Yamaha Clavinova CVP709 PE Digital Piano Polished Ebony Finish CVP709PE with matching bench Magnificent!

Yamaha CVP709PE Clavinova Digital Piano Polished Ebony Finish

From professional piano performance to simply discovering the joy of music for the first time, the CVP-709 is truly a family musical entertainment center. It’s the first CVP Clavinova featuring not one, but TWO world-class grand pianos (Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial) inside one digital piano. The Piano Room feature has been expanded to include more pianos and a new Session Mode with a built-in recording studio for capturing and sharing your music.

In addition to the NWX (Natural Wood X) keyboard with synthetic ivory keytops, the 88-key Linear Graded Hammer action dedicates a unique weight for each key over the entire keyboard. Each key also features carefully-adjusted counterweights for improved playability when playing pianissimo and better key return in rapid passages. The NWX keyboard also features an escapement mechanism that reproduces the feel of an acoustic piano as it goes through the let-off and drop of the hammer when a key is played very softly.

Beyond the CVP-709’s piano performance is a wealth of interactive musical features capable of making music fun for anyone regardless of skill level or experience.

The finest piano sound and the finest piano touch in the most advanced Clavinova ever.

Over a century of piano building experience culminates in a truly modern instrument.

Experience a purely digital piano with the heart of a true grand. You’ll feel the difference from the very first notes you play. Realistic touch and response, paired with the unmistakeable tone of the finest concert grand pianos ever made, the Clavinova delivers expressive capabilities and a dynamic range that redefines the standard for digital pianos today.

Your dream piano studio awaits.

The enhanced Piano Room now includes the world-class Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial grand pianos, plus vintage electric pianos. In Session Mode, you can invite three virtual musicians into the room to “jam” with you as you practice and perform in one of 40 different musical styles.

These session musicians will automatically follow your harmonies and your volume expression using the new Dynamics Control feature. You can selectively activate and deactivate each one depending on your musical needs at the time. Within this special room, you can even record your sessions with the touch of a single button.

Virtually every instrument Yamaha builds can be found inside.

Yamaha is the World’s largest manufacturer of musical instruments, and CVP Clavinovas contain high-resolution, high-definition recordings only possible from a company with this rich herritage. Super Articulation (SA) and Super Articulation 2 (SA2) Voices are both highly advanced and easy to use, making you sound like a pro.

With them you’ll hear the most realistic reproductions of legato and staccato performance techniques that are so essential to playing bowed and wind instruments. By simply varying your touch and playing techniques or using the pedals, SA and SA2 Voices will add significant authenticity to your sound.

When you want to play more than just piano.

One of the defining features of a CVP Clavinova is the multitude of different Styles that can be controlled in real-time by playing chords on the keyboard. Accompaniment Styles introduce ensembles of virtual musicians to your performances in a variety of musical genres. From small jazz ensembles to full orchestras, you control what chords or harmony they play by what YOU play, plus you control the dynamic of the ensemble.

Developed by professional session musicians from around the world, Styles add authentic, studio-quality backing players to your performances – even when you play by yourself. You can use Styles to add embellishing Intros, Endings & Fill-Ins and even arrange songs in real-time.

Now anyone can play a hit song, one light at a time.

CVP Clavinovas are very patient: if you don’t play the right notes, they wait until you do! This is made possible with the CVP’s unique Guide feature. As the easiest way to play a song, the Follow Lights library teaches you popular melodies in a way only possible on a CVP Clavinova.

Just follow the lights one note at a time, and fully-arranged orchestrations and arpeggios embellish your playing. Here, you don’t play along with a recording, the recording literally plays along with YOU. Visit www.yamahamusicsoft.com/followlights to browse the entire library today.

Get connected and start singing.

You can connect a microphone to enjoy singing along with your keyboard performance or using Karaoke song files from YamahaMusicSoft.com. All input jacks are conveniently located at the front of the instrument, under the keybed for easy access. Only Yamaha could build an instrument with studio-quality effects like reverb, echo and even Vocal Harmony.

