<h3>GrandTouch&trade; keyboard</h3>
<p>Yamaha&rsquo;s latest keyboard action features a broad dynamic range and faithful response to every nuance of touch that puts a wide expanse of tone&mdash;from delicate to bold&mdash;at the pianist&rsquo;s fingertips. The highly consistent grand piano hammers replicate the pleasing response felt when the hammers strike the strings, enabling precise control of the tone. Highly absorbent synthetic-ivory white keys and synthetic-ebony black keys prevent slipping even during extended play and feel just like those of a grand piano.</p>
<p>GrandTouch keyboard features wooden keys that showcase Yamaha&rsquo;s expertise with wood for pianos. Just as with grand piano keyboards, the solid wood is cut from the very best parts of well-dried lumber, making the keys more resistant to warping than keyboards made of laminated wood. The wooden texture and structure of the keys create a more grand piano-like feel.</p>
<h3>Leverage your artistic expression</h3>
<p>When playing a digital piano, the back area of the keys may prove to be a challenge to full musical expression. This is because the back of the key is closest to the fulcrum of the action. The closer to this pivot point that you strike the key, the less leverage you have and the more strength you need to apply. The greater length of GrandTouch keys give the player MORE leverage, allowing for better expressive control, even at the backs of the keys. This is the same support length found on the Yamaha S3X premium grand piano (as of July 2020), and is the longest support length used on any digital piano.</p>
<h3>88-key Linear Graded Hammers&mdash;the first digital piano keyboard ever to feature realistic weighting on every key</h3>
<p>Every single key on a grand piano keyboard is weighted differently. This is because the strings for each note are slightly thinner and shorter in the treble register, becoming thicker and longer towards the bass register. The 88-key Linear Graded Hammers of the Clavinova is the first-of-its-kind to faithfully duplicate this graded touch with differing weights and key return on each one of its keys. This results in a feel and response that is astonishingly like that of a grand piano, and allows players to gain an appreciation of a more authentic touch.</p>
<h3>Escapement mechanism of Clavinova keyboards</h3>
<p>The escapement mechanism in a grand piano moves the hammers away from the strings quickly after they strike them, in order to prevent any interference with string vibration. This mechanism produces a slight clicking sensation when the keys are pressed gently.</p>
<p>The Clavinova keyboards feature an escapement mechanism that reproduces this sensation near the bottom of the key dip. They have been designed in such a way that the click is discernible only on the lightest keystrokes, similar to the keyboard of a grand piano. These keyboards have been adjusted to provide additional friction that balances key repetition and response without impeding performance.</p>
<h3>The GP Response Damper Pedal</h3>
<p>Using the damper pedal subtly alters the nature of a piano&rsquo;s sound and is essential to providing the pianist with all the necessary expressive tools to convey their musical vision.</p>
<p>Clavinova digital pianos feature a damper pedal that continually detects depression depth and allows halfpedaling, which lets players make minute adjustments to pedal depression and return, changing the depth and character of their piano sound.</p>
<p>The GP Response Damper Pedal offers a grand piano-style resistance curve, starting out light to the touch and growing heavier as the pedal is depressed further. This allows players to become accustomed to the nuances of delicate pedaling.</p>
<p><strong>Specifications:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Size/Weight</strong></p>
<p>Width: 1,461 mm (57-1/2") [Polished finish: 1,466 mm (57-11/16")]</p>
<p>Height: 967 mm (38-1/16") [Polished finish: 970 mm (38-3/16")]</p>
<p>Depth: 465 mm (18-5/16") [Polished finish: 465 mm (18-5/16")]</p>
<p>Weight: 71 kg (156 lb, 8 oz) [Polished finish: 74 kg (163 lb, 2 oz)]</p>
<p><strong>Control Interface</strong></p>
<p><strong>Number of Keys: 88</strong></p>
<p>Type GrandTouch&trade; keyboard: wooden keys (white only), synthetic ebony and ivory key tops, escapement</p>
<p>Touch Sensitivity Hard2/Hard1/Medium/Soft1/Soft2/Fixed</p>
<p>Number of Pedals 3: Damper (with half-pedal function), Sostenuto, Soft</p>
<p>Functions Sustain (Switch), Sustain Continuously, Sostenuto, Soft, Pitch Bend Up, Pitch Bend Down, Rotary Speed, Vibe Rotor, Song Play/Pause</p>