YAMAHA NP-32 Piaggero Slimline Portable Keyboard, Black finish

This is the second time I received this product and no AC adaptor included again. It is a shame

Clavier pratique avec un son correct.Idéal pour débuter le piano.

The keys are weighted like piano keys so you can play pieces softly and loudly unlike a lot of other keyboards which only have one unvariable sound. The actual piano sound is excellent you could think you are playing a real piano .I like it because it doesn't have lots of gadgets that I would never use so consequently it is easy to use. Having the extra keys means that I can play all of the classical pieces that require that many keys.

I bought the NP-32 as an addition to my existing Yamaha Clavinova digital piano as it is light and portable in comparison. Although the sound quality of this keyboard is great it's not as powerful as my Clavinova but that was expected due to the 12Watt output compared to the 60Watts of the Clavinova. The semi-weighted full sized keys feel great to play on and the nearly full length of the 76 key keyboard means there are very few compositions that are likely to need any adaption. The excellent quality of the Yamaha AWM sampled voices speak for themselves with a lovely tone and quality too and with 64 note polyphony you won't run out of notes whilst playing.There are 10 voices available (PIANO 1 - Full Concert Grand, PIANO 2 - Standard Piano, E.PIANO 1 - FM Synthesis Electronic Piano, E.PIANO 2 - Electric Piano with Hammer Struck Tines, ORGAN 1 - Typical Pipe Organ, ORGAN 2 - Full Coupler Organ, STRINGS - String Ensemble, VIBES - Softly Played Vibraphone, HARPS 1 - Standard Harpsichord, HARPS 2 - Standard Harpsichord Mixed with Higher Octave Harpsichord). There are demo songs for each voice, accessible via the DEMO button and another 10 piano demo songs accessed from the keyboard.Voices of different types (except STRINGS + VIBES) can be combined with adjustable octave and volume to great effect. An inbuilt metronome is also available which can be adjusted in volume, beat and tempo. There is a memory for recording your playing and compositions which can record a maximum of 7,000 notes which should be plenty for any performance. Unlike my older Clavinova the NP-32 has a built-in MIDI interface which means connection to a computer to use MIDI software and control the NP-32 via computer is possible without any additional equipment - although suitable software would need to be purchased separately.Many of the settings of the NP-32 are accessed via the keyboard such as Octave, Reverb, Transpose, Reverb Type, MIDI Control, Tuning and Touch Sensitivity. Although this enables the front panel to stay simple and easy to use it's likely you'll have to refer to the owners manual to change certain settings as a result. However, to play, record and listen is extremely simple too. I think this keyboard would suit anyone wanting the sound and feel of a real piano without the cost and with portability and many extra functions to boot, or for the music student up to an intermediate level.

At the grand old age of 55 I decided I wanted to learn to play piano. As a total beginner I was a bit confused with all the choices out there. I didn’t want to spend too much money but didn’t want one that was really cheap either. I decided one with fully weighted keys would be lost on me as I wanted a keyboard just for a fun hobby, so took the plunge and bought this one. I’m really pleased with it! - it has enough different functions and sounds to make it interesting but not confusing and the touch sensitive keys feel solid, as does the sheet music stand that comes with it. For my purposes the sound is good too. It’s really light compared to others I’d seen and is quite slim which was another plus point for me as I don’t have a lot of room at home. I chose the package deal with the RockJam stand and purchased separately a Tiger KGB14-12 carry case which fits the keyboard perfectly….I can definitely recommend all 3.