Description

Dark Rosewood Set (Includes Matching Adjustable Height Piano Stool and Headphones). More colours below.

Discontinued April 2011 – replaced by Yamaha CLP320.

Look here for a second hand CLP220:

Used Digital Pianos

Digital Pianos for Rent

See below for CLP220 mahogany, cherry and polished ebony.

You get:

30 day money back guarantee (If you’re not happy with your piano, you have up to 30 days to return it for a full refund).

3 year warranty (Any faults will be repaired in your home or the piano collected and replaced)

Free delivery (Includes UK, Ireland and most European countries).

* Adjustable rosewood piano stool (With a wide range of adjustment – up or down – allowing you to sit comfortably, and at the correct height. This is essential for developing the right technique, especially if you’re a beginner).

* Digital piano headphones (Covers the whole ear and blocks out external noise. They are superb!

You also get:

Free Music Book – 50 Greats For The Piano

What Our Customers Say…

Hi Graham

“Thanks for all your help – we have indeed taken your advice on which piano to buy and have just taken delivery of the Yamaha CLP220 from Thomann. It is absolutely brilliant. We are all beginnners in the family and are currently fighting over it!”

Thanks again for your help,

Mandy Hayes on 07.01.2008

“Superb service… my order arrived from here nearly twice as fast as from similar type stores in the uk! Keep up the good work!”

Ian Randell, London on 15.03.2007

“I have bought pianos, amps, guitars and other music equipment from you and the service has been EXCELLENT!”

Tony, from Dublin on 11.10.2007

 

Read more customer comments…

The CLP220 also has:

Sliding key cover (Protects your keys from accidental damage, dust and small objects that kids always manage to wedge between the keys
1-track song recorder (You can play, record and play-back your own music; or even save it to disk and transfer it to your computer).
Built-in metronome (Can be adjusted to any tempo)
3 pedals (Right is sustain, centre is sostenuto and left is soft)
50 preset songs (Tired of playing? Need a rest? Want to impress the neighbours :-). The CLP220 will play by itself and has 50 songs available at the touch of a button)
Loud speaker system 2 x 20 Watts (Loud enough for any home)
2 headphone jacks (Two players can play at the same time)
Midi IN/OUT (For connecting to your computer)
Stereo sampling AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation
Internal Flash-Rom-memory
2 track sequenzer
10 realistic instrument Voices

Grand Piano 1
Grand Piano 2
Electric Piano 1
Electric Piano 2
Harpsichord 1
Harpsichord 2
Vibraphone
Church Organ 1
Church Organ 2
Strings
Dimensions

Length: 1408mm

Height: 822mm

Depth: 424mm

Weight

45 kg

Record your own music with the 1-track song recorder

You can record your own music on the piano and then play it straight back. You can also save it to disk and put your music on your computer.

88-key Graded Hammer (GH) Keyboard (also known as progressive hammer action)

The CLP220 has the GH keyboard which uses a weighted mechanism and grade-weighted keys which grow gradually heavier from the top of the keyboard to the bottom, exactly like a grand piano. Unlike conventional digital piano keyboards that use springs or oil dampers to simulate a piano feel, the GH keyboard uses weights and mechanical linkages to achieve outstanding realism.

64-note polyphony

This means you can play up to 64 notes at the same time. (I hear you say you only have 10 fingers? But when the sustain pedal is depressed, the notes that are holding on count towards the 64.

Digital reverb

Featuring the actual sounds of a concert grand piano, the CLP220 utilizes Yamaha’s sophisticated AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) stereo sampling tone generation and the expressive GH (Graded Hammer) keyboard to reproduce the rich resonance and golden tones of an actual piano. With 64-note polyphony, three foot pedals and a built in speaker system, the CLP220 delivers the full nuances of an acoustic instrument. It also features a 1-track song recorder to capture your inspirations, and MIDI terminals for tapping into the wide world of computer music.

Stereo Sampling Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) tone generation

Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) tone generation samples each instrument to generate a truly accurate sound, varying the volume and timbre of sound according to the touch on the keyboard.

Selection of Voices

Choose from a large selection of other stereo-sampled musical instrument sounds to perform with. These sounds provide added realism for more music playing enjoyment.

Choice of Finishes

Choose from dark rosewood, cherry, mahogany or polished ebony.

Delivery

Free delivery to UK, Ireland and most European Countries.

Assembly

The piano comes flat-packed and is easy to assemble (instructions in English provided). The electronics and keyboard are fixed in – all you have to do is assemble the base.

There are four screws that fix the base to the keyboard, four to fix the base together and a few smaller screws to fit the back board. The screw holes are already made and no gluing is required. Even the screw driver is provided!

I do advise two people to do the job though – purely because of the keyboard’s weight – It is heavy and safer to have a helping hand when lifting it on to the base.

