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Designed for gigging keyboardists and discerning pianists, with realistic piano touch.

Powered by over 100 years of piano craftsmanship and 45 years of synthesizer innovation, the CP73 and CP88 stage pianos boast authentic acoustic and electric piano sound, realistic piano touch and an intuitive one-to-one user interface. For the gigging keyboardist, CP73 features a newly-designed, 73-key "E-to-E" (like bass and guitar) balanced action for playing a wide variety of keyboard and synth sounds. CP88 is for the discerning pianist needing fast, accurate touch response. The triple sensor, natural wood keys provide grand piano weight and response while synthetic ebony and ivory Key Tops provide tactile grip during extended playing sessions.
Yamaha Premium Acoustic Grand Piano

Yamaha Premium Acoustic Grand Piano

The CP73 and CP88 models each offer three premium concert grand pianos: the Yamaha CFX, the Yamaha S700 and the Bösendorfer Imperial 290. These grand piano sounds develop their nuanced and dynamic response due to the most careful recording process and an excellent mood. [CFX] With over 17 years of development, the Yamaha CFX is our flagship in the field of 9 'concert grand pianos. The CFX offers radiant highs as well as powerful bass paired with impressive dynamics and the ability to make yourself heard in an orchestra group. [Bösendorfer] The manufacturer Bösendorfer is one of the most unique piano manufacturers in the world and is still committed to both the craft and the Viennese design tradition. The colorful Viennese sound is based on the one hand on the finely tuned and warm-sounding bass as well as its singing highs. The almost 2.90 meter long and 8 octave Imperial 290 is the highlight among the Bösendorfer concert grand pianos. Its extended bass range and the huge soundboard develop a very special resonance behavior in which all frequencies find the right amount of support. [S700] The Yamaha S700, handcrafted by master piano builders, is a special kind of grand piano. On the one hand, it has the skill to assert itself clearly in complex arrangements, but on the other hand, it also has the sensitivity to develop the necessary delicacy and expressiveness in solo passages or smaller setups. The sound of the S700 turned out to be one of the most popular grand piano sounds of the S90ES and S90 stage synthesizers for a reason.

Yamaha Upright acoustic piano

Yamaha Upright acoustic piano

[U1] The U1 is one of the most popular upright pianos in the world. The U1 timbre of the CP73 and CP88 models is based on a selected vintage specimen with a perfectly coordinated character. This characteristic predestines the sound for any style of music that not only requires the right vibe, but also the sound of an authentic upright. [SU7] The SU7 represents Yamaha's flagship acoustic upright piano. This model gets its rich and expansive sound from the concert grand piano hammer mechanism borrowed from the CFX.

Electric pianos and keyboards

Electric pianos and keyboards

[Yamaha CP80] Yamaha introduced its electrically amplified grand piano models CP80 and CP70 in 1978 in order to give musicians a stable grand piano sound that was also able to assert itself live within a band. [78 Rd] The tine-based 78 Rd electric piano has a wide dynamic range, high sound quality and works well with classic effects. A real universal instrument for a wide range of different styles. [75 Rd] The 75 Rd offers a much dirtier E-PIano sound with a good dose of funk, which is why it is perfect for music styles that demand a very special vibe and character. [73 Rd] With its fat and warm vintage sound, the 73 Rd is the ideal electric piano accompaniment for ballads and expressive solo singing. [Wr] The reed-based Wr electric piano offers both modern and vintage vocal colors with large-scale dynamics. Organs, clavi and keyboards: The CP73 and CP88 models also offer a wide range of other keyboard sounds, such as tonewheel and transistor organs, clavi, FM pianos and many more for every conceivable situation.

Synthesizers, strings and more

Synthesizers, strings and more

The CP73 and CP88 models have synthesizer sounds ready for every imaginable live situation. In addition, the two stage pianos offer warm sounding pad sounds, opulent strings, fundamental synth basses, lead and brass sounds as well as many other sounds for split, layer and solo applications. The intuitive user guidance of the CPs also allows comfortable real-time parameter control and interaction for great and spontaneous sound creations.

Effects

Effects

The CP73 as well as the CP88 offer an extraordinary range of integrated effects, which underline the unmistakable sound of the instruments and expand them individually. Each of the three integrated sections (piano, electric piano, sub) also offers effects specially tailored to the respective needs. Master effect chains with delay, reverb and EQ as well as special controllers for real-time parameter control are also available.

