Secondhand Yamaha CVP-505RW Digital Piano - Dark Rosewood | Preston Store
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Pedals: 3 Pedals - Una Chorda Pedal | Sostenuto Pedal | Sustain Pedal
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Yamaha Clavinova CVP-505RW Digital Piano - Used in Good Condition
The Yamaha CVP-505RW is a substantial Clavinova digital piano that combines a realistic 88-key piano keyboard with an impressive range of sounds, automatic accompaniment, recording facilities and interactive features. Finished in Yamaha’s attractive Dark Rosewood, this is a lovely-looking digital piano that has plenty to offer both pianists and musicians who want to do more than simply play the piano.
This particular Yamaha CVP-505RW is a used instrument and, as you would expect from a piano of its age, it does show some general signs of wear and tear. These are cosmetic signs from previous use rather than something that detracts from the overall appeal of the instrument. For its age, it remains in good condition and represents an excellent opportunity to own a high-quality Yamaha Clavinova at a fraction of the cost of a comparable new instrument.
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Dimensions
Height: 87cm
Width: 143cm
Depth: 61cm
FREE GROUND-FLOOR DELIVERY WITHIN 25 MILES OF OUR PRESTON STORE
We are pleased to offer free ground-floor delivery of this Yamaha CVP-505RW within 25 miles of our Preston store. This is a great added benefit for local customers looking for a quality used digital piano. Delivery outside this 25-mile area may also be possible, so please contact us for details.
The CVP-505 was designed as one of Yamaha’s advanced Clavinova CVP models, and it was packed with technology designed to make playing more enjoyable, whether you are an experienced pianist, returning to playing after a break, learning at home or simply looking for an instrument that the whole family can enjoy.
At the heart of the CVP-505 is Yamaha’s 88-key GH3 (Graded Hammer 3) keyboard, complete with synthetic ivory keytops. The graded hammer action gives the keys a heavier feel in the bass and a lighter feel towards the treble, helping to recreate the natural response of an acoustic piano. The synthetic ivory keytops provide a more natural surface under the fingers and are particularly pleasant to play.
The piano sound is powered by Yamaha’s Pure CF Sound Engine, based on samples taken from Yamaha’s highly respected CF concert grand piano. The CVP-505 also features key-off and stereo sustain samples, helping the piano sound respond more naturally to the way you play.
But the CVP-505 is about much more than piano sounds.
With 362 built-in accompaniment Styles, you can play along with everything from pop, jazz and rock to ballads, dance, country and many other musical styles. Simply play chords with your left hand and the CVP-505 can create a complete backing arrangement around you. This makes it particularly enjoyable for players who like to experiment, perform or sing while playing.
There is also an enormous selection of instrument sounds. The CVP-505 features 689 voices, 480 XG voices, 23 Drum/SFX kits, GM2 compatibility and GS playback, along with Yamaha’s expressive Super Articulation Voices and Mega Voices. The result is an instrument capable of covering an enormous range of musical styles.
A Piano That Encourages You to Play
One of the great things about the Yamaha CVP range is that it is designed to encourage you to explore music rather than simply provide a piano sound.
The CVP-505 includes Yamaha’s Super Articulation Voices, which are designed to reproduce some of the subtle characteristics of real instruments depending on how the keyboard is played. Guitar, brass and other sounds can respond in a much more expressive way than you might expect from a conventional digital keyboard.
The CVP-505 also includes Yamaha’s Music Finder, giving you a convenient way of accessing musical setups and styles, as well as One Touch Settings that can automatically configure suitable voices and accompaniment sounds.
For anyone who enjoys playing popular music, the automatic accompaniment system can be particularly good fun. You can choose a style, select a tempo and play chords, with the CVP creating a backing band around you. You can then play the melody with your right hand.
It can make even a relatively simple performance sound surprisingly impressive.
Yamaha Pure CF Piano Sound and GH3 Keyboard
For many buyers, the most important consideration will still be how the CVP-505 feels and sounds as a piano.
The GH3 Graded Hammer 3 keyboard provides a proper weighted piano action across all 88 keys. The keyboard has five touch sensitivity settings – Hard 2, Hard 1, Normal, Soft 1 and Soft 2 – allowing you to adjust the response to suit your playing style.
The CVP-505 uses Yamaha’s Pure CF Sampling piano technology, with four levels of dynamic sampling. Key-off samples and stereo sustain samples are also included, adding further detail to the piano sound.
The result is a piano that remains very enjoyable to play, particularly for someone looking for a traditional upright-style digital piano with considerably more facilities than a basic modern digital piano.
The three-pedal unit provides sustain, sostenuto and soft pedal functions, with half-pedalling supported for more expressive playing.
