The CSP-255 is Yamaha's smart upright digital piano, built around the CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand samples with Virtual Resonance Modeling and binaural sampling for headphone playing. Its GrandTouch-S keyboard with synthetic ivory and ebony tops aims to feel like a grand action, and Stream Lights above the keys guide you through lessons and chord practice. It suits players who want a furniture-grade cabinet piano that also teaches, and it competes with Yamaha's own CLP line and with Kawai CA and Roland HP models by adding app-driven learning rather than more acoustic realism.
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Owners of the CSP line praise the grand piano sound, the realistic key feel and the Stream Lights, which make self-teaching genuinely usable. Criticism centers on the app dependency and on paying a premium over Yamaha's non-smart CLP models.
The Yamaha Clavinova CSP-255 is a digital upright piano with 88 weighted keys. Its GrandTouch-S keyboard is designed to mimic the feel of a grand piano. It uses a keybed with linear graded hammer action and counterweights, and the key surfaces are synthetic ivory and ebony.
Its voices include updated samples of the Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial concert grands. Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM) and Grand Expression Modeling reproduce acoustic resonance and piano mechanics. 3D Binaural Sampling is included for headphone listening. A built-in 80-watt stereo speaker system plays the sound.
Stream Lights guide you through learning a piece. The Smart Pianist app controls the piano, and its Audio-to-Score feature generates sheet music from songs. The Rec'n'Share app is used to record and share performances. The piano connects wirelessly through Bluetooth Audio/MIDI.
