The P-45 digital piano has 10 voices, 88 weighted keys, and features that are ideal for the needs of the beginner piano student.
Customer reviews
This piano is SWEET!!
ByChet Mortenson
Very pleased with this digital piano after having owned both a plastic keyboard, and a real upright piano, this Yamaha P-45B did not disappoint. It comes in a box with heavy duty cardboard, the weight of the piano is light enough to carry easily. The sound of this piano is great. It sounds very similar to a real piano. Of course no digital piano can sound exactly like a real piano because of natural acoustics, etc. But I scrutinized the sound of the sampling pretty good and I am quite satisfied with how it sounds. You can change the reverb type and depth all kinds of ways, as well as transpose, fine tune, octave shift, split function, double voices, etc. all features are hidden within the piano keys themselves and activated using the simple "Function" button in combination with whichever assigned function key you're utilizing. I like the minimalist interface design in that aspect.
It comes with a power adapter and sustain pedal. The weighting on the keys is very very realistic to a real grand piano. It's graded, being heavier in the low end and lighter in the highs. Beautiful. And piano weighting can be a deal breaker for me, I am very picky about having perfectly weighted keys on a digital piano and I am super stoked for this one cause it is right on the money. Which brings us to the subject of price. I missed this on Black Friday when it went down to $299, and back up the next day (you snooze you lose), so I had been eyeing the price off and on, until last week. When I saw it drop from $449 to $382.
I immediately jumped on the opportunity to redeem myself and snatch it up. Another popular shopping website (starts with a J) also had a 20% off promo so I ended up making the final purchase outside of Amazon, which for me, came to a total of $323 shipped. Boo yeah!! Anyways this piano is excellent even for its current price. The harpsichord sounds sweet. The E. Piano sound is very cool, just like the one Ray Charles played in that movie Ray. There are also a strings voice, which is a must. And the strings sound good too. The built in speakers are not the loudest in volume but I like that they face down out of the bottom of the piano, so it sounds less like a plastic toy keyboard, and sort of echoes off the floor or what have you. And there are slits in the top that let acoustic sound in through the top too. But I plug it into my guitar amp for now, until I buy either a keyboard amp or something to play it through maybe in stereo. It does not have a line out, only a 1/4" headphone jack. This does not come with a headphone jack adapter so if your headphones are the small 1/8" size jack, then you might as well throw a 1/8" to 1/4" adapter in your cart right now cause you're gonna need it. I own a nice X keyboard stand but it's currently away in storage so I devised a workstation stand out of some scrap wood screwed to my desk.
I'm stoked with this piano. Especially after watching it for 4 months before finally buying it (at a killer deal I might add). This piano has a very professional feel and sound, for the beginner to advanced piano player and musician. An exquisite addition to any home studio, and surely a star on the stage. I can't say enough good things about the weighted keys. Truly satisfying.
Tinklllling the Ivories once again
ByHeavy J Reader
Having learned to play on a grand piano at an early age, and having neglected my keyboard work for almost 40 years, I found the Yamaha P71 to be just the thing to exercise my mind, eyes, and hands as I wander off into my old age. The rather positive/stiff touch is reminiscent of the Yamaha I played on at home for 20 years. Glad I bought it. Now it is practice, practice, practice.
Great for my needs. VERY HAPPY
ByBradford T. Nugent
I played for a couple years as a kid and really wanted a digital piano to relearn. The key weight is great, speaker volume penetrates, and I can't get enough harpsichord and other effects like strings and organ; and without all the bells and whistles of other makes. I originally had my heart set on a Casio PX150 but am glad I went with this.
