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The new NP30 Contemporary Digital Piano represents an entirely new class of Yamaha digital pianos. Designed to offer quality, value and portability with a lighter touch, the NP30 includes 76 Graded 'Soft' Touch piano-style keys and stereo-sampled piano voices. Additional features include 10 quality voices like Pianos, Organs, and Strings plus 32 notes of polyphony and ten recordings of standard piano repertoire.
Graded 'Soft' Touch provides medium resistance in the left hand that gets lighter as you move up the keyboard allowing faster passages with your right hand. For lower-impact playing, this semi-weighted action is also ideal for aspiring pianists who suffer from arthritis or repetitive stress disorders. What's more, the physical aspects of the Graded Touch action help bring the overall weight of the NP30 to 6.5Kg, even lower than the P70, previously Yamaha's lightest digital piano.
The NP30 can also perform as a basic home-studio MIDI controller with a top-notch piano sound. When capturing note and performance data with a quality tone generator is desired, but if bells and whistles don't fit into the budget, the NP30 provides everything you need and nothing that you don't.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Colour Name:Silver
This keyboard looks great, and as it's so long, you'll probably end up having it on show somewhere, so that's important. Having checked out both this and the black colourYamaha NP30B-K Portable Digital Piano (black finish). I would thoroughly recommend the silver, it's much better looking that its black counterpart.
The semi-weighted keys are excellent, especially given how light the keyboard is as a whole. They respond very well to the touch, although some of the keyboard's sounds distort slightly (to my ears) when you're pressing down hard on them.
Some people might be put off by the small number of 'voices', but I wanted a keyboard that sounded like a piano, and the two piano voices are very realistic. I could have done without the organ, harpsichord and strings voices --- does anyone actually use these? The metronome is useful, as well, rather than flashy. This is the perfect keyboard if, like me, you want a piano but don't have the space for one. Great value for money, far better than other keyboards in its price range, and sturdily built.
The semi-weighted keys are excellent, especially given how light the keyboard is as a whole. They respond very well to the touch, although some of the keyboard's sounds distort slightly (to my ears) when you're pressing down hard on them.
Some people might be put off by the small number of 'voices', but I wanted a keyboard that sounded like a piano, and the two piano voices are very realistic. I could have done without the organ, harpsichord and strings voices --- does anyone actually use these? The metronome is useful, as well, rather than flashy. This is the perfect keyboard if, like me, you want a piano but don't have the space for one. Great value for money, far better than other keyboards in its price range, and sturdily built.
282 of 294 people found the following review helpful
Colour Name:Black
I was recently in the market for a new, inexpensive stage piano and took the opportunity to visit a local store (several times in fact) to do some hands-on market research. This is really important if you're going to use your piano for learning as opposed to tinkering about on; like cars there's really no substitute for actually trying before you buy when it comes to pianos. I have certainly struggled in the past to adapt to my teacher's traditional and rather heavy acoustic piano after playing my older and light-touch electric piano.
The NP30 is compact and relatively inexpensive with a very decent set of features including 77 full-size keys, two speakers, MIDI, 10 Voices, Reverb and optional sustain pedal. I'm not so keen on the feel of the keyboard; this is a matter of taste of course but to me the keys feel overly light and insubstantial, they don't seem to give the sort of `feel' that I'd like. This may actually be an advantage for very young fingers but I'm not convinced. They are plastic and have a discernable mechanical action; I suspect that they use spring resistance. The NP30 does represent a lot of piano for the money and is undeniably great value; the sound is excellent, it's well made and it's wonderfully uncluttered, but in the end I didn't buy one, preferring the slightly more expensive but superior Yamaha P85 instead.
If you're looking for a first piano or have just booked your child's first piano lesson then the NP30 would undeniably be a solid start, but if the budget permits it I'd recommend trying and comparing the NP30 to a Yamaha model with weighted keys that will feel much more like a `real' piano. The Yamaha P85 is more expensive but has a keyboard with a heavier and (in my opinion) a superior feel. On the Yamaha P-85 Digital Stage Piano have used the Graded Hammer Standard (GHS) weighted keyboard and it does feel remarkably close to that of an acoustic piano and made the transition to my teachers piano somewhat easier. But if not, the NP30 would still make a great start.
So I've debated what star rating to give this piano. As value for money or a child's first piano it would be a five star item but a piano is normally a long-term purchase and one tends to live with it for many years and I think that one may quickly out grow the NP30. So I think it hovers between 3 and 4 stars depending upon who would own it.
The NP30 is compact and relatively inexpensive with a very decent set of features including 77 full-size keys, two speakers, MIDI, 10 Voices, Reverb and optional sustain pedal. I'm not so keen on the feel of the keyboard; this is a matter of taste of course but to me the keys feel overly light and insubstantial, they don't seem to give the sort of `feel' that I'd like. This may actually be an advantage for very young fingers but I'm not convinced. They are plastic and have a discernable mechanical action; I suspect that they use spring resistance. The NP30 does represent a lot of piano for the money and is undeniably great value; the sound is excellent, it's well made and it's wonderfully uncluttered, but in the end I didn't buy one, preferring the slightly more expensive but superior Yamaha P85 instead.
