the latest in electronic advances with traditional craftsmanship inherited from KAWAI’s many years of experience building fine pianos.The CN41 keyboard provides the touch response and full dynamic range required for a superb performance of piano, harpsichord, organ, and other instruments. The CN41’s Lesson function helps performers to practice the piano with a collection of etudes from Czerny and Burgmüller, or songs from Alfred’s Basic Piano Library and Alfred’s Premiere Piano Course lesson books (USA, Canada, Australia and UK only).

In addition, the CN41 piano is equipped with reverb and digital effects processors, providing an unrivalled richness of sound. Industry standard MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) jacks are included, allowing a number of other electronic instruments to be controlled and played simultaneously, creating a range of musical possibilities.

This Owner’s Manual contains valuable information to help performers make full use of the instrument’s many capabilities. Please read all sections carefully and keep this manual handy for future reference.

Table of Contents

Important Safety Instructions	4
1. PART NAMES AND FUNCTIONS	10
FRONT PANEL	10
PEDALS	10
HEADPHONES	11
USB PORT	11
2. PLAYING THE PIANO	12
1) BASIC OPERATIONS	12
SETTING UP THE PIANO	12
DEMO SONGS	13
SELECTING A PRESET SOUND	14
2) DUAL	15
3) SPLIT	16
4) ‘FOUR HANDS’ MODE	18
ENTERING ‘FOUR HANDS’ MODE	18
EXITING ‘FOUR HANDS’ MODE	18
5) EFFECTS/REVERB	19
ADDING REVERB	19
ADDING OTHER EFFECTS	20
6) SELECTING THE TOUCH SENSITIVITY	21
7) TRANSPOSING THE PIANO	22
8) PLAYING WITH CONCERT MAGIC	23
SELECTING A SONG	23
LISTENING TO THE SONG	23
PERFORMING A SONG	24
CONCERT MAGIC PART VOLUME BALANCE	25
CONCERT MAGIC SONG ARRANGEMENT TYPES ...	25
STEADY BEAT	26
CONCERT MAGIC DEMO MODES	27
CONCERT MAGIC PLAYBACK SPEED	27
9) METRONOME / RHYTHM	28
STARTING THE METRONOME	28
CHANGING THE TIME SIGNATURE AND RHYTHM...	28
ADJUSTING THE METRONOME VOLUME	29
RHYTHM LIST	30
3. LESSON FUNCTION	31
1) SELECTING A BOOK/SONG	31
2) LISTENING TO AND PLAYING A SONG	32
EXITING THE LESSON FUNCTION	32
PRACTICING THE LEFT AND RIGHT-HAND PARTS ...	32
ADJUSTING THE TEMPO OF A SONG	32
3) RECORDING A SONG PRACTICE	33
PLAYING BACK THE RECORDING	33
ERASING THE RECORDING	33
4. RECORDER	34
1) RECORDING (REC BUTTON)	34

2) PLAYING BACK A SONG	36
3) ERASING A SONG	37
5. USB (TO DEVICE) OPERATIONS	38
1) USB RECORDER	38
PLAYING BACK A SONG	38
MUTING A PART	39
RECORDING A SONG	39
ADJUSTING THE VOLUME LEVEL OF THE USB
RECORDER	40
SAVING THE RECORDED SONG TO THE USB
DEVICE	40
2) USB MENU	41
1. INTERNAL SONG SAVE	41
2. RENAME	41
3. DELETE	42
4. SONG COPY	42
5. MAKE DIR	43
6. FORMAT	43
6. MENU FUNCTIONS	44
1) BRILLIANCE	44
2) LOWER OCTAVE SHIFT	45
3) LOWER PEDAL ON / OFF	45
4) LAYER OCTAVE SHIFT	46
5) LAYER DYNAMICS	47
6) DAMPER HOLD ON / OFF	48
7) TUNING	49
8) TEMPERAMENT	50
9) KEY OF TEMPERAMENT	52
MIDI OVERVIEW	53
CN41 MIDI FUNCTIONS	53
10) MIDI CHANNEL	54
11) LOCAL CONTROL ON / OFF	55
12) TRANSMIT PROGRAM CHANGE ON / OFF	56
13) SENDING PROGRAM CHANGE NUMBERS	57
14) MULTI-TIMBRAL MODE	58
15) CHANNEL MUTE	59
16) MIDI CLOCK	60
17) USER MEMORY	60
18) FACTORY RESET	61
7. APPENDICES	62
CONNECTING TO OTHER DEVICES	62
ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS	64
PROGRAM CHANGE NUMBER MAPPING	66
DRUM SOUND MAPPING	73
SPECIFICATIONS	75
MIDI EXCLUSIVE DATA FORMAT	76
MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART	77