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Yamaha NP-30 is a great musical instrument! I bought it for my daughter for Christmas and I was very impressed by what the piano sounds great can bring. As a hack on the piano, I can not give a "professional" reviews, but I can give you the results of some research I think it's a half step up (a little 'music jargon) from kicking tires of the car ... Replace the cap and pre-try this:
1) Set the sound to one of the grand pianos and smash down as many keys as you can at the low bass end and do the same with the very high treble keys. If it sounds like a 3 year has just jumped on an old Kimball console, you're in business. I tried this, of course cause hey, it's fun! Sounds just as dreadful as it should...;-)
2) Zing the keys up and down, white keys and then black ones. Tried this too. Toddlers: 2, Boring Stuffed Shirts: 0.
3) Set the highest sensitivity and attempt to pound a key hard and then try to press it as softly as possible. The latter is not quite as easy (or correct) as you might like but when it does play it's a pretty impressive 'ppp
To sum up the sound quality: two pianos are very authentic, although I really can not distinguish two pianos are very resourceful, 2 units are very nice and induce visions of the "Church Lady" and "The Phantom of the Opera", respectively, vibraphone is a strong dog went, especially in diameter, harpsichords are at the park the ball and chain ... uh, uh, not to mention how the sounds are different?
The only thing about this tool tattles very lightweight and competitively priced ... In fact, 76 of them ... the same keys. Much better than some low-end synth cheap, are not yet fully formed and full 'weight' / action is a bit 'weird. In a full-time work is not acceptable, but the remaining 99% of us is not quite the show-stopper!
So, the envelope please...drum roll...the NP-30 gets 2 thumbs up (because I have 2 thumbs and this is MY review dangit.) If you need totally authentic weight and feel you can spend 2 or 3 times as much and get a full-88 Yamaha model or a higher end Casio. For under $300, most of us will do just fine with this puppy!
By Greg Rebuck (Colo. Spr., CO United States)
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