Yamaha Launches the Revolutionary AvantGrand Piano

Yamaha Keyboard Division has announced the launching of the AvantGrand Piano. With its highly advanced sound reproduction and sampling technology, the AvantGrand is the first piano ever crafted to truly capture the sound, touch, action and physical resonance of a concert-quality grand piano without the tuning, cost or footprint of a comparable stringed instrument.

The new AvantGrand uses three strategically placed resonators to recreate the tactile vibrations created by the Yamaha CFIIIS concert grand used to record the AvantGrand's digital samples. They even paid close attention to the pedal action, carefully duplicating the spring, friction, and inertia of a real concert grand.

Alicia Keys launched the AvantGrand with a performance at the NAMM convention in LA, causing her to exclaim that "it's almost like a friend. But it's even better than a friend, because it doesn't talk to you."

The Yamaha AvantGrand piano is slated to ship in July 2009 and will cost around $20,000.
For more information on the Yamaha AvantGrand Piano, visit www.yamaha.com

Via: Yamaha press release