The flagship of Yamaha's P series portable digital pianos, the P-515 is built around the sound of the world-class Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand pianos, which will be instantly recognizable to any seasoned pianist. Your fingers will feel right at home on the P-515's NWX (Natural Wood X) action with Escapement, synthetic ebony and ivory keytops, and keys made from specially dried wood that was specifically selected to give you the same playing feel and response as a grand piano keyboard. With its great sound and advanced features, the Yamaha P-515 is an ideal digital piano for players at all levels.
For the ultimate in realism, Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM) re-creates the sympathetic and reverberant sounds inside a grand piano and the string resonance when the dampers are off the strings, while key-off samples deliver the subtle change in sound when the damper falls back on the string. A full set of performance options, USB connectivity, and the Smart Pianist iOS app (which makes selecting voices and changing settings super easy) deliver tons of flexibility at home, in the studio, and onstage. All considered, you'll be hard-pressed to find an affordable digital piano that outperforms the Yamaha P-515.
At Music Experience, music truly is the universal language, and it brings joy into our lives every day. For pianists at every level of accomplishment, the clean, straightforward design of the Yamaha P-515 makes it a wonderfully approachable and user-friendly instrument. The Piano Room feature lets you create your own personal piano environment by selecting from a variety of pianos in stunningly realistic acoustic settings. You can even position the grand piano lid to your personal preference! From beginner to intermediate and beyond, pianists will find the P-515's sound and playing feel ideal, while its portability lets you take it from home to live gigs, the recording studio, or on weekend getaways with ease.
For intimate settings, play right through the P-515's onboard speakers; in larger spaces, take the 1/4" line outputs straight into a mixer, monitors, or an external amp. If you want a console-style look for your home, take advantage of the optional matching furniture stand (the L515) and piano-style triple-pedal (LP1) units (sold separately). Whether at home, on the road, or in the studio, Yamaha's Smart Pianist app for iOS makes selecting voices and changing settings a piece of cake. The app even analyzes songs in the music library on your iOS device and displays a chord chart so you can play along with your favorite artists.
The P-515 is the flagship in the P-series. Its advanced sound quality, features and design make this an ideal digital piano for players of all levels.
With P-515, enjoy the exquisite beauty of the sought-after tones that the CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand pianos deliver. Over 500 Voices means you have a wide selection of sounds to choose from, allowing you to create and perform in any musical genre. Natural Wood X (NWX) keyboards are created using unrivaled expertise that Yamaha has acquired through more than a century of crafting acoustic pianos. This expertise combines with cutting-edge digital technology for an authentic piano playing experience that only Yamaha can provide. The elegant, yet compact and portable design makes the P-515 an attractive addition to your music-making space at home, and a reliable, eye-catching instrument to bring to the stage.
Modern, stylish and elegant, the P-515 will be a focal point in your den, living room or home studio. With wooden accents and polished details, the P-515 looks as good as it sounds. When you sit down at this beautiful instrument, you will experience the touch of class that it has added to your space and your musical life.
The P-515 features piano sounds created with samples of the Yamaha CFX flagship concert grand piano and famed Vienna-made Bösendorfer Imperial grand piano. These piano samples bring two of the world’s finest and most prominent concert grand pianos to your fingertips.
P-515 features two advanced technologies that allow you to enjoy exceptionally realistic, natural sound, even when listening through headphones - Binaural Sampling and Stereophonic Optimizer. Binaural sampling technology delivers a three-dimensional sound, which recreates the perspective of the player position through headphones. The Stereophonic Optimizer adjusts the spatial distribution of sound in the listener's headphones, creating the sensation that sound is coming directly from the piano, rather than from the headphones.
Yamaha Natural Wood X (NWX) keyboards are created using our unrivaled woodworking expertise, acquired through more than a century of crafting fine acoustic pianos. The material used for NWX keyboards is cut from wood that has been carefully dried, and chosen specifically for use in making musical instruments. Only the best wood from the finest part of the tree is selected, resulting in a keyboard that is more resistant to buckling and warping than common laminated wood keyboards. The NWX keyboard also features an escapement mechanism that reproduces the feel of an acoustic piano as it goes through the let-off and drop of the hammer when a key is played very softly. The action has been designed in such a way that the escapement is discernible only on the lightest keystrokes, similar to the keyboard of a grand piano.
