This flagship model of the Clavinova CSP-200 Series is an upright-styled digital piano, with unique Stream Lights for playing fun and learning ease. It includes a realistically expressive 88-key GrandTouch™ counterweighted keyboard, as well as Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial grand piano sounds. Moreover, the free Yamaha Smart Pianist app provides intuitive operation of the instrument.
- Stream Lights
- Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial piano samples, Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer binaural sampling
- 919 Voices, 403 Songs and 525 Styles
- Audio to Score
- Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM)
- Grand Expression Modeling
- GrandTouch™ keyboard with counterweights, 88-key Linear Graded Hammers
- GP Response Damper Pedal
- (50 W + 50 W + 40 W) x 2 amplifiers
- Grand Acoustic Imaging
- (16 cm + 8 cm + 2.5 cm (dome) with Bidirectional Horn) × 2 speaker system, Spruce Cone Speaker
- Microphone connection
- Multi-track MIDI recording (SMF format 0)
- USB Audio Recorder (Playback/Recording: WAV, AAC)
- Built-in Bluetooth® audio
- Wireless connection to the Smart Pianist app via Bluetooth® MIDI
3-WAY SPEAKERS WITH BI-DIRECTIONAL HORNS
This powerful 3-way system features mid and treble units, as well as bass speakers, which are available only on the CSP-295—and all units are optimally balanced and placed accordingly in the body to simulate the sound image of a grand piano. Additionally bidirectional horns deliver an abundance of sound, creating a natural sound field akin to the resonance from a grand piano soundboard. And since all speakers are hidden inside the cabinet, the piano-like appearance and sound are perfectly elegant.
SPRUCE CONE SPEAKER
Drawing from our experience in building both acoustic pianos and high-end speakers, the CSP-295 speaker cones use pulp from the same spruce wood used to make acoustic piano sound boards. The result is a more natural, piano-like attack to the sound that is more piano-like when you play the keys.
GRAND ACOUSTIC IMAGING
When a pianist plays a grand piano, they cause the entire body of the instrument to reverberate, and become enveloped in the colorful tones created from the combination of various acoustic elements in the air around them. The pianist becomes immersed in the diffusing sound and reverberation.
The CSP-295 delivers this pleasant feeling through Grand Acoustic Imaging. The latest acoustic design and measuring technology create the same sound image and sound field of a grand piano despite the compact size of the digital piano. We optimally balanced and placed the bass, mid, and treble speakers to achieve the sound radiation and centroid characteristic of grand pianos so that each and every tone played through the speakers sounds like it was emitted from the proper place on an actual grand piano.
The speaker placement and balancing replicates the sensation of the hammers striking the strings in front of the pianist, and the reverberations from the strings dissipating away from them. We also used a Bidirectional Horn to achieve the full reverberation of sounds emitted by the entire grand piano soundboard, replicating the sense of depth experienced when playing an acoustic grand piano.
GRANDTOUCH™ KEYBOARD
Yamaha’s latest keyboard action features a broad dynamic range and faithful response to every nuance of touch that puts a wide expanse of tone—from delicate to bold—at the pianist’s fingertips. The highly consistent grand piano hammers replicate the pleasing response felt when the hammers strike the strings, enabling precise control of the tone. Highly absorbent synthetic-ivory white keys and synthetic-ebony black keys prevent slipping even during extended play and feel just like those of a grand piano.
GrandTouch™ keyboard features wooden keys that showcase Yamaha’s expertise with wood for pianos. Just as with grand piano keyboards, the solid wood is cut from the very best parts of well-dried lumber, making the keys more resistant to warping than keyboards made of laminated wood. The wooden texture and structure of the keys create a more grand piano-like feel
KEY COUNTERWEIGHTS
Counterweights are embedded in the keys of a grand piano to balance the weight of the hammers and offer more precise control when playing delicately at low volumes. The Clavinova features carefully adjusted counterweights for improved playability when playing pianissimo with a light touch, and better key return in rapid passages.
The keyboard of the Clavinova has been fine-tuned to offer optimal balance, emphasizing its superb playability and grand piano response.
YAMAHA CFX AND Bösendorfer IMPERIAL VOICES
Clavinova grand piano sounds are recorded from several world-renowned concert grand pianos. One of them is the CFX, Yamaha’s top-flight concert grand piano. Pianists around the world are enamored with the impressive, dazzling, richly expressive sound of the CFX in concert halls. Another sampled concert grand is the Imperial, the flagship model of Bösendorfer, a time-honored Viennese piano brand with an ardent following. The Imperial is known for its abundance of color and natural, warm feeling.
