Yamaha CLP-885 - polished white

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The CLP-885 is an upright digital piano from Yamaha.

The flagship upright piano of the Clavinova CLP series, with the best touch and sound in the series, lets you enjoy rich expressivity.

Clavinova CLP digital pianos have been designed to reproduce the feel and experience of a grand piano on a digital instrument, combining the latest digital technology with the art of piano making cultivated for over 120 years.

The new CLP-800 Series incorporates several new technologies at every stage of the process, to reproduce the complex interactions that occur inside a grand piano and offer the pianist an unprecedented experience on a digital instrument.

CLP-885 highlights

• Grand Acoustic Imaging technology with a spatial sound that creates the ambience of a grand piano.


• Thanks to the new sound generator chip, Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM) technology produces a richer, more natural resonance on this new-generation series.


• A new sound generator chip delivers the most sumptuous and innovative piano sounds to date.


• Grand Expression Modeling technology now produces even more nuances of sound according to the player's technique.

CLP-885 Key Features

GrandTouch keyboards and pedals

GrandTouchTM and GrandTouch-STM keyboards have been developed to recreate as closely as possible the feel of a grand piano keyboard. In the CLP-800, the weight, shape, materials and movement of the internal parts have been adjusted so that the resistance felt at the fingertips is even closer to that of a grand piano action. The new GrandTouchTM pedals in the CLP-800 series not only look like grand piano pedals, they also enable musicians to feel the same resistance in their feet as on a grand piano when they press and release them.

Piano excellence

The CLP-800 Series features a new sound generator chip developed by Yamaha, with superior computing power to deliver the most sumptuous, highest-quality piano tones to date, featuring the sounds of two world-renowned concert grand pianos: the CFX, Yamaha's premium concert grand piano, and the Bösendorfer Imperial, with its famous warm Viennese sound.

Great sound and great design

The CLP-800 Series is the closest thing we have to a grand piano, not only in feel and sound, but also in design. They feature the many gentle curves that make the grand piano such a refined instrument. The wider music stand doesn't interfere with the dialogue with the music, but is also highly functional, as it can hold several scores spread out. Finally, the LED display on the control panel of the top-of-the-range models is designed to switch off when not in use, eliminating unnecessary elements from the instrumentalist's field of vision.

The benefits of a digital world

Bluetooth function, binaural headphone sampling, record your performances, compatible with the Smart Pianist application, rhythm tracks for playing. So many possibilities thanks to the digital features of the CLP-800 Series.

Sophisticated speaker technology

While grand pianos amplify sound through their large soundboards and bodies, digital pianos amplify sound through their speakers. To overcome this structural limitation, applying the knowledge and techniques gained from over 120 years of acoustic piano manufacturing, Yamaha has optimized the placement, orientation and volume balance of the speakers in the low, mid and high frequency ranges of the CLP-800 Series.

Improved VRM technology

CLP-800 Series pianos reproduce a richer, more natural resonance than ever before, thanks to a new sound generator chip combined with revolutionary Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM) technology. VRM creates a rich, varied sound by simulating the complex sympathetic tones created when string vibrations propagate to the soundboard and other strings, depending on the timing and intensity of the keys and pedal.

Our experts' opinions

• The touch of the keys on this digital piano is barely distinguishable from that of an acoustic piano. The sound seems deeper and more resonant than that of an upright piano.


• Piano sounds with plenty of dynamism and sonic subtlety. An experienced pianist will probably notice the difference with an acoustic piano, but will certainly enjoy playing this one too!