Yamaha P-121 BK Reviews

Realistic feel, quality assembly

I am happy with the piano, can't really say anything bad about it. Quality assembly, nice dynamics, more than enough bells and whistles for a digital piano. I love the glossy keys and realistic feel, really resembles an acoustic piano. And it's a bit more compact than the standard size keyboards, which is also a plus for me.

I bought this piano to have in my upstairs room to just practise scales etc and not disturb my wife. The keys feel ok for its price range compared to my Kawai CA99, although the black keys are on the heavier side compared to the white keys. The speakers are pretty basic. Not a great sound at all. Perhaps I had to look into more but couldn't find a way to turn off the reverb on the piano sound, which I find annoying. As I was looking for a stand alone piano with less than 88 keys due to limited space, I though this piano would be ideal. But because of the poor sound quality I had to link it to Logic which made me return it and settle for the Studiologic SL73. Less bulky, same sort of key action and cheaper if you have to use it through Logic etc anyway.

Sopivan kokoinen

Etsinnässä oli juuri tämä välikoko, koska 61 kosketinta tuntuu loppuvan kesken ja 88 ei ole niin kätevä kanniskella ympäriinsä. Tahdoin myös sisäänrakennetut kaiuttimet. Mukana tullut pedaali oli melko huono. Säädöt ovat välillä vaikeita, kun pitää koskettimien välityksellä esim.transponoida, ja johtojen kiinnitys on vähän epäkätevästi takana syvennyksessä. Mutta riittää hyvin pienimuotoiseen duo-keikkailuun jopa omilla kajareillaan.

My saviour

I’ve been playing for 3 years. Bought a good piano (Roland HP704) for my living room, but was struggling to find a good instrument for my bedroom and on the road (not giggs, vacations for example). I want to play every day, everywhere. I first looked at a lightweight keyboard and bought it (Roland GO), but there was an enormous gap between my weighted, graded and ivory finished keys and a plastic thing which was easy to carry but, for me, hard to play. Actually, I hated it :)

So after long consideration, I finally found an instrument which I hoped fulfilled my needs and wound bridge the gap. After a week I can say: it does! The absolute positive about this keyboard is the action. It feels much more like a high end keyboard. Of course, everything is plastic, but the feel of the keys is excellent. That comes with a price: the piano itself looks a bit bulky and is quite heavy. You can carry it around, but I don’t think I’ll get it on a train.

Since I’m mainly key action and piano focused, I didn’t look at all the features in depth. And to be honest, it is hard to access all the features intuitively. I would say this is the downside of this piano. If you need a user manual to operate it, it is not user friendly. A small screen to access all features would have been better. Having said that, the piano has enough features. All the basic interfaces and functions are present. There is even a pedal included, but it is really light and feels more like a switch. But it works and it’s kind that they have included one.

So, in short:

Pro:

- GHS keyboard action is nice!

- sounds good

- portable, but...

Con:

- ...a bit bulky

- features need a manual

- pedal not the best

Impressive sound

Must say I'm very pleased with this. Excellent sound quality. If anything, it is pretty hard to navigate settings if you want to change anything that is not part of a preset. If so, you should have the manual close at hand. But for me, mostly using it with the preset sounds, it is excellent. Even the built-in speakers are really good, at least I was positively surprised.

My First Digital Piano

I gotta say that it's a very good piano from the perspective of a beginner piano player myself.

The sound on the piano is very pleasing.

I would not recommend it to someone who wants to play lots of classical music though as it has 73 keys.

Also bear in mind that the piano itself is pretty tall so it wouldn't be on most anyone's desk.

Long awaited arrival

This digital piano was long awaited on the market & I`m thrilled.

Pro`s:

Very good piece of equipment with local/acoustic sound as good if not better than my old P120. The local sound has a broader depth as the speaker system seems to have been upgraded. (without even using the Bass Boost). However, the feel of the old P120 keyboard was somewhat better in that the weighted keys were a nicer & heavier touch. But how do you shave off approx. 8Kg and maintain original specification??

I love the physical size and associated weight...was tired of the full length 18.5Kg piano in tight spots & far away stages.

The P.A. sound Output (O/P) is the typical good quality from Yamaha.

O/P does not require D.I. box most of the time for P.A.

Love the protected Input (I/P) & O/P jacks and sockets-recessed.

Cons:

I still hit the plastic edge sometimes looking for the low octave notes missing from the Bass...small compromise.

I`m using the Brilliant KS-120 stand but the new P-121 can slip off easy enough & has happened. I will have to add rubber boots to the underside.

The included pedal is a bit of a joke! Get another one. (dont have part number- sorry).

The SC-KB750 bag will be perfect whenever it arrives several months later!...so Im told by another customer.

Bit difficult to remember commands sequence to modify sounds. Suggest take a pic of instruction sheet on your phone.

Rgds....

Great digital piano

I bought this digital piano because it has the option of being portable and being used with the optional stand and 3 pedal accessories, making it a lovely addition to the home. I also loved that it only has 73 keys which made it an ideal space saving solution (and it’s nice and light when carrying around). It sounds great and feels nice to play. My only issue is that it doesn’t have an led screen for navigating settings etc, so remembering all the shortcuts is quite hard and im often having to go back to the manual, but this isn’t enough to stop me from highly recommending it.