Yamaha Clavinova CLP-900 Series: Improved Clavinova Quality In an Affordable Package

YAMAHA CLAVINOVA CLP-900 SERIES: IMPROVED CLAVINOVA QUALITY IN AN AFFORDABLE PACKAGE

2000 "Product of the Year"

BUENA PARK, CA (September 6, 2000)—Yamaha Corporation of America, Piano Division, announces the addition of the CLP-900 Series to its award-winning line of Clavinova digital pianos, currently available at Yamaha dealerships nationwide. The CLP-950, CLP-930 and CLP-920 surpass earlier models with dramatic improvements in piano tone and cabinet styling.

The stunningly realistic piano sounds and other voices offered by the CLP-900 Series are made possible by a vastly enlarged sample memory, as much as ten times greater than on previous CLP models, and all-new stereo piano samples. The CLP-950 also offers a new, more powerful speaker system and a choice of richer, glowing Rosewood (CLP-950), Mahogany (CLP-950M) or Cherry (CLP-950C) woodgrain finishes. The Rosewood finish on the CLP-930 and CLP-920 has also been upgraded.

"The CLP-950, CLP-930 and CLP-920 combine the newest Clavinova technology and an outstanding value," says Craig Knudsen, Electronic Keyboard Marketing Manager, Piano Division, Yamaha Corporation of America. "With an even richer piano tone, improved cabinetry and the keyboard touch that's made Clavinova the world's best line of digital pianos, you've got a magical combination. The broad selection of instrumental voices and realistic piano sound make the CLP-900 Series ideal for home, worship or educational use."

CLP-950 Clavinova digital piano

The CLP-900 Series retains popular, time-tested features from its predecessors. The Clavinova's AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation actually varies the volume and timbre of sound according to the user's touch on the keyboard. The DSS (Dynamic Stereo Sampling) on the CLP-950 includes multiple samples for each key, from loud to soft, resulting in an even more lifelike response to the user's style of play. Special samples recreate nuances such as the resonance of a grand piano's soundboard, strings and cabinet, or the tonal variation at the moment a key is released. The CLP-900 Series also features Yamaha's renowned GH (Graded Hammer) Keyboard, which recreates the feel of a real grand piano right down to the increased key weights in the lower registers.

While the Clavinova is first and foremost a digital piano, the CLP-900 Series also offers a variety of lifelike organ, choir, harpsichord, vibraphone, string and bass voices to complete any performance or composition.

CLP-920 Clavinova digital piano

The CLP-950 and CLP-930 include a built-in two-track recorder that lets users save a backing and solo performance together, or even save them externally to a computer or MIDI recorder. All three CLP-900 models feature a sliding key cover.

In addition, the CLP-900 Series offers extended polyphony; digital reverb to emulate a selection of room sizes; digital effects that allow the user to adjust the depth and timbre of the instrument's voice; dual mode and split mode play, which permit two instrument voices to operate simultaneously; and a personal computer interface that requires no special hardware, only a single cable.

For more information, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Piano Division, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622-6600; visit www.yamaha.com on the Web or telephone (714) 522-9011.

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