The Nord Piano 5 88 is a premium professional stage piano designed for pianists, worship musicians, recording artists, touring performers, and studio professionals.
Manufactured by Swedish company Nord (Clavia), it is particularly well known for its exceptional piano sounds, realistic weighted keyboard action, high-quality sampled instruments, and straightforward hands-on controls.
Unlike a traditional synthesizer workstation, the Nord Piano 5 focuses primarily on delivering outstanding piano and keyboard sounds with enough additional instruments and sound-shaping capabilities to handle a wide range of musical performances.
Its signature red finish also makes it one of the most recognizable professional stage pianos.
It comes equipped with a selection of carefully sampled acoustic and electric piano instruments, including:
- 9 grand pianos.
- 9 upright pianos.
- 10 enhanced electric pianos.
- Clavinet sounds.
- Digital pianos.
- Harpsichord sounds.
- Marimba and vibraphone.
The acoustic piano sounds are sampled to capture the nuances and character of real instruments.
You can choose different piano characters, adjust brightness, change dynamics, and customize the way the instrument responds to your playing.
Piano features include:
- Two independent piano engines.
- 120-note piano polyphony.
- Advanced string resonance.
- Pedal noise simulation.
- Soft Release functionality.
- Three keyboard touch response settings.
- Piano timbre adjustments.
You can also download additional piano sounds from Nord's Piano Library.
