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Whistle Stopper - Yamaha NP30 Portable Grand Digital Piano
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List Price: $399.00
Our Price: $299.95
Your Save: $ 99.05 ( 25% )
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Manufacturer: Yamaha
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Brand: Yamaha
EAN: 0086792863719
Feature: Number of Keys: 76
Label: Yamaha
Manufacturer: Yamaha
Model: NP30
Publisher: Yamaha
Special Features: A entirely new take on the digital piano, offering quality, value and portability with a lighter touch. Featuring 76 Graded Touch keys and stereo-sampled pianos. Also, 10 voices like Organs and Strings plus 32 notes of polyphony. Another great feature for the home recording artist is that it performs as a MIDI controller too. The built in speakers allow you to play it anywhere since it operates on six AA batteries or the included power supply.
Studio: Yamaha
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Features
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Number of Keys: 76
Touch Response: Hard, Medium, Soft, Fixed
Number of Voices: 10 (Notes of Polyphony: 32)
Reverb Effects: 4 types
Preset Songs: 10 Voice Demos; 10 Piano Repertoire
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Light, Feels Good,
Comment: I just bought my Yamaha Np-30 after returning 2 M-Audio keyboards. M-Audio is terrible. I like knobs and things, but the Yamaha NP-30 keeps it simple. I like it because I can turn it on and start creating something- then if inspiration strikes, I can fire up the midi to computer device and lay it down.
With M-Audio, I noticed the keys were "cheap" and just sticky feeling. The Np-30 is smooth. Not quite like a real piano, but for $300 what do you want! :)
It's a great keyboard for simple ideas or practicing- that is where it all comes from, simplicity.
Try one!
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Summary: I love my NP-30!
Comment: Hey, if you're looking for an inexpensive electric piano, BUY THE NP-30. My biggest concern was the weighted key issue, (the NP-30 has "graded" keys...whatever that means.) All I know is the keys feel good, not weighted by any stretch, but they feel natural somehow, and after a little adjustment time I found I really like the feel. The electric and grand piano sounds are great too. Don't know or care about the organs, strings, etc. I bought this for the piano sounds.
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Summary: Yamaha NP30 vs. Yamaha DGX220
Comment: The Kurzweils, Rolands, Korgs that are popular with professional musicians run 50-70 pounds (without amp, piano stand, case, etc.). Even a Kurzweil SP76 feels like too much of a hassle to bring to a rehearsal session. Consequently, experienced pianists learn how to play without "weighted action" and soon discover that anything more than 76 keys is additional unneeded weight. Enter these inexpensive, lightweight (under 20 pounds) keyboards that even carry onboard speakers (of limited use). Since Yamaha makes two such keyboards at the same price point, what's the consumer to do?
NP30: Looks less like a product sold at K-Mart. Provides some attention to touch sensitivity and capturing "truer" sounds from a mere 10 voices. Has MIDI In and OUT but no USB jack.
DGX220: Generally not sold at the better music stores. Aimed less at the pianist, or even musician, than the wannabe. Cluttered with auto-everything, preset songs, drum machine, and 489 voices! Has USB jack but no MIDI In and Out.
Both pianos will run on 6AA batteries (not necessarily reassuring), both have the same speakers and take the same power adapter. Unlike some music stores, apparently the sellers in this case will accept returns. If not, pick up the DGX220. If you don't like it, your grand-kids (or any non-musicians in the family) will no doubt have some fun with this piano-karoake-automated music machine that will play by itself in the event no one else can.
[Warning: Yamaha has inexplicably thought better than to include either a power adaptor or batteries with this latter keyboard. Amazon carries the adaptor for 15 bucks; so compare that to the cost of 6 alkaline D's. To 15 bucks for the adapter, add 20 for the most lightweight piano stand and 15-20 for some sort of sustain pedal (another essential). Perhaps by omitting the power Yamaha is thoughtfully allowing for the possibility that some musicians may prefer to play in the street or the park rather than close to any AC. Also, the touch of this garish, spaced-out instrument (hardly blending into a nature setting) compared to other non-weighted keyboards (a Kurzweil SP-76) is uncompetitive, to say the least. Finally, as a USB keyboard it certainly beats a Roland RD700, but it's still heavier and larger than is desirable for most computer-desk applications. Oddly, the company does include an elaborate music holder (something I've never used--if a music stand is required, perhaps for a new big-band folder, usually nothing less than a Manhasset or 2 will do), and Yamaha also includes a computer installation disk (what's that go to do with making music?). Even if I decide to keep this, I have a hunch it will wind up at the Salvation Army before long. I wouldn't be doing anyone any favors bequeathing it to my grandkids, and the manual alone would befuddle the elderly widows I know who would like to pick up from where they left off with their piano lessons 60 years ago.]
What's an overworked, gigging player's "dream" instrument? Basically, a Kurzweil SP-76 that would restore the rich piano sounds of the pre-Young Chang edition (K1000); be far more user-friendly when it comes to MIDI-ing (getting the balances, layers and splits right, programming the volume pedals, etc. can take up to 12 hours per job); eliminate the cumbersome and fragile wall-wart (AC adapter), which used to be part of the instrument's internal circuitry (but that was 30 years ago). If someone doesn't shoot the piano player, the manufacturers of these instruments make it all too easy for the player himself to get the job done.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice product
Comment: Very nice product for the price; very stylish. At the price offered here - it is a steal. I bought the stand also. Mine came with the power cord.
Customer Rating:
Summary: NO power adapter
Comment: When have you ever purchased an electrical device of this magnitude which you cannot use because a power adapter/ cord does NOT come with the standard instrument. Are you kidding me????
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Editorial Reviews:
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The new NP-30 Portable Grand delivers Yamaha digital piano sound and simplicity in a new lightweight, compact design like nothing else you've seen... all at a price point you won't believe.
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