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| Yamaha NP30 Portable Grand Digital Piano | 
 enlarge | Brand: Yamaha
Category: Musical Instruments
List Price: $399.00
Buy New: $299.00
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Buy New from $299.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1415
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.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 20
MPN: NP30
Model: NP30
UPC: 086792863719
EAN: 0086792863719
ASIN: B000VVW9JI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 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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Product Description
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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| Customer Reviews:
I love my NP-30! July 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
Yamaha NP30 vs. Yamaha DGX220 May 19, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
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.
 Nice product March 7, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
 NO power adapter December 21, 2007
4 out of 14 found this review helpful
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????
I've been waiting for something like this for years December 15, 2007
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
Until now, there hasn't been an affordable 76-key keyboard that weighs ONLY 12 POUNDS and can RUN ON BATTERIES!
Keyboardists who don't need all the bells and whistles of sequencers and synthesizers will be delighted with this ultra-light keyboard. There are only a few sounds (a couple pianos, harpsichord, electric piano), but for little cocktail piano, wedding or singer-songwriter gigs, often you only need a piano sound. (Yamaha is known for its authentic piano sounds.)
No more breaking your back carrying your keyboard. Now if someone could just find a way to create a light and powerful amplifier... (This keyboard also has built-in speakers, but for most performing situations you would need more volume than they provide. However, if you're just playing at home the volume is sufficient.)
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