Clavinova

Clavinova is a brand name of the Japanese company Yamaha Corporation launched in 1983 for a digital piano product line. The name Clavinova is a neologism, which could be roughly translated as " new piano " and implies the association of a new generation of electronic keyboard instruments. The term is sometimes used as a synonym for a digital piano ( or electric piano ) par excellence in the use of language. Due to this development, other musical instrument manufacturers have begun to use similar names for their product lines, such as the Japanese firm Casio Celviano with.

The first Clavinova series was known as the YP. Clavinova are the higher quality product lines from Yamaha. Today, several series are marked with this attribute.

Current Clavinova model series

  • Classical Piano Clavinova (CLP ): The CLP Series includes the "classical" digital pianos. They all feature a compact housing with integrated pedals ( forte, piano and sostenuto pedal ), speakers and a keyboard cover. It is a weighted and dynamic keyboard with three-stage hammer action, which is modeled on a grand piano action. The top models also feature real wooden keys with synthetic ivory coating. All instruments allow addition to piano sound (sampling from the Yamaha concert grand CFIIIS ) various other tones, such as harpsichord, church organ, electronic organ, electric piano and many more. to play. The CLP Series includes the time (2012 ) seven different instruments: CLP -430, -440, -470 and -480, the design models CLP - S406 and S408 and the CLP 465GP digital grand piano. Most CLP models are available in various finishes ( Dark Rosewood (English rosewood, often Germanized to rosewood), matt black, matt white and black high-gloss polished ebony).
  • Mode: Mode is a design line corresponding range of functions as the CLP models. There are (2012 ) the pianinos F01 and F11, the " square piano " R01 and H01 and H11 wing available.
  • Clavinova Versatile Piano (CVP ): Combination devices that combine the capabilities of a digital piano with those of a keyboard and therefore are also called digital ensembles today take an important place in the key world. The CVP series combines CLP pianos with PSR keyboards, so supplements essentially the pianos with a rhythm section (styles ) and an auto-accompaniment, and an extensive song player, editor and Sequencerbereich. The current series (2013 ) consists of the models CVP -601, -605 and -609.
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