Yamaha CP-70 Electric Grand Piano

According to this transcription of a February 1982 issue of *U2 Magazine*, "the Edge also uses a Yamaha CP70 electric grand piano on stage."

Photo of Hans Zimmer in a The Buggles period, playing on a Yamaha CP-70

The piano behind Jones is the Yamaha CP-70b.

At 1:39 That's a Yamaha CP-70

"The CP70 is a legendary musical instrument used extensively by touring bands particularly throughout the 1980s before sampled and digital pianos became the norm. This particular CP70 is the instrument on which Chris wrote the song Trouble." - From Coldplay's [end of decade clearout sale catalog](http://www.originalprop.com/public_html/coldplay/Coldplay-End-of-Decade-Clearout-Sale-Charity-Auction-eBay-Memorabilia-Catalog-Portal.pdf) where they auctioned off their gear.

"This is great sounding. It has a particular sound because it's actually strings. There's pickups for every string and the basses have a single string. This piano gives you that really compressed gritty feel. It's really thin. It runs beautiful. We've used it on songs like 'Don't Walk Away' and 'The Right Type.' If you really want, it has an integrated tremolo - it's amazing. It's got direct XLR outs - it goes straight into the board with no complications."

According to this article, Richard Wright and other members of Pink Floyd used a Yamaha CP70 Electric Grand Piano in The Wall live shows. Full article [here.](http://sparebricks.fika.org/sbzine28/WrightGear-rev156.pdf)

Taken from his Instagram post, it's underneath the Matrix Brute

[This article](http://www.soundonsound.com/pm/apr09/articles/regenesiskeys.htm) by Sound On Sound states that Banks used a Yamaha CP70.

In Nick Cave's "God Is In the House" concert film, he can be seen playing a Yamaha CP70 at 33:19.

Pedro Aznar con el piano y una maquina de ritmo un 21 de Septiembre de 1984 organizado por Badia & Cia en Interama.

Image from Quilmes Rock Fest 2004

In this image, D'angelo can be seen playing a Yamaha CP70.

At 2:54 in the video it is pointed out that "This here is a CP70 . . ." while showing the piano to the camera.

Philip Jamieson ?@PhilipJamieson 21 mar. 2015

At 1:24:36, Tim Rice-Oxley can be seen using his Yamaha CP70B Electric Grand Piano. Rice-Oxley explains in [this interview](http://www.yamaha.com/allaccess/artists/issue11-keane.asp?issue=issue11) with Yamaha All Access Magazine, "When our guitarist left in 2001, we suddenly had this great big hole in our sound. I'd been playing the bass until then. I wanted to play piano, but I didn't want to use a digital keyboard. You can't beat the sound of a real piano. It's such an organic thing--you can feel it booming in a room and rattling through you. I had read about the CP70B in a book that [Beatles producer] George Martin wrote. He said it was a real piano, but that it had pickups and everything. So I began searching for one. I eventually found a battered old one in some London warehouse. And as soon as we plugged it in, it made this massive sound, and we immediately knew it was the sound of Keane. Playing it is a real physical interaction. And it looks so cool!". Vocalist Tom Chaplin later says "As soon as we got the CP70B, it opened up the sound. It suited the songs better and, for me, it felt much more appropriate to sing to than a guitar. That keyboard revolutionized my position in the band--I'd been freed up to just sing, and the piano was an accompaniment I understood."

At 2:14 in to this video Mark is playing a Yamaha CP-70 piano.

Shook says about the Yamaha CP-70b: "Piano used for my album "Continuum". It always had the right voice for the story I wanted to tell."

Hammill can be seen playing a Yamaha CP70 Grand Piano at 2:08 and 4:51 in this solo performance.

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This is the electric piano Gustav Ejstes mainly is seen with at live shows since the releases of the albums Allas Sak and Häxan.

El primer recital de Fito Paez en Badia y cia. 1984.

'I started with a Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano, a Minimoog, and the chopped B-3 organ.'

Jett Rebel performs the song "That Place" at Lowlands on his Yamaha CP70.

At 2:33, it can be seen that Arlo Guthrie is playing a Yamaha CP-70 Electric Grand Piano.

On stage, Mick uses an old Yamaha CP70 piano, converted to MIDI, as his master keyboard. Behind him is a Kurzweil with the Macintosh on top (the computer saves Mick's Kurzweil sounds — amazing, he says, that an £18,000 keyboard won't save your programs when you turn it off). Then there's an Emulator II, an Oberheim OB8, and a Roland JP8 which he uses MIDI'd together off the CP70 as his main 'block' of sound: the JP8 and OB8 panned around, and the Emulator padding out things with cellos and voices. He also uses the Emulator for one sequence in the current set, a cello intro on the re-arranged 'Book Of Brilliant Things'. On top of the CP70 at front is the inevitable Yamaha DX7. Not that Mick counts himself as a big FM expert — he uses the presets, like most users, and was put off any further exploration by early and complete confusion at FM's seeming illogicality.

Used in a "L'Amour Et La Violence" video clip

Lanier plays a Yamaha CP-70 in the "Joan Crawford" music video

"I swapped it for a Yamaha Electric Grand," says Dave Formula, in this interview with Tom Artrocker. Dave Formula states that early on with his band Magazine, he swapped out his Fender Rhodes for a Yamaha electric grand (Yamaha CP70).

"I also have a Yamaha CP-70 (which is a type of electric piano that's also a small grand piano with actual hammers and strings) that was originally the piano used in my favorite band, Berry, but I bought it and, although its tough to travel with, I use it for recording." - Crain in an interview with NPR (http://www.npr.org/buckets/music/women/artist.php?artistId=453)

Dr Fink used a Yamaha CP-70 with Prince in the mid 1980s.

During this song, we can see Woody Goss playing a Yamaha CP-70

"Been enjoying this new cp70 piano so much. Some good songs in here. I hope." - LeBlanc on Instagram

Its an acoustic electric piano that is famous for being more portable and sounding like an actual piano.

Sadler plays a Yamaha CP-70 in "What's it Gonna Be?".

For the May 2015 issue of "Yamaha Music Magazine", Chris Stainton stated in a written interview, that he used a Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano, a Yamaha CP-1 electric keyboard as well as a Yamaha P250 keyboard: "I've had a lot of Yamaha keyboards over the years. I had a Yamaha organ in the '70s. And I had a CP70 electric grand piano. Before the CP1, I played a P250, which I thought was fantastic. But the CP1 tops even that. It truly feels like a piano."

Just recently confirmed this through a video of Loverboy playing Westfalenhalle, Dortmund Germany in 1983 in the video provided. There's a really good closeup at 18:19 of Doug playing the CP70 on "Turn Me Loose". Quote: Originally posted by eric: I'm looking at the Nov 1982 issue now. There is a photo of Doug playing his rig and this is what he uses: - Yamaha SS-30 String Synth - Prophet 5 x 2 - Yamaha CS-50 - Yamaha CP-70 - Roland CE-1 Chorus There is a part of the interview in which he is asked why he chose the CS-50 over the CS-80. He states that the "...CS-80 is huge and the 50 sits nicely onto my piano. CS-80s are beautiful instruments, but I don't want to have huge piles of keyboards all around." Regards, Eric You're the man!