Summary of CL25
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Digital piano owner’s manual cl25.
Page 2: Table of Contents
– 2 – thank you for choosing this kawai cl25 digital piano. Your new cl25 is a high-quality instrument offering the very latest in leading-edge music technology. This manual contains valuable information that will help you make full use of your cl25 piano’s many capabilities. Please read it carefull...
Page 3: Warning
– 3 – important safety instructions when using the headphones, do not listen for long periods of time at high volume levels. Doing so may result in hearing problems. Do not insert or disconnect the power cord plug with wet hands. Doing so may cause electric shock. The product should be connected to ...
Page 4: Caution
– 4 – failure to do so may cause breakdown of this product and other devices. Entry of water, needles or hair pins may result in breakdown or short-circuit. The product should not be exposed to dripping or splashing. No objects filled with liquids, such as vases, should be placed on the product. Tak...
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– 5 – ● doing so may cause the product to become deformed or fall over, resulting in breakdown or injury. Do not stand on the product or exert excessive force. Notes on repair should an abnormality occur in the product, immediately turn the power off, disconnect the power cord plug, and then contact...
Page 6: Assembling The Stand
– 6 – assembling the stand be sure that all parts are included before starting to assemble your unit. Parts provided main unit 1pc. Music rack 1pc. Side board 2pcs. Screw (long) 4pcs. Back board 1pc. Screw (short) 4pcs. 1. Place the main unit on the floor with its back side facing down. 2. Put the s...
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– 7 – 5. Raise the stand up and make sure the screws are tight enough. 6. Insert the music rack legs into the holes on the top of the piano. 7. Fully assembled cl25.
Page 8: Part Names
– 8 – part names headphones jacks (a) used to connect up to two headphones to this digital piano. Power/volume knob (b) turn the knob to the right and turn the power on. Continue turning the volume knob to the right to increase the instrument’s volume. Turn the knob to the left to decrease the volum...
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– 9 – back panel i g h midi jacks (g) use these jacks to connect the cl25 piano with external midi devices. Pedal jack (h) connect the enclosed foot pedal. You can also connect an optional f-20 foot pedal which has a soft pedal as well. Dc in jack (i) connect the enclosed ac adaptor. Key bed.
Page 10: Getting Started
– 10 – getting started 1. Basic operations (1) turn the volume knob to the right to turn the power on. (2) adjust the volume. Play a note on the keyboard and adjust the volume. (turning the knob to the right raises the volume while turning to the left lowers it.) (3) choose a sound. Method 1 pressin...
Page 11: 2. Dual
– 11 – 2. Dual with dual mode, you can layer two sounds together. To layer two sounds, while holding down the sound select button, press the desired two keys together at the lowest 8 white keys and the assigned two sounds will be layered. 3. Metronome the cl25 piano’s metronome function can help you...
Page 12: 4. Concert Magic
– 12 – 4. Concert magic the great german composer johann sebastian bach once said, “playing the keyboard is simple. Just strike the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.” many people wish it were that simple. The reality is very different of course. However, there is a way to...
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– 13 – listening to the song if you have selected a song you are familiar with, you may want to play by yourself right away. However you may want to listen to the song first before playing it. To listen, press the demo button. The cl25 piano will start playing back the selected song. If you want to ...
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– 14 – easy beat these are the easiest songs to play. To perform them, simply tap out a constant steady beat on any key on your piano keyboard. Look at the following example, “für elise”. Press the key with a steady sixteenth note rhythm. Melody play these songs are also quite easy to play, especial...
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– 15 – skillful these songs range in difficulty from moderately difficult to difficult. To perform them, tap out the rhythm of both the melody and the accompaniment notes on any of the keys on your piano keyboard, like “waltz of the flowers” shown below. It may take some practice to get them just ri...
Page 16: 5. Demonstration Song
– 16 – 5. Demonstration song the cl25 piano has 8 built-in demonstration songs for your listening enjoyment. (1) press the demo button and the song for concert grand will start. When the concert grand demo song is finished, the cl25 piano will play all the other demo songs one at a time in random or...
Page 17: Function Mode
– 17 – function mode the function mode gives you access to many other useful features on your cl25 piano. The following functions can be selected in the function mode by pressing the appropriate key: function default touch normal transpose 0 tuning a4=440.0hz reverb on concert magic mode mode 1 midi...
Page 18: 1. Selecting A Touch Type
– 18 – touch transpose tuning reverb concert magic mode midi channel select midi local control on/off multi timbral mode on/off transmit midi program change 1. Selecting a touch type when playing a piano, the volume of the sound produced increases in direct relation to how hard a key is struck. Your...
Page 19: 2. Transpose
– 19 – (1) press the “touch” key while holding down the metronome and concert magic buttons. (2)while still holding down the metronome and concert magic buttons, press one of the following keys on the keyboard. Key 1: selects the “light” touch type key 2: selects the “normal” touch type key 3: selec...
Page 20: 4. Reverb
– 20 – 4. Reverb reverb adds reverberation to the sound, simulating the acoustic environment of a recital room, stage, or concert hall. There are three types of reverb in the cl25. They are room, stage and hall. (1) press the “reverb” key while holding down the metronome and concert magic buttons. (...
Page 21: 6. Midi Channel Select
– 21 – mode 2. If you press the “-” key, the concert magic mode returns to mode 1. 6. Midi channel select in order to exchange midi information with another midi instrument, you must first set the two connected instruments to the same channel. (1) press the “midi ch” key while holding down the metro...
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– 22 – or personal computer to create performances with a variety of timbres. The term “multi-timbral” is derived from the ability to play multiple timbres simultaneously. Note: you can assign any sound of the cl25 piano to any channel in the way you like by sending the correct program change number...
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– 23 – by entering the number as a three digit number by using the number keys while holding down the metronome and concert magic buttons..
Page 24: Midi
– 24 – midi out midi in midi out midi in midi in midi out midi the term midi is an acronym for musical instrument digital interface, an international standard for connecting synthesizers, sequencers (midi recorders) and other electronic instruments so that they can exchange performance data. The cl2...
Page 25: Concert Magic Song List
– 25 – concert magic song list category # song title arrangement type children’s songs 1 twinkle, twinkle, little star mp 2 i’m a little teapot mp 3 mary had a little lamb mp 4 london bridge mp 5 row, row, row your boat mp 6 frère jaques mp 7 old macdonald had a farm mp christmas songs 8 hark the he...
Page 26: Specifications
– 26 – specifications keyboard 88 weighted keys with advanced hammer action iv touch type 4 types (normal, light, heavy, constant) max polyphony 72 notes tones 8 tones (concert grand, modern piano, electric piano, church organ, harpsichord, vibraphone, strings, choir) reverb room, stage, hall metron...
Page 27: Midi Implementation Chart
– 27 – midi implementation chart kawai digital piano date: january 2007 model: cl25 version: 1.0 function transmitted received remarks basic channel (default) 1 1 (changed) 1-16 1-16 mode (default) 3 1 (message) x 1, 3* *omni off by setting (altered) ✻✻✻✻✻✻✻✻ midi channel note number 15-113* 0-127 *...
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Cl25 owner’s manual ow995e-c0701 printed in indonesia 815835 kpsz-0176 copyright ©2006 kawai musical instruments mfg. Co., ltd. All rights reserved..