Other Colours

Mahogany

Cherry

Polished Ebony

 

Reviews

Yamaha CLP220 Review
“I bought myself a Yamaha CLP 220 M, which is great in my opinion. It feels like a piano to me and surely sounds like one. It has 10 voices: 2 pianos, 2 e-pianos, 2 harpsichords, 2 organs, 1 vibraphone and of course the strings. It may not seem much, I mean I know there are cheaper pianos that have much more voices, but the sound is much worse in those cases.

The piano came with a book “50 greats for the Piano” which is great, because it contains songs that are very popular around the globe and which are not so hard to play.

So, bottom line, everything is fine with my Yamaha CLP 220!”

Rating: (9 out of 10)

Reviewer: Jon Mansell, New York

 

“It sounds realistic – the 10 voices are not so many but they are great: 2 pianos which
I can tell that I am in love with; 2 e-pianos perfect for pop, blues, soul, jazz
music; 2 harpsichords that are good but sincerely the difference between the 2
is minimal, and I think they should have added another instrument instead of one
of the 2 harpsichords; 2 church organs, very different from each other but
having a great sound quality and articulation, 1 vibraphone that is very
realistic (I can tell as my father plays vibraphone) and strings that are great,
especially using the dual mode, which means 2 instruments playing at the same
time

– it’s perfectly tuned as I checked that using an electronic tuning device
How it feels (touch, key weight…)

– the feeling is very good – for me it resembles very much with an acoustic
piano

– the key weight is very balanced, perfectly for any kind of interpreter,
weather a beginner or a pro

I very much like the transposing feature, as I play in a band and along with
CD-s
Another feature that I love is the fine tuning which shows the meticulousness
and care of Yamaha
The color (Mahogany) fits great into my house. Usually, I would have chosen the
PE version (polished ebony), but as that was a little bit more expensive, I
chose this one, and it is really great. Before I bought it, I`ve seen some
photos, but none catch the true intensity of the color – it is really beautiful.
The fact that the visible digital part, the buttons are really elegant as they
are placed in the right part of the keyboard, making the piano look more like an
acoustic one.

I found this digital piano pretty easy to use it has 8 main buttons, of which
some of them pressed along with a certain key on the keyboard lead to a certain
effect. It took me about half an hour to get used to all the functions and
button combinations.

Another thing is that it came with a book containing the 50 demo songs of the
piano, a book called “50 greats for the Piano” which is excellent for me – I
love it. It contains well known easy pieces as well as hard advanced pieces.

The Yamaha CLP 220 was delivered in a large cardboard (of a special hardness)
box. Inside all the main parts were protected by cardboard and polystyrene
pieces.”

Rating: (9 out of 10)

Reviewer: Clarke Landrum, Chicago, Illinois, US

 

“I bought a Yamaha CLP220. After playing to compare the 220 with the 340 I decided to go with the 220. I am a reasonably advanced player familiar with acoustic pianos. What I needed was something that I could play silently for about a year here in my apartment before going back to my acoustic in New Zealand. I was most interested in whether the touch (Yamaha GH3) on the 340 is so much better than that on the 220 (Yamaha GH standard) to be worth the extra 1000 or so CHF (the store didn’t have an example of the 330, which also has GH3, to play and is about 500 CHF more than the 220). I didn’t really care about the other extra bells and whistles on the 340, although different scale tunings did sound kind of cool. The 220 had all the basics I wanted – MIDI in and out, memory, lots of polyphony and an organ voice. So the only issue was touch.

I didn’t notice a big difference between the GH3 and the GH touch. The GH3 was slightly better, but the GH was fine. I have played the 220 a bit now and it does not hold back expressiveness at all.

The only issue I have with the 220 is the sustain pedal simulation. It was no better on the 340. I find that the sound cuts off noticeably and artificially abruptly when the pedal is released, more so than on an acoustic when bass notes will keep resonating for a little bit after the pedal is released. This is not really a problem for the music that I like playing most, which is JS Bach, since it does not require pedal. But it does mean that my pedal use on the 220 has to be quite different compared to on my acoustic at home to get acceptable results.

Overall I think the 220 is a good buy for a basic digital that offers a decent and sensitive touch.”

Rating: (8 out of 10)

Reviewer: Tom Selby, Brixton, UK

 

“Here is my opinion on my Yamaha CLP220 digital piano:

1. It looks great for a modern house such as I have. Elegant, modern but stylish and unobtrusive.
2. It sounds great (to my uninitiated ear)
3. The ability to practice using headphones is absolutely invaluable and is enough in itself to justify a digital over an acoustic.”

Rating: (8.5 out of 10)

Reviewer: Andy, Southampton, UK

 

“I bought a Yamaha CLP220, and I am quite happy with it, despite some high frequency sounds stay in the air when using the right pedal, sustaining several keys.

But generally speaking I am happy with my new piano.”

Rating: (7 out of 10)

Reviewer: Franco

 

“I bought a Yamaha CLP220 two months ago, and I LOVE it!!! The touch is great – light and sensitive, and the sound is good (to my untrained ear, at any rate). Mine is the polished ebony version, and it looks terrific in my sitting room without taking up too much space.