Yamaha CVP-505 – Full Specifications
General
Model: Yamaha Clavinova CVP-505
Series: Clavinova CVP Series
Type: Digital Piano / Clavinova Performance Piano
Finish options: Polished Ebony (CVP-505PE), Polished Mahogany (CVP-505PM), Dark Rosewood (CVP-505)
Keyboard: 88 keys
Polyphony: 128-note maximum
Piano Sound Engine: Pure CF Sound Engine
Tone Generation: AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling
Dynamic Sampling: 4 levels
Piano Samples: Stereo Sustain Samples and Key-Off Samples
Keyboard
Number of Keys: 88
Keyboard Action: Graded Hammer 3 (GH3)
Keytops: Synthetic Ivory Keytops
Touch Sensitivity: Hard 2, Hard 1, Normal, Soft 1, Soft 2
Keyboard Response: Graded hammer action designed to reproduce the differing weight and response of an acoustic piano keyboard
Pedals
Number of Pedals: 3
Pedal Functions: Sustain, Sostenuto, Soft
Additional Pedal Functions: Volume, Glide, Song Play/Pause, Style Start/Stop and other assignable functions
Half-Pedal: Yes
Piano Sound
Sound Engine: Pure CF Sound Engine
Sampling Technology: 4-step AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling
Stereo Sustain Samples: Yes
Key-Off Samples: Yes
String Resonance: No on CVP-505
Maximum Polyphony: 128 notes
Voices
The CVP-505 has a very extensive selection of instrument sounds.
Preset Voices:
689 Voices
Additional Voice Compatibility:
480 XG Voices
23 Drum/SFX Kits
GM2
GS compatibility for GS Song playback
Super Articulation Voices: 38
Mega Voices: 18
Natural! Voices: 22
Sweet! Voices: 24
Cool! Voices: 46
Live! Voices: 29
Organ Flutes!: 10
Voice Compatibility
XG: Yes
XF: Yes
GS: Yes, for Song playback
GM: Yes
GM2: Yes
The CVP-505 also incorporates Super Articulation Voices, designed to reproduce performance nuances associated with real instruments, such as guitar string noises and wind-instrument articulation.
Effects
Reverb: 42 Preset + 3 User
Chorus: 71 Preset + 3 User
DSP 1: 271 Preset + 3 User
DSP 2–4: 128 Preset + 10 User
Master EQ: 5 Preset + 2 User
Part EQ: 27 Parts
Mono/Poly: Yes
Accompaniment Styles
The CVP-505 includes 362 preset accompaniment styles.
Total Preset Styles: 362
Pro Styles: 294
Session Styles: 30
Free Play Styles: 2
Pianist Styles: 36
Style Control
INTRO: 3
MAIN VARIATION: 4
FILL: 4
BREAK: 1
ENDING: 3
Chord Fingering Modes
Single Finger
Fingered
Fingered On Bass
Multi Finger
AI Fingered
Full Keyboard
AI Full Keyboard
Style Features
Style Creator: Yes
One Touch Setting: 4 for each Style
OTS Link: Yes
User Styles: Yes
Style File Format: GE (Guitar Edition)
Songs
Preset Songs: 120
Song Book: 120 preset songs
The CVP-505 can play back a range of compatible song formats and also includes comprehensive song lesson and guide functions.
Song Recording
Recording: Yes
Recording Tracks: 16
Song Data Capacity: 300 KB
Recording Methods:
Quick Recording
Multi Recording
Step Recording
Recording Format: SMF Format 0
Compatible Playback Formats:
SMF Format 0
SMF Format 1
ESEQ
XF
Style File
Lesson & Learning Features
Guide Functions:
Follow Lights
Any Key
Karao-Key
Vocal CueTIME
Guide Lamps: Yes
Performance Assistant Technology: Yes
The CVP-505 was designed with extensive learning and accompaniment functions, making it suitable for both home playing and structured practice.
Display
Display Type: TFT Colour QVGA LCD
Display Resolution: 320 × 240 dots
Display Size: 5.7 inches
Colour Display: Yes
Display Functions:
Music Score
Lyrics
Text Viewer
Display Languages:
English
Japanese
German
French
Spanish
Italian
Panel Language: English
Music Finder
Music Finder: Yes
The Music Finder provides access to stored performance setups and song-related registrations to help quickly select appropriate voices, styles and settings.
Registration Memory
Registration Memory Buttons: 8
Registration Functions: Registration Sequence and Freeze
USB Audio
USB Audio Playback: Yes
Supported Playback Formats: WAV, MP3
USB Audio Recording: WAV
This allows compatible audio files to be played through the Clavinova, while performances can also be recorded as WAV files.
Storage
Internal Memory: Approximately 2.4 MB
External Storage:
USB storage devices
USB flash memory
Optional floppy disk drive
The CVP-505 can also save recorded and edited user data to external storage.
