Yamaha’s Piaggero NP-V60 is more than just a keyboard!

Piaggero NP-V60 Piano provides Yamaha’s own GST (Graded Soft Touch) keyboard, giving keys in the lower octave a heavier touch than those in the upper octaves to reconstruct the playability of an acoustic piano. While this scaled level of resistance is graded for a piano-like response, the keys themselves are not weighted for the sake of portability. This brings the NP-V60 in at less than 14 pounds but still provides a touch that all pianists can appreciate.

Yamaha Piaggero NP-V60

Piaggero presents both style and portability while also delivering Yamaha’s legendary piano touch & tone. Beside with excellent grand piano sound, Piaggero offers a number of instrument Voices, such as organ, strings, and guitar all recorded using Yamaha’s Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) stereo sampling technology for remarkably true-to-life sound. At the touch of a button, Piaggero NP-V60′s Music Database presents pre-set combinations of Styles, Voices, effects and tempos based on the song you’d like to present. Piaggero NP-V60 includes 160 preset Styles from the basic rock and jazz beats to contemporary electronic rhythms. Every Style is essentially a backup band of virtual virtuosos ready to follow your lead. Read more »

Yamaha PSR-E213 Portable Keyboard

Yamaha PSR E213

The yamaha PSR-E213 has 102 built-in songs for beginners learn to play, using the Yamaha Education Suite. The songs are separated into left and right hand parts, providing 7 levels of lessons plus a convenient chord dictionary. LISTEN & LEARN the melody or rhythm of a selected song. The TIMING mode allows you to play the melody or chord by pressing any key using the correct timing and WAITING mode stops the playback of a song until you find the correct note and then continues. Chord Dictionary feature shows how to play chords and tells which chords are playing by displaying the notes and chord name on the LCD screen. Lesson Grading feature monitors progress while practicing each lessons two and three and gives you a grade.

The PSR-E213 has 32 notes of polyphony and will play back 16 different parts or sounds at once; enough for the most demanding needs.

The PSR-E213 also has auto accompaniment styles that “follow” your playing. Simply select a style of music from the 100 built-in Styles, play a single note or chord on the left side of the keyboard and play your melody on the right side. The PSR-E213 will create a backup band and “follow” you through the song. You can play your songs and try different genres of music.

The PSR-E213 is both General MIDI (GM) and XGlite compatible, you have access to thousands of MIDI song files on the Internet. Read more »

Yamaha YDP223 88-Key Digital Piano with Dark Rosewood finish wood grain cabinet

Yamaha YDP223 88-Key Graded Hammer Piano delivers selection of 14 voices and features a Stereo Sampled AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) piano sound that feels reacts and sounds like an acoustic. The Yamaha YDP223 provides both sound and quality design in an attractive cabinet that will add a touch of elegance to any home.

Yamaha YDP223 81-Keys Digital Piano

The YDP223 has an incredible 64 notes of polyphony. The YDP223 Piano features an 88-Key Graded Hammer Action, which emulates the action of a grand piano; heavier in the bass and lighter in the treble areas of the keyboard. The YDP223 has MIDI In/Out/Thru plus a To Host jack, through which you can connect this keyboard to computers. Anything you play on this keyboard can be captured into a music program in your computer and turned into music notation.

The YDP223 have 2 headphone jacks so that you can perform to your heart’s content without disturbing other people and still share your music with that someone special. The YDP223 features a dark rosewood finish Wood grain cabinet with sliding key cover. This is 88-key piano, the keys are weighted for an action that emulates that of real, mechanical keys. Any doubts you may have that no digital instrument could ever truly take the place of the real piano, but if you play Yamaha YDP223 Keyboard, your doubts will disappear. This keyboard is really amazing. The YDP223 is able to accurately represent the complex and subtle tones of an acoustic piano, along with it’s entire dynamic range. This keyboard is perfect for professional musician as well as for hobbyists also. The yamaha YDP223 digital piano includes a LED on the panel, a built-in Metronome, Digital Reverb, Chorus and Brilliance controls, and Transpose which allows you to play in any key you like.

Technical Information Yamaha YDP223 88-Key Digital Piano

• Premium Graded Hammer Effect Piano Action, 88 Keys, A1-C7
• 64 notes Polyphony maximum
• Voice: Grand Piano 1, Grand Piano 2, Electric Piano 1, Electric Piano 2, Harpsichord 1, Harpsichord 2, Vibraphone, Church Organ 1, Church Organ 2, Jazz Organ, Strings1, Strings2, Choir, Guitar plus Dual Voice (combine two voices at once)
• Reverb, Effect, Brilliance
• Stereo Sampling AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) Tone Generator
• Master Volume Control
• Dual, Metronome, Transpose, Touch (Hard/Medium/Soft/Fixed), Functions, Speaker ON/OFF
• Sustain (Damper), Sostenuto, Soft
• 2-Track recording/playback; 1 User Song, Tempo Adjustment, Synchro Start
• 32-280 bpm Metronome Tempo
• 427.0 Hz – 453.0 Hz (Standard Pitch 440.0 Hz) in about 0.2 Hz steps Pitch Control
• 14 Voice Demo Songs, 50 Preset Songs with Song Book
• MIDI (In/Out/Thru), TO HOST, HEADPHONES x 2, AUX IN, AUX OUT (L/L+R, R), AUX OUT (LEVEL FIXED) (L,R)
• 20W x 2 Main Amplifiers
• 16cm x 2 Speakers