VRM calculates the various states of the strings for each of the 88 notes of the keyboard, from one instant to the next, and timing and depth of damper pedals pressed to recreate the sound of an acoustic piano. Enhanced VRM also calculates aliquot resonance in the upper octaves, and the full resonance of the soundboard, rim and frame. This technology allows for vivid, bright, richly varied expression that reflects the limitless number of factors inherent in piano performance. Aliquot is a stringing method for pianos that uses extra, un-struck strings in the upper octaves to enhance the tone. These strings sympathetically vibrate with other strings in an acoustic piano, resonating with overtones and adding richness, brilliance and complex color to the sound. Since they do not have a damper, they will continue sounding even after you release your hands from the keyboard.
P-515 features 15w + 5w amplifiers along with a 2-way speaker system that provides an immersive, authentic piano experience with astonishing clarity. P-515 also features the Twisted Flare Port: Yamaha technology that offers a clear and precise bass sound. The flared and gently twisted shape evenly diffuses the air flow through the port. Compared to a conventional port, the Twisted Flare Port reduces air turbulence noise, resulting in clear and accurate low frequency reproduction.
The Piano Room function is for those who want to simply, conveniently and fully enjoy playing the instrument as a piano. No matter what settings for Voices you've made, you can instantly call up the optimum settings for piano performance with a single button press. Try creating a custom piano sound by adjusting the various parameters such as lid position, string resonance, damper resonance, touch response and so on. In addition to Piano Room, applying on board effects such as reverb, chorus and various effects gives you greater and richer expressive capability.
The P-515 comes complete with 40 different rhythm patterns (drums and bass accompaniments) that are perfectly suited to many types of music, allowing you to spice up your performance with some backing musicians, make practice more interesting or open up your creative flow with inspiring new ideas.
Our Smart Pianist app allows you to control the many functions included in your P-515 with your iOS device. Voices, rhythms and other settings can be selected right from your smart device’s touch screen, making it even easier to get what you want from your P-515. You can also save your favorite settings for quick recall at any time. Smart Pianist can even access the songs in your iOS device's music library to create a chord chart for you, so you can play along with recordings of your personal favorite songs.
Connect your music player via Bluetooth and instantly turn your P-515 into a high-quality speaker system to listen to your favorite songs through.
Modern, stylish and elegant, the P-515 will be a focal point in your den, living room or home studio. With wooden accents and polished details, the P-515 looks as good as it sounds. When you sit down at this beautiful instrument, you will experience the touch of class that it has added to your space and your musical life.
| Number of Keys | 88 |
|---|---|
| Type of Keys | Natural Wood X action, Hard/Medium/Soft/Fixed sensitivity |
| Presets | 40 Voices, 18 Drum/FX Kits, 480 XG Voices |
| Polyphony | 256 Notes |
| Effects | Yes |
| MIDI Recording | Standard MIDI Files, 250 songs (500kB/song) |
| Audio Recording | WAV, 80 minutes/song |
| Audio Inputs | 1 x 1/8" (aux in) |
| Audio Outputs | 2 x Aux, 2 x Headphones |
| Headphones | 2 x 1/4" |
| USB | 1 x Type B, 1 x Type A |
| MIDI I/O | In/Out |
| Bluetooth | v4.1 |
| Pedal Inputs | 1 x 6-pin DIN (pedal unit), 1 x 1/4" (aux pedal) |
| Pedal Included | Yes, FC4A pedal (sustain) |
| Built-in Speakers | 2 x 4.7" woofer, 2 x 1" tweeter |
| Amplifier | 2 x 20W |
| Display | LCD |
| Power Supply | 16V DC power supply (included) |
| Height | 5.68" |
| Width | 52.62" |
| Depth | 14.81" |
| Weight | 48.5 lbs. |
| Manufacturer Part Number | P515 B |
