Yamaha applied 100 years' experience in crafting acoustic pianos to bring you the CVP Series, which, like all Clavinovas are, first and foremost, pianos. For unrivalled sonic realism there's Yamaha's proprietary Dynamic Stereo Sampling AWM tone generation. As a further step towards providing the ultimate piano sound, CVP Series models also feature stereo samples of a specially selected Yamaha CFIIIS concert grand. Plus the GH (Graded Hammer effect) for incredibly natural touch response. Which adds up to more musical pleasure for the whole family. All from beautiful, naturally finished instruments that are at home in any modern interior.

The CVP-203's large black and white LCD display provides attractive graphics and helpful messages for quick access and error-free operation every time. Display indications include feature navigation and lyrics for expanded performance versatility as well as karaoke fun. Great Voices – For a new level of performance versatility, Yamaha offers a huge selection of voices.

You get a choice of built-in Normal, Session, Pianist and Piano Combo accompaniment styles covering virtually any musical genre. What's more, each style has three intros and endings, four variations, four fill-ins and one break. Using these accompaniment styles lets everybody, even beginners, give accomplished solo performances. Music Finder offers an extensive range of music styles with pre-programmed voices and effects setups. You can search for suitable styles by music, style, genre, keyword, tempo and beat. Whatever your selected style, Music Finder lets you enjoy the most suitable instruments and effects, all carefully chosen by professional musicians.Come visit  and discover a wider world of music!Use your Internet connection to take advantage of a virtually limitless selection of the most up to date music software and accessories to enhance your Clavinova experience. The great new yamahamusicsoft.com site has something for everyone, whether playing, listening, or singing along. Custom-designed song software for your Clavinova gives you a wide range of professionally programmed backing tracks and songbooks for you to play along with, including all styles of music and a wide array of popular songs.Play And Sing! It's Easy With Guide Lamps – The convenient Follow Lights function provides guide lamps over the keyboard light to show you which notes to play. Style Disks provide an authentic sounding rhythm section to accompany your playing in various styles, and for budding composers, there's Xgworks and other PC Music applications including compositional tools and tutorials which allow you to enhance your learning experience, creative and make use of the connect ability between the Clavinova and the PC.

Pressing a button is all it takes to find out what a CVP Clavinova has to offer. Once you read and hear the Voice and Style demos, you'll want to sit down and start playing yourself. And don't worry about complex operations – there's also a handy Help function offering detailed explanations when required.

In addition to a superb musical instrument, CVP Clavinovas give you a 16-track digital recording studio. You can create complex performances one track at a time, using any of the voices available. Better still, you can also perform step recording, entering notes one at a time. Once you've finished recording, you can save your efforts to the internal flash ROM or a floppy disk.

This allows you to store complete instrument setups for instant recall whenever you need them. All it takes is the touch of a button to completely change the entire sound of an instrument, a handy feature for live performances. You can store your setups in the internal flash ROM or on a floppy disk.

For even more flexibility, you can assign any of the available functions, such as Sostenuto and pitchbend, to a pedal of your choice.

As well as a fine musical instrument, you can use a CVP Clavinova for sing-along karaoke fun with family and friends. Load a karaoke floppy disk, and you're ready to go.

In addition to a regular metronome sound, human voice tempo indications are available in five different languages. You'll be surprised at the effect a voice has on how hard your student practices

Need a piano sound fast? Press this, and you instantly return to "Grand Piano 1" settings.

Music from different eras and countries around the world is often based on different scales. With a CVP Clavinova, you can easily switch between Equal Temperament, Pure Major, Pure Minor, Pythagorean, Mean Tone, Werckmeister, Kirnerger and Arabic 1/2 scale tunings.