The Yamaha Clavinova CLP-845 B digital piano is possibly one of the most beautifully balanced pianos when you consider price/quality. The speaker system and wooden Grand Touch S keyboard makes it feel like you're sitting behind a real Yamaha CFX or Bösendorfer, and the intuitive control panel gives you all the modern features you would expect from a Yamaha digital.
The CLP 845 is a piano for everyone. The highly responsive keyboard gives experienced pianists the same possibilities in terms of expression as an acoustic instrument, but beginners have and overall better experience when practicing. Also it very wise for anyone in lessons to choose a somewhat higher quality keyboard. If the quality of the piano in lessons is many times higher than the one you have at home, it can be demotivating or you cannot practice some techniques at home at all. With the CLP 845, you don't have this discrapance.
The sound of the digital piano comes from the speakers, of course, and so does the computer. In the new 800 series Yamaha has made extra use of the acoustics of the cabinet by placing the speakers in such a way, and spreading their sound, that the sound is distributed exactly as it would be with an acoustic piano. Combine this with the new generation of chips used to deliver even more of the sample, and you have an unparalleled experience not previously possible in this price range.
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Improved GrandTouch-S Keyboard Wooden Keys
The piano features the Improved GrandTouch-S Wooden Keys keyboard, with 88 synthetic ebony and ivory keys. The keyboard also incorporates actual wood in the white keys, automatically making the playing feel a lot more realistic. The Improved Grand Expression modeling gives the Clavinova an authentic, realistic sound, through both headphones and the speakers. The Grand Acoustic Imaging technique cleverly uses the acoustics of the piano itself, making the sound even more realistic. Also new to the 800 series is that the half-point touch can now be used from the 0 to the 0.5 position. This makes rehearsal or staccato techniques even more accurate.
As if you were really there
Yamaha uses what is known as "binaural sampling. These are samples in a 3D stereo sound, giving the piano sound more 'space' and making it sound more realistically 'real'. These samples are recorded with a very specific microphone that mimics the shape of the head, and ear canals before the sound reaches the microphone membranes. This is placed at the playing position of the piano in question and recorded from there. So you hear the piano as it sounds at the playing position. This makes the Bösendorfer and CFX binaural samples sound lifelike
Bluetooth and Midi
The CLP-845 features on-board Bluetooth, both Bluetooth MIDI and a Bluetooth audio receiver. So you can connect to a smartphone or tablet, in combination with the Yamaha SmartPianist App. This then allows you to send out MIDI data from the piano, as well as receive it. You can also stream your favorite music to the piano, so you can play along with songs! You don't need any additional accessories for this. The piano has two headphone outputs, ideal if you want to listen to the piano sound together.
Specifications:
- 88 keys
- Keyboard: Improved GrandTouch-S with escapement, keys are synthetic ebony & ivory (the white keys have real pieces of wood in them)
- Full Bluetooth MIDI and Bluetooth Audio Receiver integration
- 3 pedals: Damper, Sostenuto, Soft (improved half pedal system)
- Adjustable touch sensitivity (Hard 2, Hard 1, Medium, Soft 1, Soft 2, Fixed)
- Two beautiful piano samples: Yamaha CFX & Bösendorfer Imperial
- 2 fortepiano samples Walter "Mozart Piano", est. 18th century Vienna and Pleyel "Chopin Piano", est. 19th century Paris
- Number of built-in sounds: 38
- Number of built-in rhythms: 20
- Speakers: 2x 16 cm + 8 cm with diffuser
- Color: black matt
- Dimensions: width: 146.1 cm x height: 92.7 cm x depth: 45.9 cm
- Weight: 63 kg.