Alternatively, you can connect a portable music device such as an MP3 player or smart phone to enjoy listening through the Clavinova’s high-definition speaker system.

YAMAHA CVP709PE SPECIFICATIONS

SIZE/WEIGHT

• Dimensions Width 1,426 mm (56-1/8″)
• Height 868 mm (34-3/16″)
• Depth 612 mm (24-1/8″)
• Weight Weight 79.0 kg (174 lbs., 3 oz)

CONTROL INTERFACE

• Number of Keys: 88 Grand Piano Style Full Size keys
• Type: NWX (Natural Wood X) keyboard with synthetic ivory keytops (wood is used for the white keys)
• Escapement: Yes
• Adjustable Touch Sensitivity: Yes
• Touch Sensitivity Levels: Hard2, Hard1, Medium, Soft1, Soft2, Fixed
• 88-key Linear Graded Hammers Yes
• Counterweight: Yes
• Number of Pedals: 3
• Half Pedal: Yes
• Functions: Sustain, Sostenuto, Soft, Glide, Song Play / Pause, Style Start / Stop, Volume, etc.
• GP Response: Damper Pedal Yes
• Display Type:  TFT Color LCD
• Screen Size: 8.5 inch (800 x 480 dots WVGA )
• LCD Brightness: Yes
• Touch Screen: Yes
• Colour Display: Yes
• Score Display Function: Yes
• Lyrics Display Function: Yes
• Text Viewer Function: Yes
• Language: English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian
• Panel: Language English only

CABINET

• Key Cover Key Cover Style Folding
• Music Rest Yes
• Music Clips Yes

VOICES

• Tone Generation Piano Sounds: Yamaha CFX, Bösendorfer Imperial
• Key-off Samples: Yes
• Smooth Release: Yes
• VRM: Yes
• Polyphony: 256 notes (max)
• Preset Number of Voices: 1,270 Voices + 37 Drum / SFX Kits + 480 XG Voices
• Featured Voices: 13 VRM Voices, 22 Super Articulation2 Voices, 225 Super Articulation Voices, 54 Mega Voices, 67 Natural! Voices, 31 Sweet! Voices, 87 Cool! Voices, 131 Live! Voices, 30 Organ Flutes! Voices
• Custom Voice Edit: Yes
• Compatibility: XG, GS (for Song playback), GM, GM2

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR (DSP) EFFECTS

• Types Reverb 58 Preset + 3 User
• Chorus 106 Preset + 3 User
• Master Compressor 5 Preset + 5 User
• Master EQ 5 Preset + 2 User
• Part EQ 27 Parts
• Intelligent Acoustic Control (IAC) Yes
• Stereophonic Optimizer Yes
• Insertion Effect 322 Preset + 10 User
• Variation Effect 322 Preset + 3 User
• Vocal Harmony VH2: 44 Preset + 60 User
• Functions Dual/Layers Yes
• Split Yes

ACCOMPANIMENT STYLES

• Preset Number of Preset Styles 600
• Featured Styles 30 Audio Styles, 473 Pro Styles, 52 Session Styles, 9 Free Play Styles, 36 Pianist Styles
• Fingering Single Finger, Fingered, Fingered On Bass, Multi Finger, AI Fingered, Full Keyboard, AI Full Keyboard
• Style Control INTRO x 3, MAIN VARIATION x 4, FILL x 4, BREAK, ENDING x 3
• Custom Style Creator Yes
• Other Features Music Finder 2,500 Records
• One Touch Setting (OTS) 4 for each Style
• Style Recommender Yes
• File Format Style File Format GE (Guitar Edition)

SONGS

• Preset Number of Preset Songs 124
• Recording Number of Tracks 16
• Data Capacity approx. 300 KB / Song
• Recording Function Yes
• Compatible Data Format Playback SMF (Format 0 & 1), XF
• Recording SMF (Format 0)

