YAMAHANP-15 Piaggero Digital Keyboard with 61 Touch Sensitive Keys and 15 Instrumental Voices & M-Audio SP-2 - Universal Sustain Pedal with Piano Style Action, The Ideal Accessory

I am a complete novice to pianos/keyboards and did an awful lot of research and reading before deciding on the Yamaha NP-12I didn’t want to spend a fortune for my first foray into piano playing but I wanted to spend enough to get a good make and I consider Yamaha to be just thatI also looked at the PSR range of keyboards from Yamaha but decided I really didn’t have a need for 300+ voices and loads of different functions and buttons; I just wanted a good piano sound and the ability to record my playing and the NP-12 fitted my needs perfectlyAs soon as I started using the NP-12 I knew I’d made the right choice. It’s so intuitive to use you don’t need the instructions unless you want to use some of the more in-depth settings, which I’ve had no need forBy choosing Yamaha you also get 3 months free Flowkey Premium app use. I installed Flowkey on my iPad and it’s a fantastic way of learning for a complete beginner. My iPad Pro sits perfectly, on it’s side, on the included music standTo get Flowkey all you have to do is register your Yamaha and you are given a code to enter on the Flowkey site. When you register your Yamaha you also get 2 years warrantyAs others have mentioned the NP-12 doesn’t have massive volume but it’s fine for me as I have lovely neighbours! I’ve also used headphones when it’s been a bit late at night to play through the speakersI’ve only had it for a few days but already spent hours practicing on it using Flowkey as well as teaching myself, by ear, Beethoven’s Für Elise and I’m loving itIf anyone is considering their first piano, or probably even for those that already play but want something light and portable, I can’t recommend the Yamaha NP-12 highly enough, it’s well made and just works so well and it’s from a well respected brandDon’t hesitate in purchasing this Yamaha, it’s everything I needed. I’m super impressed with it and I think you will be too

I bought this for my daughter who is learning the piano and she finds it a joy to play. The tones across the keyboard sound beautiful. The full size keys are weighted like a real piano and are responsive and easy to play. It's the closest thing I'll have to having an actual concert hall piano in my tiny house.Other sounds or voices with this are an organ, electric piano, strings, harpsichord. All sound very accurate.We haven't tried it with a sustain foot pedal but the sustained notes produced by just playing, sound wonderful.The only improvement i would make is aligning the volume on some of the instruments - the organ and harpsichord are noticeably louder than the piano, which can be a little unsettling when switching instruments.Other points to note; it has a metronome and the tempo can be adjusted with up/down arrow keys, however there is no number indication of the tempo you arrive at.You can record a single track of music and play over the top of your recording with any of the instruments available.Overall this is great value for money for the quality of the piano sound, the quality of the build and realistic key action. Nice job yamaha, this will do just nicely.

An excellent instrument for a beginner and useful beyond that. Only 8 built in sounds, but they are high quality (especially the 2 pianos) and it can be slaved to external compositional software and sound banks without too much fuss. 5 octaves, not 7, but you can do plenty with 5 (and remember the price point). Takes a sustain pedal too (not included).What makes the Yamaha stand head and shoulders over the competition at this price is the key bed: It's not as firmly weighted as a real piano, but it does have decent piano-like resistance, great touch sensitivity and a good 'ebony/ivory' feel to the finish of the keys. It is much better than most midi-keyboard/synths at 2 or even 3 times the price. Sound through the built in speakers is very acceptable for practice; put it through a PA or good headphones and it sounds excellent.Highly recommended.

Although well in my fifties, I've just started piano lessons for the first time. There was (and remains) the possibility that I turn out to completely suck at playing piano -so there was no way I was going to invest in a truly "serious" keyboard, not until I knew I could stick to the lessons and skill-up to an appropriate lesson. So I got this: definitely a beginner's keyboard, with few frills or fancies, but with an agreeably low price. Should the piano lessons go nowhere, I can stick this up in the loft and never use it again with a clear conscience!It does what it says it will do on the tin. It has a nice keyboard action, though it's not 'weighted' so that when I eventually go to lessons, the 'heaviness' of the teacher's keyboard takes me by surprise and throws everything I thought I'd practice into a cocked hat for a good ten minutes until I manage to re-adjust. The piano sound is convincing; the harpsichord sound makes for a nice change.Only one criticism, though it's not really the product's fault as it makes it perfectly clear ahead of time that it's not an 88-key keyboard: if you want to play Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, you will find it's missing the required bottom Bs and G#s. Nothing playing an octave up won't fix, of course... but then it doesn't sound right! In other words, "short keyboards" are fine to start out on, but you may well find out sooner rather than later that those bottom and top octaves you're not getting *do* end up being something you wish you had!But that's compromises for you! Here, you're paying relative peanuts for an excellent product that has inevitable physical limitations. Still an excellent way to try out piano without over-committing yourself in my view.