Being relatively light, it’s fairly easy to move, too – no piano trolley needed here. I love the fact that it will never need tuning – always a bit of a bother finding the right person when you need him. But best of all, I adore the fact that I can do all my boring (and sometimes absolutely awful) practising privately, using the headphones. Nobody else has to listen to the din. Because no-one else can hear, practice becomes more relaxed – it doesn’t matter if you hit the wrong note when only you can hear it. I’m actually learning to play properly now, reading the music rather than learning things off by heart, because I’m not embarrassed by the fact that sometimes I sound like a two-year-old!!! And when I’m good enough for public display, I can unplug the headset, turn up the volume and go for it! (At the rate I’m going, this could take five years, but I don’t care, and I’m loving every moment.)”

Rating: (8 out of 10)

Reviewer: Jason Reid, Hull, UK

 

“The Yamaha CLP220 sounds realistic and it imitates an upright piano. My son likes it a
nd he doesn´t get distracted with useless features. The power is enough for us. The touch of
the keys is realistic too. The finishing goes well with decoration and it has an intemporal finishing.

I believe it was good value for the money”

Rating: (8 out of 10)

Reviewer: Jose Luis Fernandez

 

“I’m an engineer specialized on acoustics and electroacoustics and I have purchased this piano a few weeks ago. I have been playing a Sauter acoustic upright piano which was loud and bright, now that I got my Clavinova I got a little frustrated.

The build quality and key weighting is very good for me, the sounds and samples are quite impressive too but I’m so sad that they have given this nice piano such a poor sound system. For very small costs, they could have implemented a two-way four speaker system and give the piano a bright and lively sound. The way it is with those ordinary speakers, it sounds pretty dull in my opinion. There’s no option to adjust the sound timbre as well. Very nice piano, great joy to play but sadly, they have cut down on the sound system. It could have been much better.”

Rating: (7 out of 10)

Reviewer: Kerem, Istanbul, Turkey

 

 

The CLP220, for me, is the simple, portable, authentic-sounding, well-weighted version of the Yamaha baby grand I hope to own one day! It has a beautiful sound, warm and bright and a sensitive, authentic touch with well weighted keys. Being the most basic of the CLP series, its voices are less accessible than those of the more sophisticated models. This doesn’t bother me, however.

I love the 50 pre-recorded songs; they play randomly as I do my housework and encourage me to keep practicing! I find it very easy to use. I was lucky enough to purchase this piano second hand for an extremely reasonable price and it is in wonderful condition. In short, my CLP220 gives me the feel and sound of a great piano, I am very happy with it.

Cheers

Hannah Noel

Questions

Your article on which digital piano to buy was really useful. We currently have a very old acoustic piano, which we are looking to replace with a digital one. I am grade 4 standard and my 8 year old son is grade 1. I also have 2 younger sons, who will eventually be pounding away on it too!

We are interested in a Yamaha, and I wondered if you could give me your opinion on the YDP131 versus the Clavinova CLP220 as clearly there is quite a price difference.

 

Many thanks

Sophie Clarke

The differences between the CLP220 and the YDP131 are as follows:

 

CLP220                                              YDP131

 

Speakers                          2 x 20 watts                                2 x 6 watts

(Due to the larger speaker output, the CLP220 has a deeper and more realistic tone than the YDP131)

 

Touch: Both have 88 fully-weighted, full size, touch sensitive keys. And a graded hammer action. However, the touch of the CLP220 does feel more realistic than the YDP131.

 

Instrumental Voices          10                                             6

(Extras: Electric piano 2, Harpsichord 2, Vibraphone, Church organ 2)

 

Dual Voice                        Yes                                            No

(You can play 2 different instrumental voices at the same time)

 

2 Track Sequencer              Yes                                            No

(Allows you to record your performances, then play along or overdub a second voice)

 

Internal Flash-Rom-Memory           Yes                                  No

(You can save your own performances and store MIDI-songs via USB-MIDI-Interface)

 

Dimensions: The CLP220 is 51mm longer, 4mm deeper and 169cm shorter than the YDP131

 

Weight:                            45kg                                37kg

 

Summary

The CLP220 has a more realistic sound and touch than the YDP131. It also has a few extra gadgets and instrumental voices. However, the YDP131 is more than good enough for anyone starting out.

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“CLP220 or Broadway B1?”

Thank you so much for your advise, I stopped bidding on the previous piano.  I am concerned that my son will quickly outgrow the B1 as he is already on Grade 4.

I am looking at a Yamaha Clavinova CLP 220 but wondered if you could suggest anything else.  As you may have gathered, I am on a bit of a budget.

Thank you again.

Gaile

Reply/ Hi Gaile

The Broadway B1 is OK up to at least grade 6.

So you could keep this for 2-3 years then

upgrade it: we can do a part-exchange for

you later.

Otherwise, to get something much better would

cost about double.

Have you seen the Classenti CDP1?

This piano is recommended up to grade 7.

Maybe this could be a compromise?

 

You can see it here:

www.ukpianos.co.uk/classenti-cdp1

Yours pianistically,

Graham Howard