$5149 internet price for polished ebony – I have personally been playing CVP models for many years both for personal pleasure and also professionally. As with the CVP-701, all CVP models have offered a fun “one-man-band” playing experience with all those cool backing tracks and a big variety of music styles to choose from. The CSP-170 definitely does a very good job in those particular areas and for most people it’s worth the extra investment into their musical future for piano playing growth and enjoyment.
$13,499 internet price for polished ebony, $14,199 internet price for polished white – This top-of-the-line CVP console model is what we would have wanted for the CVP-805. It has everything the CVP-805 has along with a bigger, fuller, more robust internal speaker system that has a noticeably better key action. The “Piano Room” feature is also in this model where you can select the piano sound you want along with other aspects of the piano you might want to add and do it all very easily from the color touch screen on the piano.
In other words, it’s like getting extra cool features in the piano (that it doesn’t already have) such as digital music notation and learning features because you have the app. This model has lots of useful connectivity including audio outputs, audio input, MIDI connectors, USB flash-drive input, and dual stereo headphone jacks. In our opinion the reason to purchase this piano is because you prefer something more basic, a bit smaller, but still want a good (more realistic) piano playing experience for around $2000. If that’s what you’re looking for then this might be the perfect piano for you. Plus, it does come in the higher price and very attractive high gloss polished ebony finish for another $400 which does add a touch of “class” to the piano and your decor.
Having all these additional sounds and recording/playback options makes playing music more fun and enjoyable on the CLP-785 and for some people they will use these added features and for others they may not use them. But we do like the fact that Yamaha gave this CLP-785 piano the features we thought should really be in the CLP-775 but were not. The CLP-785 also has an additional connectivity input to connect an “auxiliary pedal” to the piano so that you can have variable yamaha electric guitars volume control over other sounds like organs (organs have foot volume control), strings, brass, synth, swells, attacks, etc. Yamaha’s exclusive Smart Pianist app features an audio to score function that takes the songs you already have in your smart device’s music library and instantly turns them into an easy to play piano arrangement. You can also follow-along with Yamaha’s Stream Light technology which shows you what keys to play and when to play them.
The Montage8 Series has a Balanced (non-graded) Hammer Effect Keyboard while the others have FSX action. An interesting feature of this series is that they are platform-focused meaning that Yamaha frequently sends out updates to improve the devices over time. These synthesizer workstations give you more control over your sound and freedom to dive deeper into what sound you want to create. Bring these sounds into your DAW using a MIDI interface and monitor everything by connecting your headphones to your MX Series device.
The Clavinova CLP-735 delivers two iconic grand piano voices that perfectly match the real wooden keys. It features the sound of Yamaha’s CFX concert grand and the legendary Bösendorfer Imperial. Yamaha is one of the most prolific manufacturers of keyboard instruments globally. They produce everything from stunning concert grand pianos to the ideal first keyboard for kids. Known world-wide for quality of sound and construction, Yamaha is a leader in instrument innovation. Having one of the most trusted names in traditional piano creation, you can have confidence you’ll get the same craftsmanship in one of their digital pianos as well.
For example, you can play different types of piano sounds and other instruments like strings, organs, and drums. Digital pianos also have features like recording, metronomes, and built-in speakers. As the flagship model of the P-series lineup, the P-515 is the only portable yamaha electric guitars to benefit from the NWX wooden keyboard with escapement – the keyboard usually found on the company’s high-end Clavinova models. The 515 also gets the CFX and Bosendorfer Imperial grand piano sounds, as well as 38 more top-notch electric piano, organ, keyboard and string sounds, together with 40 different drum and bass accompaniments.
This model does have “follow-along lights” above the keys so that when you play a song from the CVP-701 song library those lights will light up above the key that you are supposed to play. Given that the CSP-170 costs $1200 more than the CSP-150 in matte black ($1300 more in polished ebony), you need to decide if having a much improved and upgraded internal speaker system with a noticeably better key action is worth the difference in price. Otherwise the CSP-170 uses the same Smart Pianist app as the CSP-150 with all the same features & functions accessed in the same way. Yamaha equipment stands the test of time based on my years of owning Yamaha acoustic and digital pianos, and of course the Yamaha name is famous for many some great musical instruments overall. Yes there is…but competing with Yamaha is not an easy task now that they have these new Clavinova CLP models.
The difference is that this grand has literally no strings attached – in place of an acoustic grand piano’s soundboard and strings there is a beautifully finished polished wooden housing containing a number of shiny round speakers, laid out in what Yamaha call a Grand Acoustic Imaging array. Another great feature of the Yamaha YDP -144 digital piano is its Stereophonic Optimizer. When wearing headphones, this setting adjusts the sonic placement of the sound in your ears.