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Yamaha Clavinova CSP-255 Digital Piano - Black

Yamaha Clavinova CSP-255 Digital Piano - Black

SKU: CSP255B

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Color: Black

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Music lovers who have always wanted to learn to play the piano can now fulfill what, for many, is a lifelong dream. The CSP-255 teaches anyone to effortlessly learn and master their favorite songs directly from their smart device’s music library.

EXPERIENCE EXCELLENCE

The CSP-255 teaches anyone how to play their favorite songs from the music library already on their smart device. Stream Lights move towards each key to show users which notes to play and when. Based on their skill level, users can adjust the speed at which they’re learning and the difficulty of the piano arrangement as they improve.


EXPERIENCE FULL CONTROL WITH SMART PIANIST

With the Yamaha Smart Pianist app, you have full control over your instrument using your smart device. Easily choose from a wide range of instrument sounds and switch between various virtual performance spaces, such as a concert hall or cathedral, enhancing your acoustic environment.

*The app is available at the App Store and Google Play.


PLAY EVEN IF YOU CAN’T READ MUSIC

Stream Lights guide you as you effortlessly follow musical notes and their timing with four LED lights moving toward the keys, ensuring accurate and synchronized playing as you learn your favorite songs. Use the Guide function to pause the song until you play the correct keys, helping you learn easily.


EXPLORE A LIBRARY OF SONGS AND ADD YOUR OWN

The Clavinova CSP-200 Series features a wide range of songs, from popular and classical tunes to practice exercises. Easily access sheet music through the Yamaha Smart Pianist app and use Stream Lights to help guide your practice sessions. Additionally, add your favorite songs to your collection through Smart Pianist.


INSTANTLY PLAY YOUR FAVORITE TUNES WITH AUDIO-TO-SCORE

When you want to play a song, but don’t know where to begin or what to do, use the Audio-to-Score feature in the Smart Pianist App. Audio-to-Score 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 PERFORMANCES

The Clavinova CSP-200 Series offers a wide range of instrument Voices for expressive musical performance. The CSP Series Style content provides lively accompaniment for various genres, allowing for total control over your own virtual backing band.


EXCEPTIONAL PLAYING EXPERIENCE

The Clavinova combines over a century of acoustic piano-making expertise with the latest digital technology – all designed to give you an unparalleled playing experience. With a playability that approaches that of a grand piano, as well as beautifully expressive sound, the CSP-200 Series will inspire and motivate you to reach even greater musical heights.


PLAYABILITY

Featuring the latest GrandTouch™/GrandTouch-S™ keyboards with a broad dynamic range of touch and response on the level of a grand piano. Excellent consistency and nuanced expression give you the utmost control over touch.


GRANDTOUCH-S™ KEYBOARD WITH WOODEN KEYS

Our latest keyboard 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 your 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.


DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

Clavinova pianos boast excellent playability and versatile functions, along with a refined, authentic design that blends a compact form with modern aesthetics in a manner befitting the instrument that sets the contemporary standard for pianos. At the heart of the design is the way the player feels when they take their seat in front of the instrument. Unnecessary elements are removed from your field of vision to create a convincingly natural space that feels just like sitting at an acoustic piano. And since the Clavinova will be part of your home, contemporary accents and color variation are available to mesh with any interior design or lifestyle. The CSP-255 has a simple, stylish design that incorporates elegant piano-like curves and utilizes the absolute minimum set of controls.


SENSITIVITY

Thanks to Grand Expression Modeling, our groundbreaking new technology, you’ll experience limitless tonal variations. Any variation in the intensity and speed of your touch, and you’ll hear a nuanced difference in tone, one that’s almost identical to a grand piano.


GRAND EXPRESSION MODELING

The interaction and interplay of the hammers, dampers, and strings inside a grand piano respond to the subtlest nuances of your touch, creating a limitless range of tonal expression. “Touch” refers to control, not only of intensity (softness/loudness) in playing and releasing the keys, but also of the speed and depth with which the keys are pressed. The Grand Expression Modeling introduced in the CSP-200 Series translates the widely varied input from your fingers into the same limitless tonal variation of a grand piano. This makes it possible to vary the output by playing the keys to different depths and with different speeds, even when using techniques such as trills or legato, or emphasizing the melody over the accompaniment.


SOUND QUALITY

Virtual Resonance Modeling performs real-time reproductions of the resonance created by the strings and body of the instrument – which are the foundation of a grand piano’s beautiful sound. Combined with the latest acoustic design technology, you’ll enjoy stunningly lifelike concert grand piano tone and feel.


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. 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.

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VIRTUAL RESONANCE MODELING

One of the allures of the grand piano is the sympathetic resonance created by the vibration of the entire instrument. Clavinova pianos elaborately reproduce this rich sympathetic resonance through a groundbreaking technology called Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM). VRM creates a richly varied sound by simulating the complex sympathetic tones created when the vibrations of the strings are propagated to the soundboard and other strings, corresponding to the timing and intensity of key playing and pedaling. CSP-200 Series pianos even replicate the sounds the dampers make when they are raised off the strings, in addition to the resonance of the duplex scaling, strings, soundboard, and case. Clavinova pianos allow you to enjoy the same momentary dynamics and deep sympathetic sounds that are produced by the entire body of a grand piano.