INTERACTIVE FUNCTIONS

• Demo Yes
• Registration Number of Buttons 8
• Control Registration Sequence, Freeze
• Lesson/Guide Lesson/Guide Follow Lights, Any Key, Karao-Key, Your Tempo
• Guide Lamp Yes
• Performance Assistant Technology (PAT) Yes
• Piano Room Yes
• USB Audio Recorder Playback WAV, MP3
• Recording WAV, MP3
• USB Audio Time Stretch Yes
• Pitch Shift Yes
• Vocal Cancel Yes
• Miscellaneous Metronome Yes
• Tempo Range Yes
• Transpose Yes
• Tuning Yes
• Scale Types 9

STORAGE AND CONNECTIVITY

• Storage Internal Memory approx. 6.3 MB
• External Drives USB Flash Drive
• Connectivity Headphones x 2
• Microphone Input Volume, Mic / Line In
• MIDI IN / OUT / THRU
• AUX IN Stereo mini
• AUX OUT L / L + R, R
• AUX Pedal Yes
• RGB OUT Yes
• USB TO DEVICE Yes (x 2)
• USB TO HOST Yes

YAMAHA AUDIO SYSTEM

• Amplifiers (30 W + 30 W + 20 ) x 2 + 40 W
• Speakers (16 cm + 5 cm + 3 cm (dome)) x 2 + 20 cm [(6 – 5/16″ + 1 – 15/16″ + 1 – 3/16″) x 2 + 7 – 7/8″]
• Spruce Cone Speakers: Yes
• Twisted Flare Port: Yes
• Acoustic Optimizer Yes

POWER SUPPLY

• Power Consumption 55 W

FURNISHED ACCESSORIES

• Owner’s Manual
• Data List
• “50 Greats for the Piano” Music Book
• My Yamaha Product User Registration
• AC Power Cord
• Matching Bench: Yes
  

Two world class concert grands in one digital piano.

Two world class pianos are contained within the CVP Clavinova. The CFX, Yamaha’s finest concert grand, selected and played by the winner of the 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition, and the Imperial from Bösendorfer, one of the oldest piano manufacturers in the world and a brand held in high esteem by pianists throughout its long history. These renowned pianos are characterized by distinctive traits such as power, versatility, subtlety, lightness and mellowness.

Both of these superb pianos’ Voices are featured by name in the Clavinova. Tuned to perfection by a highly experienced piano technician and having the sound from each key recorded individually, Clavinova truly captures the unique tonal character of each of these outstanding instruments.

With Clavinova, you can choose from and enjoy the amazing digital reproductions of the exquisite beauty tone that only the Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial can deliver.

Superb playability and feel.

NWX (Natural Wood X) keyboards are created using Yamaha’s unrivaled expertise acquired through more than a century of crafting fine acoustic pianos. The material used for NWX keyboards is cut from wood that has been carefully dried specifically for use in making musical instruments. Only the best wood from the finest part of the tree is selected, resulting in a keyboard that is more resistant to buckling and warping than common laminated wood keyboards.

The NWX keyboard also features an escapement mechanism that reproduces the feel of an acoustic piano as it goes through the let-off and drop of the hammer when a key is played very softly. The action has been designed in such a way that the escapement is discernible only on the lightest keystrokes, similar to the keyboard of a grand piano.

Synthetic ivory keytops reproduce the tactile surface of the ivory keyboards once used in acoustic pianos. It features highly absorbent material that prevents fingers from slipping even after hours of performing, while retaining the ideal texture and feel.

Strike with the perfect balance.

Counterweights are embedded in the keys to balance the weight of the hammers and offer more precise control when playing delicately at low volumes. The Clavinova features a carefully-adjusted set of these individual counterweights for improved playability when playing pianissimo and quicker key return in rapid passages.