Connectivity
USB TO DEVICE: 2
USB TO HOST: Yes
MIDI: IN / OUT / THRU
Headphone Outputs: 2
Microphone Input: Yes
Microphone/Line Input: Yes
Mic Input Volume: Yes
AUX IN: L/L+R, R
AUX OUT: L/L+R, R
AUX PEDAL: Yes
VIDEO OUT: Yes
RGB OUT: No
LAN: Yes
Internet
Internet Direct Connection: Yes
LAN Connection: Yes
The CVP-505 includes Yamaha's Internet Direct Connection functionality via its network connection.
Amplification
Amplifier: 40 W × 2
Total Amplification: 80 W
Speakers
Speaker System: 2-way speaker system
Speakers: (16 cm + 5 cm) × 2
This gives the CVP-505 dedicated larger and smaller speaker elements for the different frequency ranges.
Overall Controls
Metronome: Yes
Tempo Range: 5–500 BPM
Tap Tempo: Yes
Transpose: -12 to +12 semitones
Tuning Range: 414.8–466.8 Hz, with A440 as standard
Scale Types: 9
Piano Reset: Yes
Piano Lock: Yes
Direct Access: Yes
Other Cabinet Features
Key Cover: Folding
Music Rest: Yes
Music Clips: Yes
The CVP-505 was available in several cabinet finishes, including Polished Ebony, Polished Mahogany and Dark Rosewood, depending on model variant.
Dimensions
For the standard CVP-505:
Width: 1,430 mm / 143 cm / 56-5/16"
Depth without Music Rest: 611 mm / 61.1 cm / 24-1/16"
Depth with Music Rest: 609 mm / 60.9 cm / 24"
Height without Music Rest: 868 mm / 86.8 cm / 34-3/16"
Height with Music Rest: 1,025 mm / 102.5 cm / 40-3/8"
For the Polished Ebony / Polished Mahogany versions, Yamaha gives:
Height without Music Rest: 871 mm / 87.1 cm
Height with Music Rest: 1,027 mm / 102.7 cm
The width remains 1,430 mm.
Weight
Standard CVP-505: 76 kg
Polished Finish CVP-505PE / CVP-505PM: 78 kg
Power Consumption
CVP-505: 65 W
Included Accessories
Depending on the original market/package, Yamaha lists:
Owner's Manual
Data List
Accessory CD-ROM for Windows
Accessory CD-ROM / Installation Guide
“50 Greats for the Piano” music book
My Yamaha Product User Registration information
Bench, depending on locale
Optional Accessories
Headphones: HPE-160
Footswitches: FC4 / FC5
Foot Controller: FC7
Floppy Disk Drive: UD-FD01
Quick Rimmers Product Specification
For a product page, I’d put the key specification block like this:
Brand: Yamaha
Model: CVP-505
Series: Clavinova CVP
Type: Digital Piano / Clavinova
Keyboard: 88-Key GH3 Graded Hammer
Keytops: Synthetic Ivory
Touch Sensitivity: 5 settings
Piano Sound Engine: Pure CF Sound Engine
Tone Generation: 4-Step AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling
Polyphony: 128 notes
Preset Voices: 689 + 480 XG + 23 Drum/SFX Kits + GM2/GS
Super Articulation Voices: 38
Mega Voices: 18
Accompaniment Styles: 362
Pro Styles: 294
Session Styles: 30
Free Play Styles: 2
Pianist Styles: 36
Preset Songs: 120
Recording: 16-track
Song Data Capacity: 300 KB
USB Audio: WAV / MP3 playback, WAV recording
Display: 5.7" TFT Colour QVGA LCD
Resolution: 320 × 240 dots
Pedals: 3 with half-pedal capability
Headphone Outputs: 2
Microphone Input: Yes
MIDI: IN / OUT / THRU
AUX IN: Yes
AUX OUT: Yes
AUX Pedal: Yes
VIDEO OUT: Yes
LAN: Yes
USB TO DEVICE: 2
USB TO HOST: Yes
Amplification: 40 W × 2
Speakers: 16 cm + 5 cm × 2
Internal Memory: Approx. 2.4 MB
Power Consumption: 65 W
Width: 143 cm
Depth: 61 cm
Height: Approx. 87 cm without music rest / 103 cm with music rest
Weight: 76 kg standard / 78 kg polished finish
Why Buy Your Used Yamaha CVP-505 From Rimmers Music?
At Rimmers Music, we have been helping customers find the right piano for their home for many years. We are specialist piano retailers, and our experience covers everything from acoustic upright and grand pianos to the latest digital and hybrid instruments.
Buying a used digital piano is different from buying a brand-new instrument, and we believe it is important that customers know exactly what they are buying.
Our used and pre-owned pianos are selected with care, and we aim to describe their condition honestly so there are no surprises when you come to see the instrument.
