Yamaha CVP809 Review With Graham Blackledge - Rimmers Music 

That's very nice of you to say. Thank you. All the best Graham

Thank you. I am glad you liked it. All the best Graham

Thank you- All the best Graham

Thank you. I am glad you like it. All the best Graham

Don't forget to follow our "Richard's Guides" series of tuitional videos on CVP Clavinova. Enjoy your piano - It's absolutely amazing. :-)

Thank you. All the best Graham

Glad you like it - Thank you. All the best Graham

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Thank you for your nice comments. I am glad you liked it. Keep playing! All the best Graham

Get a job. God can’t help you.

@@tomschaffner9704 God can, and he helped me, because I got it as a gift from my children! I'm retired, I'm still working, and I live very well, financially! Thank God!

@@ezrieldasilveirabarroscard1771 had to work for mine.

I will take that as a compliment..LOL ..All the best Graham

@@RimmersMusicVideo It very much *is* meant as a compliment, Graham. Whilst there’s no question of your musical skill, your real talent is your character and a truly inimitable likability (not to mention captivating power of communication). I happen to have a lovely electric piano, but your presentation-style makes me want to visit the shop and buy another!

@@LukeTPZ Thank you - Glad you like my videos. - Take care - All the best Graham PS Pass my details to Peter Kay if you see him!

Thank you very much, that's very nice of you ...All the best Graham

I think you need to come down and we can show you and explain differences for you. Kindest regards Graham

We've got a white CVP809GP in our store in Edinburgh, Mike. Just (not) letting you know! Keep an eye on our "Richard's Guides" videos on CVP Clavinova, too. :-)

@@RimmersMusicVideo Cheers guys. I now have a white 809 on order and due for delivery sometime this month...... hopefully! Had to get the order in before Yamaha's recent 5% price hike.

P.S. my name's not Mike!

Thank you for your nice comment. Kindest regards Graham

This instrument is absolutely the best I have ever played or heard. If you can afford it buy one. All the sounds are fantastic. The organs especially. In lock down every pianist should have one.

Thank you - All the best Graham

Thank you :)

Amazing next time do gospel

The CVp809 is a massive improvement. If you email customerservice@rimmersmusic.co.uk with your telephone number I will call you to explain..Kindest regards Graham

@@RimmersMusicVideo Thanks Graham! i'll send you an email! Best! Don

@Сергей С That is disappointing as the CVP models are so expensive relative to the DGX series. Thanks for the reply.

Clavinovas are so absurdly expensive, they should make DGX970 which has all the sound from SX900 and with CFX samples and the beautiful drums samples. Like the 809 cost 13000$ and the sound comes from the overpriced Genos, which is 6000$ that's more double!! Where does the additional 7000$ come from? Better buy a Genos and a Nord Piano or Stage, you'll get the world's best piano sounds and world's best other sounds. 10000, you save 3000. Or if you want a cheap 805, a DGX 670 and SX900 will do. Or if you are poor and you want a versatile piano DGX670 only is the cheapest option.

I do not know what AGT is but I was on BGT.. All the best Graham

@@RimmersMusicVideo AGT stands for America’s Got Talents....... *suddenly realizes that he was probably being sarcastic about it*

Well it is "just" an arranger kinda. If you listen to kinda most of the arrangers from the mid tier PSR and all the way to the Genos and these Clavinovas they pretty much all have the the same sound Engine. The electronics in these instruments is 95% the same. The difference lies in the keybeds, the quality of the chassis and speaker systems, and then they choose to remove some of the sounds and functions in the software on the smaller versions. They don't produce a different "chip set" for each model. The actual electronics is not that expensive to make, so its just a software difference. Same as when you buy a computer cpu. Most of them is exactly the same cpu, where they choose to "disable" some of the parts inside the cheaper cpu's. These 2 Piano sound also is in eg. the PSR-SX900, the Genos and in the Modx and Montage series. Its the same basic sample set. But dependent on how much memory each instrument have they may have some different versions so the CFX sample in the Montage and Genos may have some more samplelayers so they sound more detailed.

I agree. Which is sad as Graham is superb - I mean _really_ superb. Clavinova is, frustratingly, increasingly lacklustre with each new generation since CVP 400. Many key voices sound tinny - totally lacking in depth and richness. What Clavinova really needs is a clean sheet start - but Yamaha lacks the resources to develop an all new model and will, consequently, rumble on and on...

@@Clavinovaman As owner of a CVP 409, I must say that there are some improvements with the 809, but when I compare the price in 2008: SG$ 6,000, now the same model (polish Ebony) is today SG$10,100, which is about 68% increase. My salary did not increase as fast as this, hahaha.... So, yes improvement in sound and internet connection, touch screen, more power, but no more top model of bunch, pedal are no more in Brass...just steel metal. etc. The worse, is that they do not want to trade in my 409, saying that the value is about SG$500!!!! and worse to hear from the sales person is: after 2 years an electronic keyboards have no more value...... I am down....I feel cheated....

@@agrotte Indeed Jack. But I think it fair to say that I'd expect considerably more that simply "some improvements" on an instrument 13 years old. I don't see the 13 years - 5 at most. The screen, of course much higher definition, doesn't support quintuplets, sexuplets, trills and mordents (which are all Grade 4+ ABRSM), septuplets (Grade 5), as well as hemidemisemiquavers (Grade 6+), quasihemis (Grade 7+). This is everyday scoring, for intermediate plus musicians. Bach Prelude and Fugues, Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Scarlatti, Brahms, Beatles songs, ABBA songs, Queen songs... Yamaha seems to have adopted a 'that'll do attitude' with the Clavinova. That's okay at £500 instruments. Not £10K instruments. So my advice? If you're intermediate+, DO NOT BUY A DIGITAL PIANO. Complete and utter waste of money. Clavinovas depreciate even faster than a BMW 3 series (in % terms) - it's as bad as that. Yes, invest in a real piano and if you want lots of voices and rhythms to accompany, get a little keyboard to play along with the real piano OR invest in a hybrid. So you have a real piano primarily, with digital 'bits and bobs' to use at will.

I can cut out the smiling ...if you like... :)

@@RimmersMusicVideo I am just joking mate.

@@RimmersMusicVideo my mum said she and my aunt met you in benedorm in the 80s with your brother and you were maybe 20s and you were cool people your ace on the keyboard anyways fella

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