No two keys are alike.

On an acoustic grand piano, each and every key is weighted differently. This is because the strings for each note are slightly thinner and shorter in the treble register, becoming gradually thicker and longer towards the bass register. The Clavinova action faithfully reproduces the subtle differences that this graded touch offers with differing weights and key returns for each one of its 88 keys. When it comes time to take your playing to an acoustic grand piano, the transition will be seemless to the performer.

An unrivaled grand piano pedal experience

The CVP-709 features a damper pedal that continually detects depression depth and allows half-pedaling. The GP Response Damper Pedal offers variable resistance, 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 on an acoustic grand piano.

For a sound that truly resonates with the listener.

In a grand piano, strings and sounds resonate throughout the entire body of the instrument producing a rich reverberation that envelops the listener in sound. Not only are the strings you are playing vibrating, but other strings ring as a reaction to ones you play. This is one reason the piano’s sound is so complex and rich.

This phenomena is reproduced perfectly in the Clavinova through Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM) which calculates the various states of the strings for each of the 88 notes on the keyboard from one instant to the next. As a result, the Clavinova reflects the limitless number of factors inherent in playing an acoustic piano such as which keys are pressed, the strength with which the keys are played and pedal timing.

A new kind of headphone experience.

Unique to Yamaha, the Stereophonic Optimizer adjusts the spacing of the sound and the separation from the piano when listening via the headphones, resulting in a spacious sound image that will inspire you to play for hours at a time. Using this private listening environment, the sound of the Clavinova appears to come from the body of the instrument rather than from the headphones, providing a more realistic and naturally comfortable experience.

The Clavinova is ready for your Session.

The Piano Room features the world-class Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand pianos and has been expanded to include additional keyboard instruments including vintage electric pianos. In Session Mode, you can invite three additional session musicians into the room to accompany you as you practice and perform in 40 different musical styles. These session musicians will automatically follow your harmonies in either full-keyboard mode or split mode, and will also follow your volume expression using Dynamics Control. These session musicians can selectively be activated and deactivated depending upon your musical needs at the time. Within this special room you can even record your sessions with the touch of one button.

So realistic, you won’t believe the sound is coming from a keyboard.

Yamaha’s Super Articulation Voices (SA) and Super Articulation 2 Voices (SA2 on CVP-709/709GP) add genuine performance attributes of the real musical instruments as though they were being naturally performed by a virtuoso of that instrument instead of from the keys of a piano keyboard. Examples include “fret noise” or “body knocks” from a guitar or the “inhales”, “exhales” and glissandos from wind instruments. By simply varying your touch and playing techniques or using the pedals, SA and SA2 Voices will add significant authenticity to your sound.

The groove and sound of live drummers!

The CVP-709/709GP offers 30 Audio Styles and have been specially produced by adding audio recordings of studio musicians playing in various recording studios worldwide. This adds all the natural feel, ambience and warmth to the drums and percussion of a Style, giving your performance greater expressive potential. Audio Styles utilize Yamaha’s Time Stretch Technology, which allows the audio to follow your tempo changes without changing pitch. Everything stays in perfect sync.

All you need to know is the song. The Clavinova does the rest.

Music Finder is great when you are looking for just the right Style or Voice combinations so YOU can perform a particular song. Simply choose the name of the song you want to play from the Music Finder list and the CVP will call up the proper settings so you can get playing right away. These settings were created by professional musicians from around the world specializing in particular genres of music.

Can’t remember the name of a song? No problem. Just play!

The Style Recommender is an intelligent function that allows you to find a Style that suits the type of music you feel like playing. You don’t even need to know the name of the song; the rythmic feel alone will do. Just play a bar or two of a simple rhythm or piano tune and a list of Styles that match your playing will instantly be displayed.

An automatic page turner with Guide Lamps to light the way.

