Description

Yamaha CVP509 Clavinova Digital Piano – natural wood graded hammer with 88 keys and ivory feel, 128 note polyphony, 1291 sounds, super articulation and mega Voices, super articulation 2 voices, stereo sustain samples, Key-Off samples, string resonance, 442 styles with 4 variations, 4 one-touch settings per style, TFT VGA color 7.5 inch display with lyrics, text and score modes, Music Finder feature, 16-track recorder, USB audio player am recorder for waves and MP3, vocal harmony, iAFC function, key cover folding, LAN port, USB to host, USB to device, video jack, RGB jack, 2 headphone jacks, line in/out jacks, microphone jack, MIDI In/Out/Thru, 3 pedals, 4×20 Watt speakers & 75 Watt subwoofer, Dimensions: 1430 x 868 x 611 mm (WxHxD); weight: 82 kg

 

Discontinued April 2012 – replaced by Yamaha CVP609

 

Yamaha CVP509 Review
I purchased a clavinova 509 in December 2010. Some months back, I noticed what I thought was dirt on one of the keys. Having cleaned it, I came to a very disturbing conclusion.
The problem was in fact wear on the key top. This was disturbing because this is a high price
instrument made by Yamaha.

I have played many low price keyboards over the years and have never seen wear on any of them. This is clearly not normal for an instrument like this.

The only conclusion I can come to is that there is some fault with the material used. I have checked the remaining keys and there is the beginnings of the same problem on another key. In addition to this, I have had some strange things happening while playing.

The instrument decided to play a wee tune itself! No accompaniment was selected. This just happened out of the blue. This hasn’t occurred for a while.

Not impressed!

Rating: (5 out of 10)

Reviewer: Adrian Hughes

 

Questions

Hi Graham,

I am thinking to own a Yamaha CVP 509. I wonder is this piano suitable for teaching? Is the touch truly similar to grand piano? How about for recording my music?

I appreciate your advice.

Sincerely, Ronny

Reply/ Hi Ronny

The Yamaha CVP509 would be suitable for teaching…

it’s one of Yamaha’s finest digital pianos.

But you are paying a lot of extra money for the

added features. By features I mean instrumental

voices, percussion sounds, etc. etc.

You would probably be better off getting the

Yamaha CLP340… it also has a good sound and touch.

It doesn’t have all those features, so it costs

considerably less. But it does have the recording

option you asked about.

You can read more about this piano here:

www.ukpianos.co.uk/yamaha-clp340

Yours pianistically,

Graham Howard