Two world class concert grands in one digital piano

The CFX, Yamaha's flagship 9’ concert grand piano, offers sparkling highs and a powerful resonant bass with a sound that projects to the furthest reaches of any concert hall. The Bösendorfer Imperial is a piano known throughout its long history for its classic Viennese sound. Both are outstanding pianos characterized by distinctive traits of power, versatility, subtlety and lightness. And both are found only in a Clavinova digital piano.

Each instrument voice reproduced in perfect detail

From breathy saxophones to ringing guitars and warm, resonant strings, the CVP Series features an impressive collection of natural instrument Voices. Thanks to acclaimed Super Articulation technology, the distinctive characteristics of each instrument are reproduced in incredible detail as you play.

The CVP-800 series also boasts astonishing spatial acoustics and ensemble functionality so realistic that you can almost feel the presence of the other performers around you.

Featuring a wide array of backing Styles, the CVP Series also allows you to enjoy great-sounding performances with polished introductions and endings, delivering authentic accompaniments that will enhance your playing across a diverse range of musical genres. In the CVP-800 Series, these accompaniments come with dramatically improved sounds to enrich your performances.

VRM physical modeling—the distinctive reverberation generated by the entire body of a concert grand piano

In a grand piano, sound resonates throughout the body of the instrument producing a rich reverberation that envelops the listener in sound. This phenomenom is reproduced perfectly in the Clavinova through enhanced Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM). It calculates the various states of the strings for each of the 88 notes on the keyboard from one instant to the next, and the timing and depth of damper pedals depression. This technology allows for vivid, bright, and richly-varied expression that reflects the limitless number of factors in piano performance.

Smooth tonal transformations perfectly matched to key pressure

The Clavinova features long, carefully-sampled recordings of notes on a piano, reproduces them in rich detail and utilizes unique Yamaha technologies to achieve smooth tonal transitions in response to the touch of the player. The moment a pianist’s fingers are lifted from the keys of a grand piano, subtle changes occur in the instrument’s tone as the damper is lowered onto the strings to mute its sound. Key-off samples features actual recordings of these changes, offering a faithful reproduction of the most subtle changes in the piano’s sound, enabling a yet more realistic performance.

From staccato to legato – superbly expressive sound that responds to the player’s touch

Featuring Yamaha Smooth Release technology, the Clavinova's finely-nuanced response offers the crisp tone heard when playing staccato as well as the lingering sound produced by releasing the keys more slowly. The 88-key Linear Graded Hammers of the Clavinova is the first-of-its-kind to faithfully duplicate graded touch with differing weights and key return on each one of its keys. This results in a feel and response that is astonishingly like that of a grand piano, and allows players to gain an appreciation of a more authentic touch.

Built on a Legacy of Concert Grand Piano Craftsmanship

When developing GrandTouch keyboard action, Yamaha sought to reproduce the true key resistance that is unique to the grand piano, with greater fidelity. The result is an instrument with a more responsive touch, offering a greater dynamic range than ever before. Now you can experience a much more controlled nuanced sound when playing softly or powerful brighter tones when playing with a stronger touch — just like a grand piano.

Escapement mechanism of Clavinova Keyboards

The Clavinova keyboards feature an escapement mechanism that reproduces this sensation near the bottom of the key dip. They have been designed in such a way that the click is discernible only on the lightest keystrokes, similar to the keyboard of a grand piano. These keyboards have been adjusted to provide additional friction that balances key repetition and response without impeding performance.

A fully immersive concert grand experience—even with headphones

Yamaha’s advanced binaural sampling technology uses samples from the CFX, Yamaha’s acclaimed concert grand piano, recorded with specialized microphones that capture locational information and other nuances discerned by the human ear. The resulting sound is so natural, so enveloping, that you’ll soon forget you’re even wearing headphones at all.

When using headphones, the Stereophonic Optimizer lets players enjoy the dispersed sound heard when sitting in front of an acoustic piano. With the Stereophonic Optimizer, Voices sampled from acoustic pianos* appear to come from the body of the instrument. This provides a comfortable, natural experience that removes the drawbacks of performing with headphones.

* The CFX Voice utilizes binaural sampling technology

Bluetooth® audio and USB recording

You can steam music wirelessly through the audio system on the Clavinova by using a Bluetooth-enabled smart device. Enjoy playing along with any songs on your smart device as you stream audio such as mp3 files. Record performances to USB flash memory and create audio files* you can save and play back on a computer, share with friends or create a CD. Connect the Clavinova to a computer or a USB memory device to manage your library.

* Data is saved in WAV or mp3 format

Multi-track Song Recorder

The recording function featured in Clavinova digital pianos allows you to record your performances* with a single touch, which is useful when you want to review your playing objectively. Additionally, you can record up to 16 tracks for simultaneous playback, so different hands can be recorded separately or overdub parts with different Voices.

* Recordings are made in MIDI format, and can also be recorded to USB flash memory. Compatible software is required for playback of recorded data on a computer.

Available with 3 months free Flowkey

• register your new acoustic piano, digital piano or keyboard on
  the Yamaha Music Member Europe (YMME) portal
• obtain your individual code from the members’ portal
• enter your code when registering on the flowkey website