Somehow it leaves mixed feelings. We see a great digital piano of the biggest manufacturer with a great demonstrator, who plays good music, and in the same time it looks like a small gathering of people, sort of a very local thing. I witnessed events like this in Moscow (with Peter and also with Bert Smorenburg) and it looked the same. I believe that Peter Baartmans is a very intelligent man, but perhaps sometimes he questions if this job is that good as it seems…

By the way, recently I posted some of my videos in the Instagram with hashtags like “#psrs950” and most of attention I got was from, not sure how to put it accurately, sort of “Eastern World”.

For a large house this Clavinova can seem like a good choice, unlike Genos it has built-in speakers and you don’t need to deal with a shaky keyboard stand.

But often I find myself to tired (lazy?) to sit at the instrument on a bench, but still inspired to play some music, and PSR placed right next to a sofa really helps to work on some ideas. No such trick with Clavinova, unless you try really hard.

But the craziest thing, I guess, is that after a while this Clavinova gets outdated just like any other keyboard and becomes like an elephant. It would be more reasonable if you could replace just some module instead of the whole piano. Perhaps, that wouldn’t be the best business model for Yamaha.

Finally, it does look a bit odd when all these guitars a played on an instrument like this. Hammered action is probably not the best fit for this either.

Perhaps, I should conclude that having a piano and an arranger separated is a more practical choice. But if you happen to have extra space and money and just want a cool, sort of classy thing (a bit pretentious, perhaps), then Yamaha has already thought of you.