Ever since Clavia was founded back in 1983 our goal has been to develop and manufacture high quality digital musical instruments which appeal to musicality and creativity. Our basic principle is to develop well defined instruments with long life cycles. We consider ourselves 'instrument makers' rather than just an 'instrument manufacturer'. We don't include "bells and
whistles" often; we leave that to bell and whistle manufacturers. We focus on the essentials needed in a great instrument and deliver just that.

Being musicians, we design the kind of instruments we would like to use ourselves. This is part of our "marketing research": if we like it you might like it as well. We put a lot of work into squeezing the most out of the technology available at the time for the development of a product. Take the Nord Lead 2 and ddrum4, for example. They've been on the market since 1997 and are more popular now than ever! As someone once put it: "quality never goes out of style".

When you buy a Clavia instrument you can rest assured that you have bought a top quality musical instrument that will last for a long time. All Clavia instruments are very roadworthy, yet lightweight. We construct all of our electronic instruments out of Swedish metal plate instead of plastics. This means you'll be able to take your Clavia instruments on the road for years and years.