subject: Yamaha P155 - A Grand Piano That Travels With You. [print this page] You play the piano or you want to learnYou play the piano or you want to learn. But... No room for a grand? Price tag too steep? Yamaha P155 is the option to play or learn to play the piano without the price tag and the maintenance required by a "real" grand or upright piano.
Don't be fooled by the looks of the keyboard as it looks somewhat simplistic but it does have a lot of features under the hood.
The Yamaha P155 is a feature-rich keyboard with the latest technology under the hood featuring 128 notes of polyphony and graded hammer action to give you the feel of an acoustic piano. This keyboard is pretty light to boot at only 37 pounds which makes it an ideal keyboard for the travelling gig artist.
Your children will be able to learn to play with the "touch and feel" of a real piano wherever you live.
In order to capture the different touch responses and to simulate as best the velocities of an acoustic piano, the P155 re-creates these with four different levels of touch responses. It uses a layered response with each velocity corresponding to a unique sample. The piano sample is so well done you can actually hear the hammer striking the string during the note off portion of the note sound.
The keys are weighted-heavier in the lower registers and lighter in the upper notes-just like an acoustic piano. And, the P155 sounds 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.
Because it takes up so little space, the 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.
Geared toward the gigging musician, who requires quality piano touch and tone, the Yamaha P155 digital piano is also ideal for home use as a practice piano. Features include quality sound and a Graded Hammer Effect key action capable of building proper finger technique.