Follow along with the bouncing ball shown on the score as you play to be sure of never losing your place. Pages turn automatically or you can flip through pages by swiping the screen horizontally. If reading music isn’t your forté, you can follow the guide lamps above the keyboard that will show you the correct keys. With guide activated, CVP will wait until you play the correct note so you can practice at your own pace.

Sing in perfect Harmony… with yourself!

You can enjoy karaoke backing with songs stored in your Clavinova or downloaded from Yamaha Musicsoft.com. The lyrics are shown on the display* and the words change color as the song advances, so you know exactly when to come in. You can even display the lyrics on a big TV screen so everyone can join in! *Only if the song data includes lyrics.

Plug in a microphone, and you can sing along with your playing. The Vocal Harmony 2 (VH2) engine creates advanced sounding harmonies, enriching your voice and is even capable of correcting your pitch!

Get in touch with the features you use most.

This easy-to-understand touch screen makes the CVP simple to operate: you can touch, slide, swipe or rotate contents in the screen to access different functions and make adjustments. Adjustable brightness ensures an easy-to-read screen in all situations. Other buttons on the panel are laid out in easy-to-see and reach locations.

If you want it to, the Clavinova will even talk to you!

When Voice Guide is active, the Clavinova speaks information from the current display or operation being executed. This allows those who have visual impairments to enjoy playing and using the instrument.

Note:
*When using Voice Guide, make sure that the USB flash memory containing the Voice Guide files is connected to the instrument.
*The audible information of the functions/screen supported by the Voice Guide is limited.

Customize the control panel as you like.
You decide what functions appear on the touch screen and which are assigned to special panel buttons.

• Bookmarks for your favorite Voices and Styles in one convenient button
• Shortcuts on the Home display for your most used “apps” from the MENU display
• Assign your most used functions to the ASSIGNABLE buttons on the panel.

Turn a USB device into an portable recording studio.

The USB Audio Recorder* allows you to record your performances on a USB flash drive for emailing, uploading to the internet or sending to your MP3 player. This lets you compare two different performances to gauge your progress or allows you to share your music with friends and family. *Stored as WAV or 5 different popular MP3 formats.

Other Functions

• Pitch Shift: Change the key without changing the tempo
• Time Stretch: Slow down or speed up the tempo without changing the pitch
• Vocal Cancel: Cancel or suppress signals like vocals and solos that exist in the center of an audio file

New Speaker innovations by Yamaha include Spruce Cones and Twisted Flare Ports.

Spruce Cone Speaker – Twisted Flare Port

Drawing from its experience in building both acoustic pianos and high-end speakers, Yamaha CVP-709 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.

The Twisted Flare Port, a new Yamaha technology, offers a clearer bass sound. The flared and gently twisted shape evenly diffuses the air flow through the port. Compared to a conventional port, the Twisted Flare Port reduces air turbulence noise, contributing to clear and accurate low frequency reproduction.

Optimal tone at any volume level.

When playing in a home environment, people often enjoy the Clavinova at much less than full volume. However, the physics of sound at low volumes results in a loss of treble and bass. On a Clavinova, however, the Intelligent Acoustic Control (IAC) automatically adjusts the sound so you enjoy proper excellent bass and treble sound balance even at low volumes. Additionally, the volume dial automatically makes fine adjustments to the overall sound of the speaker system (EQ) at low volume. This ability to adjust volume without losing the rich and balanced sound is an exclusive Yamaha benefit, ensuring you always play with the utmost sound quality.

Wireless audio and wireless MIDI with iOS devices.

If you use an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch, Yamaha apps will make playing more convenient and enjoyable. Quickly set the ideal Voice and accompaniment Style for the song you’d like to play. Record your own performance and share it with a friend. Add to visual effects to your performance with computer animation that repsonds to what you play. Check out the apps and find the ones that meet your needs. Several Yamaha apps are designed to work only with Clavinova digital pianos.