If you're looking for a first piano or have just booked your child's first piano lesson then the NP30 would undeniably be a solid start, but if the budget permits it I'd recommend trying and comparing the NP30 to a Yamaha model with weighted keys that will feel much more like a `real' piano. The Yamaha P85 is more expensive but has a keyboard with a heavier and (in my opinion) a superior feel. On the Yamaha P-85 Digital Stage Piano have used the Graded Hammer Standard (GHS) weighted keyboard and it does feel remarkably close to that of an acoustic piano and made the transition to my teachers piano somewhat easier. But if not, the NP30 would still make a great start.
So I've debated what star rating to give this piano. As value for money or a child's first piano it would be a five star item but a piano is normally a long-term purchase and one tends to live with it for many years and I think that one may quickly out grow the NP30. So I think it hovers between 3 and 4 stars depending upon who would own it.
119 of 124 people found the following review helpful
Colour Name:Black
Let's get this straight - this is an amazing product which is OUTSTANDING value for money - particularly at Amazon.
It isn't perfect, though, because:
1. The keyboard doesn't feel like an acoustic piano - there again, the keyboard on my £3k+ Yamaha clavinova doesn't either, nor that on my Yamaha P70. Acoustic pianos are living physical things - this is a lump of plastic. I almost always play digital pianos - whenever I sit at an acoustic piano I find it physically shocking - the difference is that great.
2. It doesn't sound like an acoustic piano - what d'ya expect - they don't make a digi piano that does - no matter how much you pay.
However this thing sounds sweet and compared to any other 'real' digital piano, it weighs nothing - my P70 is twice the weight - I carry this around with ease. I can't stress the difference. I teach a bit of piano and this thing is invaluable for carrying around from lesson to lesson.
I've spilled coffee all over mine and damn it - its wrecked 'cos it isn't waterproof. I'm buying another one without hesitation because it's weight sound and all round cool-ness means it's not possible to replace it with anything else. And it's so cheap - go on - buy it!
It isn't perfect, though, because:
1. The keyboard doesn't feel like an acoustic piano - there again, the keyboard on my £3k+ Yamaha clavinova doesn't either, nor that on my Yamaha P70. Acoustic pianos are living physical things - this is a lump of plastic. I almost always play digital pianos - whenever I sit at an acoustic piano I find it physically shocking - the difference is that great.
2. It doesn't sound like an acoustic piano - what d'ya expect - they don't make a digi piano that does - no matter how much you pay.
However this thing sounds sweet and compared to any other 'real' digital piano, it weighs nothing - my P70 is twice the weight - I carry this around with ease. I can't stress the difference. I teach a bit of piano and this thing is invaluable for carrying around from lesson to lesson.
I've spilled coffee all over mine and damn it - its wrecked 'cos it isn't waterproof. I'm buying another one without hesitation because it's weight sound and all round cool-ness means it's not possible to replace it with anything else. And it's so cheap - go on - buy it!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Yamaha NP30B Portable Digital Piano (Blackfinish)
Recieved item as described, and very pleased with it,tone and sound very good and as a piano learner suits me very well,also having a small house it fits in very nicely.
Published 6 months ago by Mr. J. FRIEDLANDER
Does the job.
I'm a uni student and wanted a piano-away-from-home and this does the job well. I like how there aren't loads of voices, as i'm sure if it had, my housemates would mess around with... Read more
Published 7 months ago by SmallFry
just what I wanted...
This item is really good for practicing, play with a band on the stage, teaching and learning too. Good sized keys like on the proper piano and the sound is all right as well. Read more
Published 9 months ago by maecenas
Comes complete with power plug
Having read other people's reviews, I bought a separate power lead for the keyboard... only to find that as should be, there was one with the keyboard. Read more
Published 11 months ago by britishgospelarts
great value really
i can not believe the weight of the quality keys that i grab with one hand on the air, and looking forward to take it to picnic sessions with friends
Published 11 months ago by trombonzen
Very Happy with NP30
This was my first digital piano. I am new to learning the piano and this is perfect for anybody who is starting to learn. But also for established piano players too. Read more
Published 11 months ago by skk
Great value for money, great piano!
Firstly, the career used to post this item was absolutely useless. They had left a slip at the door when i was already in the house! Read more
Published 12 months ago by Hashmil
Better than a real piano.
Don't listen to any negative reviews if I was you! This is a lovely Digital Piano. It feels great to play and sounds brilliant, it's also very light weight, great for gigs with the... Read more
Published 13 months ago by rowerovers
excellent
I am very pleased with the keyboard and is excellent for my 7 year old daughter who is just starting to learn the piano. It is like a piano to look at and sounds like a piano. Read more
Published 13 months ago by jules
No power adapter
The fact that no mains adapter is included is totally unacceptable. How are people meant to operate the keyboard without power? It's completely stupid. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Aidan Campion
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