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Yamaha's most piano-like Portable Grand ever. It has weighted Graded Hammer Standard action with matte finish black keys and a wide selection of Voices. Selecting a sound is as easy as keying in a number, and recording performances is simple with the built-in recorder.
Features
- 88-key Graded Hammer Standard (GHS) weighted action
- Decorative wooden stand, PA150 adapter & sustain pedal included
- More DSP effects for more realism of all Voices
- Backlit LCD displays lyrics, chords & notation
- Front panel USB TO DEVICE: connect optional USB storage devices
Customer Reviews
Wonderful keyboardWe just bought one of these because my daughter needed
a keyboard or piano that would respond to touch like a
piano for her piano lessons. Although I am a beginner
piano player myself, I think the keys behave like real
piano keys (in terms of response to force of touch)
and the sound is just incredible--I would not know
the difference between this and a real piano if I
couldn't see them. There is an amazing number of things
you can do with it, although we haven't really worked
through them yet--practice songs (although the repertoire
is not huge; maybe 20 or so songs) and play to a very large
variety of background rhythms and accompaniments, as well
as export what you've played to a computer. I'm not sure
we'll use all these features, because we really just
got it for the weighted key action and it does beautifully
at that, but they're nice to have for the future if we
do continue to play. My daughter adds, "it will keep me
busy for a long time."
It's a decent-looking machine
but is not a beautiful piece of furniture like a piano;
the "wood" portions are clearly synthetic, but seem
sturdy.
We bought it locally for about the same price listed
here and paid about $75 for delivery, but it came with
headphones and bench so I thought it was a good deal.
Great piano for a fine price!This review is based on a week of ownership. I'm a novice when it comes to piano playing but I've been listening to piano all my life and I can tell you that this instrument has really accurate piano voices. The keys feel exactly like a piano with weighted keys. The lower keys feel heavier than the higher keys, and the things you can do with this are amazing, import music, record and export your own creations, over 530 voices... Comes with a sustain pedal.
The sound coming out of the speakers is very very good. But plug in a pair of headphones and you'll hear an even nicer, fuller sound.
Design is great and the piano sits sturdy on its supplied wooden stand.
Highly recommended!
Great value I went to a piano store to evaluate the pianos in person. The salesman, while very kind and knowledgeable, seemed to think that it was impossible to buy a worthwhile digital piano for less than $2,000. He also seemed to insist that a digital piano ought to look like an analog piano as much as possible. While I don't disagree with his sentiments, my budget was considerably less than his, and my decorative pretensions likewise.
This piano looks fine in our family room. It may not sound like the more expensive digitals, but as my son (age 12) excitedly pointed out, "We now have a pianoforté!" Yes, the weighted action allows this piano to play softly and loudly. The addition of the three pedal unit, while I am unable to properly use it at this time, was a good way to round out the capabilities of the piano.
Ironically, after hearing the piano salesman dismiss pianos that play "other sounds" my daughter (17) was concerned that the new piano wouldn't be able to play the sounds available in our old, non-weighted Casio keyboard. The capabilities of this piano calmed her fears.
The front-facing USB port for reading media is convenient, and the rear-facing USB for connection to a computer works fine. On my Macintosh I needed to download the driver from Yamaha in order for it to function properly, but this is free. The keyboard works fine with GarageBand and other Macintosh utilities.
All in all, I am very pleased with the piano, and I hope it will perform well over time.
