Yamaha CP88 Stage Piano, 88-Key

Yamaha's ultimate stage piano, the CP88 has a redesigned, intuitive user interface, advanced piano modeling technology, and a weighted, hammer-action keybed.

Yamaha P250 Digital Piano

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128 notes of polyphony. 16-track song recorder. Includes sustain pedal.

Since the P200 was first released over 5 years ago, musical legends like Michael McDonald, Keith Sweat, Tim Carmon (Eric Clapton), Clifford Carter (James Taylor) , and Steve Hornbeake (Faith Hill) have used it on stage and in the studio when they needed the absolutely best piano sound available. Now Yamaha is proud to announce the next member in the legendary P series family of Professional Stage Pianos, the new P250. The P250 sets a new standard for sound quality and raises the bar on what to expect in a professional digital piano.

The P250 features 3 levels of Yamaha CFIII Grand piano stereo samples for dynamic selection according to your touch on the keyboard. The result is a delicacy of tone and expression that emulates the experience of playing a real piano. And to give the P250 an even more richly detailed sound, note off samples, string resonance samples and sound board samples simulate the acoustic interaction between different notes.

The sound is unmatched, and so is the touch, thanks to the GH (Graded Hammer Effect) keyboard. The GH keyboard uses weights and mechanical linkages to achieve an entirely new level of realism. And to go even further, the key weight is graded from heavier in the lower registers to lighter in the higher, exactly the same as a grand piano's.

To deliver the sampled instrument voices and 128 notes of polyphony with all the power and authority they deserve, the P250 features a new speaker system and high power stereo amplifier. The P250 read more features 16cm polypropylene woofers and a 30 watts per side stereo amplifier . The result is astonishingly lifelike power.

The P250 redefines the features for a Professional Stage Piano including:

Features:
Graded Hammer 88 Note weighted action keyboard for realistic piano feel

128 notes of polyphony

Acoustic Piano Voices with 3 Velocity DSS (Dynamic Stereo Sampling), Note Off samples, String Resonance samples for realism and expressiveness

38 Panel Voices plus an extra 480 XG voices for a complete palette of sounds

16-Track Song Recorder with 223 Songs and 770 KB of Internal Flash Memory

Digital reverb and digital effects, Dual mode and split mode, MIDI/TO HOST PC interface

Built-in Speaker system with 16cm polypropylene woofers and 30 watts stereo amplifier

Includes sustain pedal
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For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 714-522-9011
Web: https://usa.yamaha.com/support

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (221 ratings)
by a customer from earthlink.net

"It'll make you weep!"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I've played everything. From Wurlitzers, to my CP70B grand, to Kurzweils and nothing duplicates the real grand sounds like the P250.

Sound
This thing'll make you weep! Its the closet you'll ever come to playing that Steinway of your dreams, without plunking down 30Gs. Not only are the grand piano sounds chillingly realistic, it's got a ton of XG patches to boot. Just got mine (from Zzounds of course) so I haven't figured it all out yet. Tons of tones. It's tough for me to leave the house and go to work in the morning-I can't stop playing this thing. The EP patches are the real deal. These patches are the first ones I've ever heard that actually ARE a Wulitzer! Everybody has EP patches that always sound somewhere between a Rhodes, Wurlitzer and a DX7. If you've got em, this thing'll really bring back the memories!

Features
The onboard sequencing, aka 'recording' feature is nice, but I wish they would have incorporated a Smart Card or a SCSI device. It'd be a lot easier to upload and download patches. Although it still has full MIDI capabiility, I cna't believe they didn't include an optical or TDIF/SPDF output. Even my Motif has an optical out. I haven't recorded anything on my AW4416 yet, so who knows-maybe it won't make much of a difference. At first I thought the onboard speakers would be a little too hokey, even cheesy. But there's really no need to turn your amp, mixer and speakers on to play the P250. The built-in read more speakers sound surprisingly smooth, nicely balanced and very quiet. Playing by yourself there's more clean volume than you'll ever need.

Quality
Fit and finish is excellent. It weighs a ton, so for gigs and jobbing I think I'll keep using my Alesis QS8. But, if you ever had a solo gig, man this is the one you'd buy the two-wheeler for-it'd be worth it.

Value
You definitely get what you pay for here. No regrets.

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