New Roland Digital Piano LX-15

Roland is proud to introduce the LX-15 Digital Piano, an elegant upright-style instrument with grand piano sound and attitude.

The LX-15 boasts Roland's acclaimed SuperNATURAL Piano sound engine, plus a newly developed Acoustic Projection sound system that delivers an inspiring multi-dimensional sound field never before available in this instrument class and rich, natural piano resonance.

The LX-15 features a more traditional and attractive upright cabinet with a polished black ebony finish. With its SuperNATURAL Piano sound engine, the LX-15 provides the ultimate piano playing experience with seamless tonal transition, notes that fade naturally without looping, and unparalleled sound and response.

New Korg Vintage Stage Pianos SV-1 and SV-1-73

Korg have released two new additions to their SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano that we first saw in 2009, the SV-1 Black and SV-1 Reverse Keys Limited Edition Stage Vintage Piano. Korg say both these new stage pianos offer the most rewarding compendium of electro-mechanical, transistorized, tape-driven, analog, and early digital keyboards ever available in a single instrument.

New Yamaha guitalele GL1

GL1 Guitalele Crosses Two Popular Instruments to Create a Unique Playing Experience 




ANAHEIM, Calif.—Now available for the firs time in the United States, the Guitalele is a miniature nylon guitar that looks and sounds like a ukulele, but features six strings and is tuned like a standard guitar up to an A (A/D/G/C/E/A). Chord fingering is the same for any standard-tuned guitar, but now guitarists can easily join the ukulele craze with a portable, playable and thoroughly unique instrument.


"The GL1 plays well and gives guitarists a fun alternative to their usual nylon string guitar," says Dennis Webster, marketing manager, Yamaha Guitars.


The GL1 (MSRP: $140) is currently available.


For more information visit Yamaha Corporation of America at Winter NAMM 2012 in The Marriott Hotel Marquis Ballroom, Anaheim, Calif.; write Yamaha Corporation of America, Yamaha Guitars, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011; e-mail infostation@yamaha.com; visit http://4wrd.it/yamahaguitars.

New Yamaha guitar acoustic FGX700SC

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Yamaha's famed FG line of folk guitars has long represented incredible value and playability, a tradition furthered with the introduction of the FGX700SC.

The new FGX700SC is based on the world's most successful solid top acoustic guitar, the FG700S. The new FGX700SC features Yamaha's impeccable build quality with an added cutaway and a one-way System 55T piezo/preamp system that includes a tuner, three-band EQ and an adjustable mid frequency slider. Like its non-electrified counterpart, the FGX700SC represents a phenomenal value.

"The FGX700SC acoustic guitar offers all the great features of the FG700S, with an added cutaway and preamp system," says Dennis Webster, marketing manager, Yamaha Guitars. "Available in high-gloss natural finish, it sounds great unplugged and through an amp or PA system. Quality material, outstanding construction and tried-and-true value make it too good to miss."

The FGX700SC (MSRP: $483) is currently available.

New Yamaha piano digital Arius YDP-C71PE

BUENA PARK, Calif.—Yamaha launches the Arius YDP-C71PE Console Digital Piano at Winter NAMM 2012. Ideal for home use as a practice piano, it offers stunning looks, high-quality sound and a key action capable of building proper finger technique for playing on an acoustic grand piano.

Geared toward adult intermediate players to advanced hobbyists, the YDP-C71PE's high-quality sound and Graded Hammer (GH) action makes it ideal as a practice piano while also built to handle even heavier use at institutions. Plus, the elegant new Polished Ebony finish makes it attractive for houses of worship.