I bought a Yamaha Clavinova CVP-87A in mint condition just 2 years ago from a well known music supplier, together with stool and original instruction manual and style disk.
This is truly a remarkable piece of instrumental equipment which would cost around £2,000-£3,000 to purchase, had it been a new model. I bought it for £900, but only because it was second hand to begin with, so I really feel as if I'd got myself a bargain.
I have heard that the Yamaha CVP Clavinova digital pianos are the most advanced digital pianos ever designed. A friend of mine who plays a lot better than I do, was really excited when I told him what I'd bought and couldn’t wait to try it out. He said that if you want a digital piano that has as true to life piano sound as a piano, with so many different instrument sounds, a floppy disk drive and percussion rhythm facilities then the Yamaha Clavinova digital piano is the best. In short, if you want a piano but don’t want to go through the expense of retuning it every year, this really is the one to go for. It's the closest instrument there is to a piano without being a piano.
88 keys (full sized keyboard fully weighted keys), AWM tone generator system offers a range of 60 realistic voices. Dual and split play modes, 24 accompaniment styles ranging from rhythm only to fully orchestrated rhythm. Full keyboard ABC (Auto Bass Chord), 24 solo style play variations. 10 track performance memory, internal 3.5 floppy disk drive.
A few things I would say about it negatively is that it does take up a lot of space and is extremely heavy, so make you’ve got in the right place and leave it there, moving it alone is not an option!
A lot of people don’t like to look at lists of details, but if you're the sort of person who likes to look at the spec, this is for you:
* Dark rosewood woodgrain finish * 88-key AE (Action Effect) keyboard with 3-position touch sensitivity * Hi-resolution AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) sound generation * Stereo sampling piano * 60 instrument voices * 32-note polyphony * Dual voice * Keyboard split * Digital reverb * 24 built-in rhythm styles * 44 AWM keyboard percussion sounds * Tap Tempo * Auto Bass Chord with Full Keyboard mode and pattern variations * Style disk * Solo Styleplay on all rhythm styles * Disk Orchestra with two guide modes * General MIDI * Built-in 10-track Performance Memory * 3 foot pedals * Expression pedal jack * 2 headphone jacks * MIDI in / out / thru * 40W per channel amplifier with 4 speakers * Sliding key cover *
SPECIFICATIONS ----------------------------
KEYBOARD - 88-key, AE (Action Effect keyboard.
TOUCH SENSITIVITY - Hard, Medium, Soft.
TONE GENERATOR - Hi-resolution AWM ( Advanced Wave Memory ).
VOICE SELECTORS & CONTROLS - 60 voices: Piano, Clavinova Tone, E. Piano, Harpsi, Vibes, Guitar, Strings, Organ, Choir, Upright Bass, Elec. Bass, Drums, Voice 13~60: Brass, Pop Brass, Trumpet, Mute Trumpet, Horn, Saxophone, Saxophone Soft, Clarinet, Oboe, Flute, Accordion, Harmonica, Strings Soft, Violin, Violin Hard, Full Organ, Jazz Organ, Synth Brass, Synth Wood, Synth Strings, Synth Choir, Piano Bright, Piano Soft, E. Piano DX ( bright ), Synth Crystal, Celesta, Marimba, Folk Guitar, Jazz Guitar 1/2, Rock Guitar 1/2, Mute Guitar, Banjo, Pizzicato, Harp, Upright Bass Soft, Elec. Bass Soft, Elec. Bass Heavy, Synth Bass, Timpani, Bassoon, Chamber Strings, Jazz Organ 2, Rock Guitar 3, Cosmic 1/2/3, Split.
GENERAL MIDI - Yes ( Standard MIDI File read only ).
POLYPHONY - 32 note
REVERB - Room, Hall 1/2, Cosmic.
PLAY MODES - Dual, Split.
AUTO BASS CHORD & CONTROLS - Full Keyboard, Single Finger, Fingered, Solo Styleplay, Rhythm Volume, Chord 1 Volume, Chord 2 Volume, Bass Volume.
STYLE DISK - 40 ABC Patterns.
RHYTHM SELECTOR & CONTROLS - 24 Rhythms: Pop 1/2, Dance Pop 1/2, 16 Beat 1/2, Rock 'n', 16 Beat Shuffle, Slow Rock, Shuffle, Country 1/2, Swing, Jazz Ballad, Big Band, Boogie, Bossa, Samba, Cha-Cha, Rhumba, March, March 6/8, Waltz, J.Waltz, Start / Stop, Synchro Start, Intro / Ending, Normal / Fill to Normal, Variation / Fill to Variation, Metronome, Tap, Tempo, Tempo Display, Beat LED, Disk Style 1/2.
KEYBOARD PERCUSSION - 44 AWM Percussion Sounds: Brush Roll, High-Hat Closed Heavy, Crash Cymbal Light, Bass Drum Light, Snare Drum + Rim Heavy, Ride Cymbal Cup, Snare Drum + Rim Light, Bass Drum, Rim Shot, Snare Drum Heavy, Brush Shot, Snare Drum Light, Hi-Hat Pedal, Snare Drum Echo, Tom 4, Hi-Hat Closed, Tom 3, Hi-Hat Open, Tom 2, Tom 1, Ride Cymbal, E. Tom 3, Crash Cymbal, E. Tom 2, E. Tom 1, Conga Low, Cabasa, Conga High, Metronome, Bongo, Timbale Low, Claves, Timbale High, Castanets, Cuica Low, Cowbell, Cuica High, Hand Claps, Agogo Low, Agogo High, Bongo Low, Tambourine, Triangle Closed, Triangle Open.
SOLO STYLEPLAY - All Rhythms, On / Off.
DISK ORCHESTRA - Song Select, Phrase Repeat, Guide, Lamp Cancel, Right, Left, Orch., Rhythm, Song Number Display, Start / Stop, Rew, FF, Pause, Song Number.
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