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Yamaha’s Next-gen Flagship P Series Digital Piano





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Yamaha’s P Series digital pianos are top sellers at Sweetwater because they deliver a winning combination: uncompromising sound quality, authentic playing feel, and a robust feature set ? at an affordable price. Now, Yamaha builds on its success with the P-525 digital piano, which includes advanced features ported from the company’s high-end Clavinova line. The P-525’s updated CFX and Bosendorfer samples faithfully replicate two of the finest grand pianos in the world, while its GrandTouch-S keyboard action with wooden keys and synthetic ebony and ivory keytops will delight even the most discerning pro pianists. Whether you’re a seasoned professional looking for a compact 88-key digital piano or a beginner needing an instrument that will last for years to come, the Yamaha P-525 is a solid investment.





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Enhanced live performance functionality





The P-525 brings new features to the P Series that enhance live performance functionality. Registration Memories allow you to store and recall panel settings at the press of a button to easily access your favorite configurations. Meanwhile, Sound Boost instantly adds a prescribed dose of volume and equalization for extra punch, helping you cut through the mix when playing through the internal speakers in small ensemble settings such as an acoustic jazz trio. Despite all the high tech packed into the P-525, Yamaha’s flagship P Series digital piano retains a sleek, roadworthy chassis that looks as great in your home as it does onstage.





The sound and feel of world-class concert grands





You’ll love the Yamaha P-525’s GrandTouch-S graded hammer-action keyboard, which is expertly crafted by Yamaha artisans using cutting-edge multi-sensor triggering. Solid wood keys transfer vibrations from the instrument to give the player critical tactile feedback; synthetic ivory and ebony keytops wick away moisture for a supremely comfortable playing feel. The GrandTouch-S keyboard works in concert with the P-525’s half-damper pedal control for a remarkably realistic acoustic grand piano playing experience. As Yamaha’s Grand Expression Modeling technology replicates the mechanics of a piano’s hammers, strings, and internal components, Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM) re-creates the resonance of the piano strings and body as they respond in real time to the innumerable acoustic factors at play within an acoustic grand piano. Through headphones, concert hall performances are reproduced with breathtaking spatial dimensionality, courtesy of Yamaha’s 3D Binaural Sampling.





Advanced technology for vivid and richly varied expression





Yamaha has been building acoustic pianos since 1900, and the company has been on the cutting edge of digital technology for decades. Under the hood of the P-525 are proprietary digital audio technologies such as Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM), which meticulously models the infinite number of factors that create the sound of a concert grand piano to impart vivid and richly varied expression to your music. From the commanding sound of Yamaha’s own flagship CFX 9-foot concert grand to the awe-inspiring majesty of Austria’s revered 8-octave Bosendorfer Imperial, you’ll thrill to the sonic richness of the world’s finest acoustic pianos, plus a selection of other excellent instrument voices, including electric pianos, organs, vibraphone, and more.





Get more from your digital piano with the Smart Pianist app





Like many of Yamaha’s digital pianos, the P-525 can open up an exciting world of expanded digital features when you connect it to the Smart Pianist app, which offers a gorgeous graphical interface and a plethora of intriguing features. In addition to giving you full control over the P-525’s main functions, the Smart Pianist app lets you access educational tools like piano lessons, practice exercises, and music scores. You can play along with your favorite tunes accompanied by generated chord progressions. The app can analyze the songs in your smart device’s music library using Audio to Score chord tracker technology to produce a piano score, making it easy for you to learn how to play your favorite songs. These are but a few examples of the advanced features that enable the P-525 and Smart Pianist app to bring you a world of musical enrichment.





Yamaha P-525 88-key Digital Piano Features:


GrandTouch-S keyboard with wooden keys and synthetic ebony and ivory keytops


Updated CFX and Bosendorfer samples provide immense expressive control and improved touch response


Binaural Sampling technology delivers a 3-dimensional sound in your headphones


Grand Expression Modeling closely replicates the mechanics of hammers, strings, and internal components


Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM) recreates the resonance of the piano strings and body in real time


Half-damper pedal control allows for continuously increasing amounts of sustain as the pedal is depressed


Optional FC35 triple pedal with half-damper sensing (available separately)


Onboard stereo speaker system fills the room with rich, lifelike sound


Sound Boost adds EQ and volume to help cut through the mix when using the internal speakers in a small ensemble setting


Registration Memories let you save and recall panel settings to easily access your favorite configurations


The Smart Pianist app (iOS and Android) lets you control all piano functions and access additional features


Rec’n’Share app captures your playing and allows you to share high-quality audio-visual content on social media


Included FC3A sustain pedal with half damper and PA-300C external power supply