Yamaha P155 Digital Piano
Yamaha P155 – 4 Pianos Rolled Into One
The Yamaha P155 Digital Piano is, almost, everything to everyone who wants a piano.
Its technical description alone is impressive but hides the wide variety of users who can benefit from the features it offers. Let’s get the technical bit out of the way first:
The Yamaha P155 has an aesthetically sculpted keyboard with the standard set of 88 keys. Their Graded Hammer Action and 4-level, 128 notes polyphony sampling give it the touch, feel and sound of a concert grand (it is modelled on the Yamaha CPIII acoustic grand). Its 37 pounds make it portable. USB and MIDI interfaces give it flexibility and connectivity with PC and Mac based music platforms. The built in 2 x 12 W speakers are good enough to eliminate the need for external speakers in many different situations where other digital pianos, such as the Yamaha P140, would not be able to cope.
How does this turn the Yamaha P155 into four pianos?
Did you ever want a grand piano but did not have the space or cash to park one in your living room? The Yamaha P155 with its full size keyboard comes as close as you can get to the sound and feel of a concert grand and it will fit into any size room.
Its graded hammer action lets you feel the different weights of the higher or lower keys as you play. This also makes it an ideal choice as a practice piano for yourself or your children. Because it emulates the different weights of a mechanical keyboard, it encourage the development of proper finger technique right from the word go. And if you want to practice at night, just plug in a pair of decent headphones.
This makes 2 pianos rolled into one: a concert grand and a practice piano. What about the other two uses?
At 37 pounds, it becomes an eminently portable concert grand and is therefore ideal for the gigging musician. Its great dynamic range allows full tonal expression from pianissimo to fortissimo allowing the musician a fuller expression of his or her music.
Finally, the USB and MIDI interfaces, song writing tool and 17 presets allow the composers unfettered run of their creative powers. Even without external computing power, its built in two track recorder allows spur-of- the-moment recording of sketches and ideas.
These are the 4 pianos rolled into one: concert grand in your home, practice piano with concert grand feel and touch, portable concert grand for the gigging musician, and a composing instrument with interfaces to both computing platforms, PC and Mac, plus built in song writing tool.
Still, there are some drawbacks to the Yamaha P155 Digital Piano. It does not feature a vast array of instruments and it does not sport a drum machine. At closer reflection, these may not weigh all that heavy.
The better way to judge the quality of this piano is to hear from actual owners. Check the Yamaha P155 Reviews by real people that we collected all over the web.
Yamaha P155 – A Grand Piano That Fits in Your Room
Yamaha, the only digital manufacturer with over a century of manufacturing acoustic pianos, has upgraded its top-of-the-line slab piano, the P155. Geared toward the gigging musician who requires quality piano touch and tone, the P155 is also ideal for home use as a practice piano. Yamaha P155 Features include quality sound and a Graded Hammer Effect key action capable of building proper finger technique.
Yamaha P155 88-Key Digital Piano
The keys are weighted—heavier in the lower registers and lighter in the upper notes—just like an acoustic piano. And, the Yamaha P155sounds like a real piano. The natural-sounding four-layer piano sample is a breakthrough at this price range. Depending on how hard a note is struck, one of four recordings will play, offering an unprecedented level of dynamic range and tonal expression for a digital piano. A new Damper Resonance effect emulates the real harmonic overtones of each individual note, taking acoustic realism to the next level.
“The P Series has established itself as the best-selling line of slab pianos,” says Dane Madsen, Digital Piano marketing manager, Yamaha Keyboard Division. “The P155 raises the bar for the entire category with more amplification, more sample layers on the piano voice and more polyphony. And the USB song storage means that you can easily record and share more of your music than ever before.”
Computer-compatible features include a songwriting tool for jotting down quick piano recordings and quickly importing them into a computer via USB input, which makes it a snap to transfer song files to a PC or Mac. It also works in the reverse: play any Standard MIDI file using the P155′s incredible piano voices.
Because it takes up so little space, the Yamaha P155 is ideal for customers who live in apartments. When it’s time to turn up the volume, the P155 relies on built-in speakers powered by a high-efficiency stereo amplifier, but it can also be connected to an external amplifier through 1/4-in. line-level outputs with variable volume control. If volume is an issue, just plug in headphones.
The P155 features easy-to-set split and layer modes, 128-note polyphony, along with 50 built-in songs of standard piano repertoire, recorded with the right and left hands on separate tracks. The two-track song recorder is ideal for capturing ideas or reviewing performances.
The P155, which replaces the P140, it’s available in three colors—Black with Mahogany trim, Silver with Cherry trim, and Black with Ebony trim.
