Yamaha P105 88 Key Digital Piano Review

by Suresh

Rating:
The Yamaha P105 88-key digital piano is a simple yet elegantly designed piano with excellent sounds and keyboard feel; perfect for the serious learner and for piano practice. It comes with drum patterns and pianist styles (and not with hundreds of accompaniments if that's what you are looking for).

Pros
Easy to Use, Excellent key Action, Realistic Sounds

Cons
Fewer accompaniments


Best Place to Buy

On Amazon, Yamaha P105 Piano for $575-$625

Review

Who Is It For?

Anybody who wants to seriously learn to play the piano, and is looking for an 88-key piano with good sound and feel.

Those looking for a portable performance piano with excellent sound and feel, to be used on stage, in the studio or at home.

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More Benefits
Its lightweight and quite portable, and that coupled with the excellent piano sounds, make it well-suited for the gigging musicians as well.

Fuel your creativity with fun and inspiring performance options

The cool drum grooves / piano styles are fun to play with, and excellent for practicing rhythm playing.

The USB TO HOST port and line-level AUX outputs mean you can connect it to computers, storage devices, amplifiers, iPad and so on.

If you're a piano teacher, you’ll appreciate the Duo mode that lets two people play on the piano, each with their own middle C, and you can also connect two headphones.

Specs

Here are the key features:

88-Key weighted GHS action keyboard, suited for home or live stage

Onboard sounds include: 2 x Grand Piano types, 4 x Electric Piano types, Jazz Organ, Rock Organ, Pipe Organ, Vibraphone, Harpsichord, Strings, Wood Bass, and Electric Bass

10 x Pianist Styles provides a built-in duet partner

10 x built-in drum patterns

Onboard 14-watt, 2-way, stereo speaker system

Assignable Split Voice lets you choose two sounds and assign them to either the right or left hand

Dual Voice mode allows you to layer two sounds together

128-note polyphony that lets you play complex pieces, even when you use dual and split mode with a drum pattern

USB TO HOST port sends MIDI to your computer or iPad

Included accessory: Footswitch, Music rest

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Overall Ratings

Overall, a great 88-key weighted-action piano with an excellent piano sound, suitable for piano learning and for practice. The Yamaha P105 is lightweight (under 27 pounds) and can be used for performance as well.

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