The Yamaha CP33 Digital Stage Piano is the entry digital piano in their professional stage pianos lineup. This is basically the same piano as the Yamaha CP300 but about $1000 cheaper. The CP33 is a large step up from the P-series units in both sound and feel.

This piano is perfect for a professional gigging musician or an amateur that wants a serious digital piano. Let me cut to the chase — the sound is vibrant, sparking and authentic. You can actually hear harmonic overtones and felt dampers when using the pedal.

I had the privilege of finding one for sale at my local music store (these pianos are hard to find) and the sound was so sweet and inspiring I had to drag myself away from the keyboard.

Not only does a piano have to have a magical sound that will inspire you to keep playing it also needs to be responsive to your fingers. Well let me tell you, the CP33 feels great. This piano has impressive keyboard action that really lets you express yourself thanks to their advanced Graded Hammer Effect technology that gradually increases the resistance of the keys as you hit the lower notes. As a serious musician realistic piano action is very important to me and the Yamaha CP33 gets top marks here.

Some of the Features:

88-key Graded Hammer keyboard with authentic touch
State-of-the-art AWM tone generation system
28 original voices with a maximum of 64 note polyphony
Professional MIDI functionality with USB port
Compact, light and portable

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Yamaha CP 33: The Good

Stereo sampled sound of this piano keeps is very authentic and taken from Yamaha concert grand pianos worth tens of thousands of dollars
I fell in love with the classic electric piano sound and the jazz organ sound with impressive “Leslie” rotary speaker effect — very useful if you play live jazz or gospel
I was very impressed by the realistic and responsive no-compromise action
Very handy Panel Lock feature that prevents you from hitting the wrong button during a live performance
Special mono-compressed piano mode which is perfect for playing in a live band
Quiet action which means that if you want to use your headphones you don’t have to worry about waking anyone up with keyboard noise
Has both pitch bend and modulation wheels — this is perfect if you plan on using this as a MIDI controller for your DAW (digital audio workstation)

Yamaha CP33: The Bad

LED display could be just a big bigger
Music rest doesn’t come with the piano
No speakers – but heck, for a $1,000 less than it’s big brother I can live with this — just buy some inexpensive self-powered speakers

This Digital Piano is Perfect for:

someone who plans on practicing with headphones at night at home as it has super quiet keyboard action
a gigging musician who needs a quality entry level professional quality digital piano
someone who wants to record music with a their computer Digital Audio Workstation

Conclusion

All in all, the Yamaha CP33 stage piano is a very balanced digital piano suitable for the professional musician. Sure there are many fine digital pianos out there that cost less but if you can afford it, it’s truly worth the few extra hundred bucks — you’ll thank me in the long run.

The CP33 is one classy digital piano for the serious pro musician and the amateur alike. This baby is investment that you’ll never regret.

-Christopher Braun

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A CP33 Owner’s Review:

By MusicEducator

I purchased this piano for the piano sound and feel. Any additional instruments or features that come with it are a bonus. The acoustic bass, strings and jazz organ sounds are done very well also.

While nothing replaces the feel of a real piano, this keyboard comes very, very close and the lighter touch on the higher keys really takes you there. If you want a great piano sound and feel get this keyboard. If you want speakers to go with it as well as some more sounds, look into the CP300, but then you will need to add $1000, 30 more pounds and a deeper frame.

Review paraphrased for size – view original review here

(Note: here’s a good video I found on You Tube that demonstrates the grand piano sound as well as many of the other sounds that come with the CP33. Enjoy! -Chris)