The Yamaha CLP-775 is a beautiful digital piano from the well-known Clavinova series. When you sit down behind this piano it's just like sitting behind an acoustic piano or grand piano. But with smart, modern gadgets!
The CLP775 piano has received a new, improved 'GrandTouch' keyboard. The 88 keys of this digital piano give a very realistic playing feeling: something that is often very difficult with electronic pianos. But with this piano, every touch and pin detail is accurately picked up and reproduced. The keys have a synthetic ivory top layer and the white keys are made of wood. In an acoustic piano, the keys do not have the same touch feeling over the entire range, due to the thickness of the strings. This touch feeling has been accurately recreated on the CLP-775. The lowest notes play heavier, the higher notes play lighter. The so-called lifting point is a lot further forward so you feel an equal stroke over the entire length of each key. In short: it plays lighter and you have more room for expression - you can dive more 'into' the keyboard, as it were. This technique is also called the escapement mechanism
The CLP775B has two beautiful piano samples on board from the most famous pianos in the world: namely the Yamaha CFX and the Bösendorfer Imperial. Both of these grand pianos were recorded and sampled using modern techniques. By combining these samples with the Grand Acoustic Imaging technique you really hear the authentic sound of these grand pianos. Because of the quality of the keyboard, speakers, amplifier and acoustic design of the cabinet, even the smallest details are audible, such as sounds of the pedals and the resonance of the strings. Both the CFX & Bösendorfer grand piano are binaural sampled, which means that you also experience a beautiful spacious sound on headphones. Playing with headphones can sometimes be a bit tiring for your ears because the sound is very direct: you don't have that problem with the CLP-775, because also through the headphones the sound is spacious and not 'oppressive'
A nice sound addition in the CLP-775 is the so-called Mozart Piano recorded. This fortepiano was originally made by Walter (Viennese piano builder). There is also a Chopin Piano, originally made by the French piano builder Weyel. Like the CFX and the Bösendorfer, the fortepianos sound unprecedentedly good. So it's really nice to have two famous fortepianos at your disposal if you're going to play music from the 18th and 19th centuries. The menu to control the piano is on the left side of the piano. No ugly push buttons that ruin the classic design, but a sleek and flat surface with luminous touch sensors. When the menu is active you can clearly see the LED lights, but if you don't touch the touch sensors for a while they will turn off automatically. The operation menu is in English and very clear
The piano is packed with useful features for the modern pianist, such as Bluetooth connectivity (audio and MIDI), recording capability, beautiful spatial effects and an equalizer. You can also connect the piano to your computer (via USB or Bluetooth). There are also two outputs for headphones. It is even possible to connect your own audio source to the input of the piano. With the SmartPianist App you can get even more fun functions out of your Clavinova. You get access to nice play-alongs, both classical and modern. You can also load music from your iTunes playlist. The app then analyzes the chords and tempo and knows how to convert that into a clear chord progression within seconds. And it can also be done the other way around: you play something on the piano while the app converts it into musical notation. As you can see, the CLP-775 is a beautiful sounding piano with very modern features.
- Yamaha CLP-775 digital piano
- color: black (CLP-775-B)
- 88 keys keyboard (GrandTouch with escapement)
- white keys made of wood
- all keys have a synthetic ivory top
- Yamaha CFX, Bösendorfer Imperial piano samples
- 38 voices
- dual / layers, split, duo
- 21 voice demo songs + 50 classics + 303 lessons
- USB audio recorder: wav 44.1 kHz, 16-bit stereo
- metronome
- transpose function
- audio and MIDI Bluetooth
- 2x 3.5 mm2 stereo headphones output
- MIDI: in, out, thru
- aux-in (3.5 mm)
- aux out (e.g. to a sound system or audio interface)
- power consumption 50W, with auto power off
Dimensions: 1461 x 967 x 465 mm
Weight: 71 kg.