BINAURAL SAMPLING FOR AUTHENTIC PIANO SOUND, EVEN WITH HEADPHONES

Binaural sampling is a groundbreaking method of simulating sound in which special microphones capture the piano the way it sounds in reality. This helps to create the ambience and the full, natural resonance of acoustic pianos in Clavinova pianos, making you feel as though you’re sitting at a grand piano, even with headphones on. On CSP-200 Series pianos, binaural sampling was used for the Bösendorfer Imperial as well as the Yamaha CFX. 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.

 

CSP-255 SPECS

Width 55-9/16″
Height 41″
Depth 18-5/16″
Weight 127 lb, 14 oz. (Polished Finish: 152 lbs., 2 oz.)
Number of Keys 88
Keyboard Type GrandTouch-S™ Keyboard: Synthetic, Ebony and Ivory Key Tops, Escapement
Touch Sensitivity Hard2 / Hard1 / Medium / Soft1 / Soft2 / Fixed
Keyboard Cover Style Sliding
Half Pedal Yes
Pedal Functions Sustain, Sostenuto, Soft, Glide, Style Start/Stop, Volume, Etc.
App Used (Free Download) Yamaha’s Smart Pianist
Music Rest Yes
Piano Sounds Yamaha CFX, Bösendorfer Imperial
Binaural Sampling Yes (“CFX Grand” and “Bösendorfer” only)
Key-Off Samples Yes
Smooth Release Yes
Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM) Yes
String Resonance VRM
Damper Resonance VRM
Maximum Polyphony 256
Number of Voices 772 Voices + 47 Drum/SFX Kits
Reverb 65 Types
Master EQ 5 Preset
Intelligent Acoustic Control (IAC) Yes
Stereophonic Optimizer Yes
Vocal Harmony 44 Types
Dual/Layers Yes
Split Yes
Number of Preset Songs 403
Recording: Number of Tracks 16
Data Capacity Smart Device Dependent
Recording Format SMF (Format 0, Format 1), XF
Number of Preset Accompaniment Styles 495
Style Control Intro x1, Ending x1, Main x4, Fill x4
Lesson/Guide Correct Key, Any Key, Karao-Key, Your Tempo
Guide Lamps Stream Lights (4 Steps)
Piano Room Yes
USB Audio Recording Depending on the Smart Device
Time Stretch Yes
Pitch Shift Yes
Vocal Cancel Melody Suppressor
Audio to Score Yes
Registration Memory Yes
Metronome Yes
Tempo Range 5 – 500, Tap Tempo
Transpose -12 – 0 – +12
Tuning 414.8 – 440.0 – 466.8 Hz (Approx. 0.2 Hz Increments)
Scale Types 9
Headphones Standard Stereo (x2)
Microphone Input Volume, Mic/Line In
MIDI [In] [Out] [Thru]
Auxiliary In Stereo Mini
Auxiliary Out Standard Phone Jack (R, L/L+R)
Auxiliary Pedal Input Yes
USB to Device Yes
USB to Host Yes
Amplifiers 40 W × 2
Speakers 16 cm × 2
Auto Power Off Yes
Included Bench Yes
Accessories Owner’s Manual, Power Cable, USB Wireless LAN Adaptor, USB Cable

 

SKU
CSP255B
Manufacturer
YAMAHA

  • Bench: Includes a matching bench. Styles may vary depending on model. BC108BK (Matte Black), BC108DW (Dark Walnut), BC108PE (Polished Ebony), BC108DR (Rosewood)
  • 50 Classical Music Masterpieces: Enjoy this compilation songbook of the most popular and beautiful classical piano songs by Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, and many others.
  • Headphone Hanger:: A conveniently located hanger under the piano for easy headphone storage.
  • Owners Manual: Learn about the features and care of your instrument in this comprehensive manual.
  • Power Adapter: PA-300C
  • 5-Year Warranty: YAMAHA will, at its option, repair or replace the product covered by this warranty if it becomes defective, malfunctions or otherwise fails to conform with this warranty under normal use and service during the term of this warranty, without charge for labor or materials. Repairs may be performed using new or refurbished parts that meet or exceed YAMAHA specifications for new parts. If YAMAHA elects to replace the product, the replacement may be a reconditioned unit. To learn more about this, and other Yamaha warranties, please visit our website.
  • 5-Year Extended Popplers Warranty (no extra charge): We want to be sure you have every confidence when buying a Yamaha premium piano!  To be sure, Yamaha is the leader in quality, craftsmanship, and piano technology, and you will expect many years of trouble-free music-making without surprise expenses or repairs.  We are so confident in this quality that we are giving you 3 additional years of warranty, beyond the standard 5-year coverage, at NO additional cost…our Popplers Promise to you!

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  • Flexible Financing
    12 months same-as-cash financing to make your investment comfortable and accessible | Other terms available that vary throughout the year, including periodic 0% financing
  • Piano Trade-Up Program
    We are here for every step of your musical journey! Enjoy 100% credit toward a higher-value piano within 5 years (digital) or 10 years (acoustic), and 85% credit on hybrid pianos within 10 years.
  • Extended Warranty Coverage
    Enjoy added peace of mind with extended protection on Yamaha Digital Dianos—building on Yamaha’s 1–5 year factory warranty (model dependent), we include +1 year on portable models (2 years total), +3 years on Arius series (6 years total), and +5 years on Clavinova instruments (10 years total).
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    Real help from real piano experts | Support before, during, and long after your purchase.
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CSP Series Testimonials

I have seen kids, teens, and adults sit down at the CSP and get lost in the instrument with the follow light and score reader features! I remember around Christmas time a few years ago a father sat down and played for an entire hour he was having so much fun!

Joshua | Piano Department Manager