Clavia’s gorgeous and feature-rich Nord Stage keyboard first debuted in 2005, meaning we’re fast approaching 20 years as the Stage 4 has just launched. Kitted out in striking red and boasting stunning piano, EP, organ and other sounds ripe for performance, they’ve become a staple part of well-off musician performers […]
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Introduction The Yamaha Piaggero keyboards are a range of lightweight, entry-level keyboards designed with the beginner pianist in mind. They offer an introduction to digital pianos without the expense, weight and required playing strength of more advanced instruments. As they are manufactured by Yamaha they still have some quality to […]
In the world of digital pianos, Kurzweils don’t seem to get nearly as much recognition among the general population of musicians as, say, Yamaha, Roland or Casio, and yet the company has been producing high-quality instruments for many years. In this article we look at the current offerings from Kurzweil, […]
Edit: Updated July 2023 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 nearly thirty years on there have been twenty-three models in the entire line, with seven currently on sale and sixteen discontinued. […]
Yamaha has introduced its new line of CK stage keyboards, currently comprising of the CK61 and CK88 models. Claiming to combine the sounds and organ/synths of the Yamaha CP and YC stage pianos in one unit, it has a “totally new sonic palette” and an “intuitive interface”. Highlights include a […]
The Original MODXs In 2016, two years after Yamaha’s mammoth MONTAGE arrived on the scene, impressive in both features and price tag, came the first baby siblings in the form of the MODX arranger workstations keyboards. Featuring many of the same impressive sound engines, controls and functions, they were a […]
We also have a full comparison of these keyboards alongside Yamaha’s new CK Series instruments. Yamaha’s varied line of stage keyboards, designed to make it easy for those in performance situations to access the sounds and transitions they require with ease, offer a range of features. Here we compare the […]
Updated February 2019 Yamaha has marked the Tyros 5 as discontinued, meaning it will no longer be manufacturing this model. It now effectively considers the Tyros line of arranger workstations to be at an end, with the likes of the Genos and higher-end PSR-S models stepping in to take their […]