Introduction Getting stuck in to a comparison of Yamaha‘s range of digital pianos has the potential to be rather overwhelming. Renowned for its high quality acoustic and digital pianos, with the first Clavinova being launched over 40 years ago in 1983, Yamaha currently has three distinct categories of digital piano: […]
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Yamaha has introduced what it claims to be an “entirely new product category” in the digital piano market, with the arrival of the Clavinova CSP. Modelled on the Yamaha CLP, it features a slimline design, two high quality piano samples — the Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial — and Virtual […]
Yamaha has added to its line of CLP-600 Series Clavinova digital pianos with the flagship model CLP-695GP. Available in polished ebony or polished white finish, this top-end Clavinova is designed to fill any room with realistic piano sound. Together with its realistic Grand Touch keyboard action, including individual key counterweights, […]
Yamaha has shown off its new Clavinova CLP400 series upright digital piano. Features include completely redesigned cabinetry with front legs and a more powerful sound system, a discreet key cover that hides away the panel buttons, and Intelligent Acoustic Control (IAC) which adjusts EQ tone control according to the volume […]
Yamaha has introduced its new Clavinova CLP Slimline Series of digital pianos, combining advanced technology with elegant craftsmanship. New models include the CLP-S406 and CLP-S408, whose slimmer design make them perfect for use in the home, or anywhere that space is at a premium but quality and visual design mustn’t […]
Yamaha’s latest Clavinova, the CVP409GP, will be on show at this year’s Winter NAMM exhibition. Claiming it to be the world’s most innovative and technologically advanced digital piano line, the CVP409GP offers a luxurious mini-grand piano style cabinet option. The ebony polished cabinet, synthetic ivory keytops and natural wood keyboard […]
Yamaha has reintroduced its high-end Clavinova CGP1000 digital piano featuring the technologically advanced function of the Clavinova CVP400 Series housed within an elegantly crafted 4ft 11in grand piano cabinet. This hybrid piano combines the accurate reproduction of sampling technology with the richly textured harmonic nuances of a real grand piano. […]
Yamaha has introduced two new models in its CLP-200 range of Clavinova digital pianos. Clavinova CLP-265GP The CLP-265GP offers a luxurious polished ebony mini-grand case cabinet, along with a range of the key CLP-200 Series technologies, including a Graded Hammer 3 (GH3) keyboard for true grand piano feel, Stereo Sampling […]
Yamaha has introduced its CVP300 Series of Clavinovas, which includes the CVP301, CVP303, CVP305, CVP307, CVP309, and CVP309GP models. They all come with Internet Direct Connection, song and lyric displays, floppy disc drive, and Smart-Media slots, as well as the USA Edition upgrade. Assuming the user has an Internet connection, […]
Yamaha has added to its Clavinova range of world-class digital pianos with the CLP-F01 “Slimline” Clavinova digital piano. These Clavinovas come with a choice of four designer back plate colours – Polished Orange, Polished Ebony, Polished Blue and Polished Red – that stands against the wall and frames the whole […]
Playcard System In the early 1980s, Yamaha brought out a handful of home music keyboards featuring an advanced card-based digital system designed to load interactive accompaniment, melody and other musical data into the instrument. The Playcard system was heralded as groundbreaking when the first model, the PortaSound PC-100, was launched […]
Yamaha has been involved in the manufacture of pianos and other keyboard instruments for well over a century — including acoustic pianos, reed organs and fully transistorised organs — but it isn’t until the mid-1970s that it started its journey with the kind of synths and home keyboards we know […]
Few musicians, it seems, would pass up the opportunity to get up close and intimate with a Nord instrument or two — and having played (though never owned) one, it’s not hard to see why. Beyond the iconic red shells and renowned high build quality and impressive functionality and sounds, […]
The city of Chester, in the north-west of England, is about to gain access to a new piano showroom showcasing a range of both affordable and very high end pianos. Rimmers Music is to open the store this Friday, 25th October, and according to MD Gary Tate, they will offer […]
Yamaha has announced the latest model in its P series of digital pianos, designed with portability and ease of use in mind. The instrument’s two main piano voices are taken from two world-class acoustic concert grand pianos, the Yamaha CFX and the Bösendorfer Imperial. Yamaha claims that the variety and […]
In 2006 Yamaha launched its first DGX (digital grand) in the ‘600’ series. Previously, as early as 2002, Yamaha introduced the DGX line with the DGX-200, followed by other models including models in the DGX-300 and DGX-500 line. They also brought out YPG models which had similar specifications to an […]
Edit: Updated Janaury 2026 to incorporate new models. Yamaha introduced the first two models in its more compact and portable P Series of digital pianos in 1994, and now over thirty years on there have been twenty-four models in the entire line, with eight currently on sale and sixteen discontinued. […]
Introduction For over 40 years, Yamaha has created a host of portable musical keyboard instruments under the “PSR” branding. This article sheds light on those models, from 1984 when the first “PortaTone” models emerged, right up to the present day with versatile, high-technology instruments good for both beginners and seasoned […]
Yamaha has succeeded its successful NU1 upright hybrid piano with the introduction of the AvantGrand NU1X. Based on the legendary U1 acoustic upright piano, the AvantGrand NU1X improves upon the NU1’s multi-samples of the Yamaha CFX concert grand, and adds the Bösendorfer Imperial as a second piano. On-board, front-facing 16cm […]
The biggest names with the latest products in pianos, synths, digital music, sampling, DJ and more, announced at Winter NAMM 2018. Stay tuned to this page for a summary of the most interesting new launches and links to more details. Acoustic Pianos Bösendorfer Bösendorfer Dragonfly grand piano added to marquetry […]