Yamaha faithfully reproduces the idiosyncrasies of these concert grand pianos by carefully recording the entire tonal range of each of the 88 keys, making minute adjustments to capture the most harmonious tones each piano has to offer.
THE GP RESPONSE DAMPER PEDAL
Using the damper pedal subtly alters the nature of a piano’s sound and is essential to providing the pianist with all the necessary expressive tools to convey their musical vision.
Clavinova digital pianos feature a damper pedal that continually detects depression depth and allows halfpedaling, which lets players make minute adjustments to pedal depression and return, changing the depth and character of their piano sound.
The GP Response Damper Pedal offers a grand piano-style resistance curve, starting out light to the touch and growing heavier as the pedal is depressed further. This allows players to become accustomed to the nuances of delicate pedaling.
BINAURAL SAMPLING FOR AUTHENTIC PIANO SOUND, EVEN WITH HEADPHONES
Binaural sampling is a method of sampling in which special microphones are placed on a mannequin’s head in the same positions as the pianist’s ears to capture piano sounds the way that they sound in reality.
We chose this method to create the ambience and full, natural resonance of acoustic pianos in Clavinova pianos. This makes pianists feel as though they are sitting at a grand piano even when they play with headphones on. The experience is so pleasant that they forget they are wearing headphones, no matter how long they continue to play.
On CSP-200 Series pianos, binaural sampling was used for the Bösendorfer Imperial as well as the Yamaha CFX. Yamaha achieves higher-definition binaural sound with a specially developed mannequin head and model ears used for the recording.
We also developed the Stereophonic Optimizer function to achieve the same effect for the piano effects. Stereophonic Optimizer technology replicates the natural diffusion of sound in headphones nearly as closely as binaural sampling for the piano voices other than the CFX and Imperial.
MICROPHONE CONNECTION
You can enjoy karaoke backing with songs stored in your Clavinova or downloaded. The lyrics are shown on the Smart Pianist app and the words change color as the song advances, so you know exactly when to come in.
Plug in a microphone, and you can sing along with your playing. The Vocal Harmony engine creates advanced sounding harmonies, enriching your voice and is even capable of correcting your pitch!
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.
USB AUDIO RECORDER
Record performances to USB flash memory and create audio files* you can save and play back on a computer, share with friends.
*Data is saved in WAV format.
INTUITIVE OPERATION WITH YAMAHA’S SMART PIANIST APP
The Yamaha Smart Pianist app gives you complete, detailed control over the instrument from your smart device. This intuitive app makes it easy to select the desired Voice from a variety of instrument sounds, and even switch between different virtual performance spaces and their acoustic environment (for example, a concert hall or cathedral).
*The app is available at the App Store and Google Play.
STREAM LIGHTS ILLUMINATE THE KEYS TO PLAY NEXT, MAKING MUSIC EVEN MORE FUN
Even if you can’t read music, Stream Lights—used with the interactive scores shown in the Smart Pianist app—guide you to the keys to play next, making your practice more enjoyable. You can also set the function for the left or right hand only, or slow the tempo at the hard parts to help you practice. There is even a Guide function that pauses the song until you play the correct keys.
PRACTICE YOUR FAVORITES FROM AMONG THE EXTENSIVE LINEUP OF PRESET SONGS
The Clavinova CSP-200 Series features an ample selection of preset songs, from well-known popular and classical tunes to practice exercises. View the sheet music on Yamaha’s Smart Pianist app, and use Stream Lights to guide your practice sessions. Moreover, you can add new songs to your collection on the app.
AUDIO TO SCORE LETS YOU TRY YOUR HAND AT THE TUNES YOU WANT RIGHT AWAY
When you want to play a song, but don’t know where to begin or what to do, just use the Audio to Score feature included in Yamaha’s Smart Pianist app. The app analyzes MP3s and other audio song data and creates chord charts with over 50 varieties of accompaniment to suit your playing level. All you have to do is follow the Stream Lights.
ADD VARIETY TO YOUR PERFORMANCE WITH VOICES AND BACKING STYLES
The Clavinova CSP-200 Series offers unrivaled capacity for musical expression, with a huge variety of instrument voices that belie their simple, elegant exteriors.
Featuring a wide array of backing Styles, the CSP Series allows you to enjoy great-sounding performances with authentic accompaniment that will enhance your playing across a diverse range of musical genres.
