Yamaha NP30 Portable Grand Piano

Pro:
1) I love the sound. It is absolutely beautiful.
2) The response is very sensitive. It gets louder when pressed harder, and vice versa.
3) It’s an affordable weight for a 110lb girl to carry around. The nicer keyboards with hammer aaction would have been too heavy for me.
4) It didnt come with a headphone, but the volume is good for apartment lifestyle (not too loud).
5) The price is good. The nicer keyboards with hammer action is not a good investment when I only plan to practice at my apartment.

Con:
1) The keys are lighter and slightly smaller than the real piano. The feeling of the keys is no comparsion to the real piano. The plastic key’s cracking sound makes me somewhat frustrated when I have the wooden key movement on a real piano in my mind. Again, it’s only a “cheap” keyboard. It’s already the best in similar price range.

Conclusion:
Well, I say it’s good enough for practice. After all, it’s only a 300 buck keyboard.
It’s affordable and adequate for my needs.

Fantastic product – Ariel Goldschmidt –
I am a beginning adult piano player and was a little hesitant to shell out 300 big ones for this piano given the mixed reviews.
But.. I am soooo glad I did!! This piano is absolutely great!! For those who complain about the feel of the keys, I really believe that the feel is terrific and you would only have a negative reaction to them if you were a sensitive life-long player on regular pianos. For those who recommend shelling out a couple of hundred more bucks for a privia, you have to realize that those things weigh 2-3 times as much, and are harder to move around and require a stand. You can play the NP30 casually without a stand because it is so light. Furthermore, the sound of the NP30 is absolutely fantastic!! My in-laws have an upright piano and after playing the NP30 for weeks and then playing their piano I was frankly shocked at how terrible their piano sounded compared to the NP30! Bottom line is, if you are a lifelong pianist or training to become a concert pianist you will probably be disappointed with the NP30 but if you are a beginning, intermediate, or casual player like me you will be absolutely thrilled! I challenge you to find a used NP30 on Craig’s List – You will not find one! I promise that I do not work for the piano company or am being payed to write this review.

Economical, but cuts one too many corners – Marc E. Vander Vliet – Grand Rapids, MI
This is a nice keyboard, but I wouldn’t recommend it. The keys are very light and bounce back in an artificial manner. Spend 0 more and get something like the Privia PX130. Your muscle memory will benefit as the keys on this digital piano are much more like the real thing.

Not bad but not great. – Robert P. Morie – Los Angeles, CA, USA
The sounds are not very good- quite disappointing for a Yamaha product. I wouldn’t call it a stage piano per sey, although it makes a great MIDI controller. As a music educator, I have always admired the first-rate Yamaha line of both musical instruments, lessons, and service. However, keyboards like the NP30, (as well as many of their PSR models) do not have full-sized keys. Some of my students have complained that they over-reach the keys on their Yamaha keyboard and fall short of keys on an upright piano. This is basically a toy. It might gig well, but doesn’t seem like it can take the abuse of gigging.