With a used Yamaha Clavinova such as this CVP-505RW, we think the opportunity is particularly appealing. You get a respected Yamaha instrument with a proper 88-key weighted action, powerful amplification, an extensive selection of sounds and accompaniment styles and a huge range of creative features, all at a considerably lower price than buying a comparable new Clavinova.
Free ground-floor delivery within 25 miles of our Preston store is included with this piano, making this an especially attractive option for customers living locally. If you are outside the 25-mile delivery area, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss delivery options with you.
If you are unsure whether the CVP-505 is right for you, our piano specialists are happy to help you compare it with other used Yamaha Clavinova models or with newer Yamaha, Roland and Kawai digital pianos.
And, of course, you are welcome to come and play it for yourself.
Yamaha CVP-505RW Frequently Asked Questions
Is delivery included with this used Yamaha CVP-505RW?
Yes. Free ground-floor delivery is included within 25 miles of our Preston store. If you live outside this area, please contact us to discuss delivery options.
Where is the free delivery available?
The free delivery applies to addresses within 25 miles of our Preston store and is for ground-floor delivery.
Can you deliver the CVP-505 outside the 25-mile area?
Delivery outside the 25-mile area may be possible. Please contact Rimmers Music and we can discuss your location and the available delivery options.
Is the Yamaha CVP-505 a proper digital piano?
Yes. The CVP-505 has an 88-key GH3 graded hammer keyboard designed to provide a realistic piano playing experience. It also has Yamaha's Pure CF piano sound technology and three pedals with half-pedalling capability.
What colour is the Yamaha CVP-505RW?
This model is finished in Dark Rosewood, giving it a warm wood appearance rather than the more familiar black finish.
How many keys does the CVP-505 have?
The Yamaha CVP-505 has 88 weighted keys using Yamaha's GH3 Graded Hammer 3 action with synthetic ivory keytops.
Does the Yamaha CVP-505 have weighted keys?
Yes. The GH3 keyboard is a graded hammer action, meaning the keys are weighted to recreate the feel of an acoustic piano.
Does it have three pedals?
Yes. The CVP-505 has three pedals providing sustain, sostenuto and soft functions, with half-pedalling supported.
Can the CVP-505 play backing tracks?
Yes. One of the major attractions of the CVP series is its automatic accompaniment. The CVP-505 has 362 built-in accompaniment Styles, allowing you to create backing arrangements while you play.
Can I record on the Yamaha CVP-505?
Yes. The CVP-505 provides multi-track song recording as well as a USB Audio Recorder capable of recording WAV audio to USB storage.
Can it play MP3 files?
Yes. The CVP-505 can play MP3 and WAV audio files through its USB audio functions.
Does it have a microphone input?
Yes. There is a microphone input, and the CVP-505 also includes Vocal Harmony and karaoke functions.
Does it have headphones?
Yes. There are two headphone connections, making it particularly convenient for quiet practice or for two people to listen together.
Is the Yamaha CVP-505 suitable for beginners?
It can certainly be used by beginners, although it has far more features than a basic beginner digital piano. This makes it an interesting choice if you want an instrument that can continue to offer new things to explore as your playing develops.
Is this Yamaha CVP-505 in perfect condition?
No. This is a used instrument and it shows some general signs of wear and tear consistent with its age and previous use. For its age, however, it is in good overall condition. Please refer to the photographs for the best indication of its cosmetic condition.
Is the CVP-505 still worth buying?
For the right buyer, absolutely. Its combination of Yamaha piano sound, GH3 weighted action, 362 accompaniment styles, hundreds of voices, recording functions, USB audio, microphone facilities and colour display makes it a remarkably versatile instrument.
Can I try the Yamaha CVP-505RW before buying?
Yes. We always recommend trying a piano for yourself where possible, particularly with a used instrument. You can contact Rimmers Music for further information and to discuss visiting the store where this piano is located.
A Fantastic Opportunity to Own a Yamaha Clavinova
The Yamaha CVP-505RW may be an older model, but this is precisely what makes this particular instrument worth considering. It offers an enormous amount of functionality for the price and provides the substantial cabinet, weighted 88-key keyboard and versatile musical features that have made the Yamaha Clavinova CVP range so popular.
The Dark Rosewood finish also gives this particular piano a distinctive and attractive appearance.
It does have some cosmetic wear and tear, as you would expect from a used instrument of this age, but overall it remains a good example and a very capable digital piano.
For anyone wanting a used Yamaha Clavinova CVP-505RW in Dark Rosewood, this could be a great opportunity to own a feature-packed Yamaha digital piano without the price tag of a new instrument.
And if you live within 25 miles of our Preston store, the added benefit of free ground-floor delivery makes it an even more attractive proposition.
Contact Rimmers Music today for more information, or better still, come and try this Yamaha CVP-505RW for yourself.
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