Note: Some apps require a connection to your instrument. Wired connections are possible with devices such as the Yamaha i-MX1, i-UX1 or Apple Lightning to USB Camera Adapter. Wireless connection may require a wireless router. Wireless audio connection requires bundled USB wireless LAN device.

Teach your iPad to play by ear.

With this exciting Yamaha app, your iOS devices will listen to recordings of virtually any song* and tell you the chords required for playing it. Bring the song file into the CVP where guide lamps can show you how to play those chords, and also teach your virtual backing band to play along with you using Styles. Yamaha’s exclusive Chord Tracker app is optimized to work with CVP Clavinovas for unlimited self-taught musical possibilities.
*Recordings must be in MP3 or WAV formats on your iOS device.

For more information, please refer to Chord Tracker

Follow the Lights and play your favorite songs! Only Yamaha CVP Clavinova digital pianos and Follow Lights software light the way to show you how to play. Just follow the lights one note at a time, and experience virtual orchestras that back you up as you play and make you sound great!

Songs in Yamaha’s QuickPlay library are specifically designed to function with the learning features of your CVP Clavinova. Each song works with the score and Guide features of your instrument. QuickPlay books feature convenient prints of each arrangement complete with tips on piano playing technique and trivia about each song.

You Are the Artist Series

Yamaha has partnered with music publishing giant Hal Leonard to prepare professionally arranged play-along XG song files for best-selling songbooks. Learn to play songs made popular by artists like Elton John, Coldplay, Adele and more. Simply purchase “You Are the Artist” series books wherever Hal Leonard printed music is sold, then download the XG song files at www.yamahamusicsoft.com/xg.

Play with the pros – go Yamaha!

Chord Tracker

• Chord Tracker Works with: iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus.
• Requirements: Requires iOS 8.1 or later
• Languages: English, Japanese
• Download on the App Store
• Download from the App Store

MusicSoft Manager

• Works with: iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
• Requirements: Requires iOS 7.1 or later
• Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese & Spanish
• Compatible instruments: Compatible with Yamaha DTX502 Series electronic drum instruments
• Download on the App Store
• Download from the App Store

NoteStar

• Works with: iPad2 (2nd generation)
• iPad (3rd/4th generation)
• iPad mini
• Requirements: Requires iOS 5.1 or later
• Languages: English
• Download on the App Store
• Download from the App Store

Piano Diary Song Beats

• Works with: iPad 2 / iPad / iPhone 4 / iPhone 3GS / iPod touch (4th generation, 3rd generation)
• Requirements: iOS 4.2 or later.
• Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese & Spanish
• Supported instruments: You can use Piano Diary with any MIDI- or USB-equipped piano, digital piano or keyboard.
• For instruments that have USB, you will need an iPad or iPad 2 with the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit.
• ***requires optional IMX1 MIDI to iPhone/iPad/iPod touch connector or IUX1 USB to iPhone/iPad/iPod touch connector

Repertoire Finder Song Chords

• Works with: iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
• Requirements: Requires iOS 6.1 or later.
• Languages: English & Japanese
• Compatible instruments: Please refer to “Related Products” below.
• * You can connect your instrument using Yamaha’s i-MX1 interface or Wi-Fi (CVP-605/609 only).
• In case of iPhone 5, iPod touch(5th generation), iPad(4th generation) and iPad mini, you can use i-MX1 with Apple Lightning to 30-pin Adapter.
• For instruments that have an USB to Host terminal, you will need an iPad(3rd/4th generation), iPad2 or iPad mini(& Apple Lightning to 30-pin Adapter) with the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit.

***requires optional IMX1 MIDI to iPhone/iPad/iPod touch connector or IUX1 USB to iPhone/iPad/iPod touch connector

Download on the App Store
Download from the App Store

Visual Performer Song Chords

Works with: iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Requirements: Requires iOS 7.1 or later.
Languages: English
Download on the App Store
Download from the App Store