VCM (Virtual Circuitry Modeling) effects

VCM (Virtual Circuitry Modeling) effects

Virtual Circuitry Modeling simulates the sound and behavior of vintage effects as well as high-end studio signal processors through exact circuit modeling of the originally analog components.

CP88: A keyboard specially designed for pianists with a quick response

CP88: A keyboard specially designed for pianists with a quick response

The CP88 has an 88-key real wood keyboard with a graduated hammer mechanism, triple sensors (NW-GH) and a surface made of synthetic ivory or real ebony. The currently fastest stage piano keyboard on the market benefits from the expertise of a company with more than 100 years of piano making experience in close cooperation with professionals for whom the best is just good enough. Only real wooden keys offer exactly the right weight and the correct response that pianists expect from a keyboard. If you add different weights to this, you get a graduated keyboard that has the feeling of real piano hammers with a difficult response in the bass and an increasingly lighter one towards the treble. Synthetic ivory and ebony pads with their slightly porous surface also ensure an authentic grip. As a result, this ensures consistently more accurate playing, even during longer concerts or practice phases. The added third sensor allows real repetitive play like on a real grand piano, on which notes can also be played again without stopping the string. Above all, faster playing can be implemented even better with this repetition behavior, which is ultimately one of the reasons why most pianists ultimately always prefer a grand piano over a piano.

Owner’s Manual x 1, Power cord x 1, Foot pedal (FC3A) x 1

  • CP88 Main Specs:
  • - 88-key Natural Wood Graded Hammer keyboard (NW-GH3)
  • - Top sounds in outstanding sound quality
  • - Seamless Sound Switching (SSS) prevents the sound being cut off when another sound is selected
  • - Waveform Memory can be updated via Firmware Update
  • - Completely new, intuitive user interface
  • - One Knob settings
  • - Light weight, 18 kg only
  • - Keyboard:
  • - Number of keys:88
  • - Type: NW-GH (Natural Wood Graded Hammer) keyboard: synthetic ebony and ivory keytops.
  • Voices:
  • - Tone Generator: AWM2
  • - Polyphony: 128
  • - Preses: 57 (piano:10, E.Piano 14, Sub:33)
  • Effects
  • - Delay: 2 types (analog, digital)
  • - Reverb: Hall
  • - Master EQ: 3 bands (with sweepable Mids)
  • - Insertion Effect:
  • - Piano: 2 systems (1. Damper Resonance, 2: Compressor, distortion, Drive Chorus),
  • - E. Piano: 3 systems (1:Drive, 2. Auto Pan, Tremolo, Ring Modulator, Touch Wah, Pedal Wah, Compressor, 3. Chorus1, Chorus2, Flanger, Phaser1, Phaser2, Phaser3)
  • - Sub: 1 systme (chorus/Flanger, Rotary Speaker, Tremolo, Distortion)
  • Connections:
  • - Output: (L/Mono)/R 6.3 mm, standard phone jacks, unbalanced, Output L/R XLR jacks, balanced
  • - Headphones: Phones 6.3 standard stereo phone jack
  • - Foot Controller: Footcontroller 1/2, Foot switch (Sustain, assignable)
  • - MIDI: Midi IN/OUT
  • - USB: USB To Host/To Device
  • Other:
  • - Connectors: AC in
  • - Display: Full Dot LCD (128x64 dots)
  • - AUX: Input L/Mono/R, 6.3 mm standard jacks

Key attributes
Number of Keys
88
Colour
Black
Keyboard Type
Graded Hammer Action
Speakers
No
Model
Stage
Product Dimensions
Depth
1550mm
Width
520mm
Height
290mm
Stage Piano attributes
Battery Operated
No
Pedal
Not Included
MIDI Interface
USB to Host
Stand
Not Included
Built-in Tones
Yes
Cover
No
Display
Yes
Product Details
Product Number
205305
Brand
Yamaha
Yamaha sells their products throughout Europe from its European central warehouse. Products that we do not have in stock, but are available from stock at Yamaha Europe, are usually very reliably available within one week. If a product in the European warehouse is not available from stock, long delivery times are also possible. If in doubt, please ask us.
Series
CP
SubSeries
Stage
Category
Stage Piano
Brand Category
Yamaha - Stage Pianos
Relevancy rank in Category Stage Piano
69 of 91
Date
March 2019
Dimension
Weight
20.05kg
Box Depth
1545mm
Box Width
520mm
Box Height
285mm
Gross Weight
26kg
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