Brand: Yamaha
Feature: 88 key GHS weighted action
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Label: YAMAHA
Manufacturer: YAMAHA
Model: YPG625
Publisher: YAMAHA
Studio: YAMAHA
MPN: YPG625

• 88 key GHS weighted action
• Wooden stand, PA5D adaptor and sustain pedal inclu
• Large Wave ROM features extra high quality Live! G
• Backlit LCD (320 x 240) displays lyrics, chords &
• USB to DEVICE for storing songs & styles (storage

• 88 key GHS weighted action
• Wooden stand, PA5D adaptor and sustain pedal inclu
• Large Wave ROM features extra high quality Live! G
• Backlit LCD (320 x 240) displays lyrics, chords &
• USB to DEVICE for storing songs & styles (storage

The Yamaha YPG-625 Portable Grand is the first-ever 88 key GHS weighted action Portable Keyboard from Yamaha. Main features include Yamaha's high-resolution Live! Grand stereo sample, a song recorder, USB MIDI, USB storage, a matching wood stand, power adaptor and a sustain pedal. AMS also includes a Yamaha PKBB1 keyboard bench.

Customer Rating:
Summary: JUST WONDERFUL
Comment: We bought this 2 years ago, after much effort searching for a "piano" for our little girl. We reviewed many many reviews and knew we wanted a yamaha, and weighted keys. My child has done very well, and when we thought this would "hold her back" we invited her acclaimed piano teacher to play it and give us input. We'd rather listen to her than non-professionals. When she played this piano, she was presently shocked at how accurate the keyboard and sound was to her upright yamaha grand piano. She says the keys are a tad light, but this should do for our girls for years. When her fingers get larger and her studies require an acoustic she will tell us, BUT she said "don't ever get rid of this, it truly is excellent and will give her many options that an acoustic piano, won't...and this will keep your child interested in piano". I'm glad we got this, yes it took a lot of time to choose but it always works, zero issues, We actually made a wonderful investment in this. You will not regret this purchase, granted the cabinet is not as fancy, but it is compact, we have it in our family room so my girls can practice in front of us, and is always available for them to play. The sustain pedal works, but you may want to upgrade as your child or talents grow to a better pedal. I would get a nice bench seat, with padding, not those "scissor" style, get a real stable, perhaps adjustable piano seat, we did and don't regret it either. Tremendous bang for the buck that my family will have for many many years. :)

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Choice!!
Comment: I recently made the purchase of the Yamaha ypg-625 as a replacement for an older 61 key Yamaha keyboard that had served me well for years. I needed the additional keys to play all that I wanted. This piano is an excellent choice. The weighted keys make transitioning from a digital to string piano very smooth. Another feature that I readily recommend is the metronome. It is quite simple to program and use. For a beginner learning to keep time it is very helpful. The sound of this piano is excellent. It truly makes playing fun and a joy to hear. The book that came with the piano is very well thought out and easy to follow as well. I am thoroughly impressed with this purchase. Thank you Yamaha and Amazon. Great Deal!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: This is a lot of keyboard for (relatively) short money
Comment: Yamaha has an incredibly wide array of piano and other keyboard instruments to choose from, so how does one pick this one over another? It is challenging, and I think it comes down to usage, that is `How the instrument will be used'. For me, I wanted this to be our family piano for me and the kids to bang on and have fun. For this purpose, I think the Yamaha YPG-625 is perhaps the best piano for the money. You get so many features for so little money, it is incredible. And the sounds are terrific! It has about 300-something voices built in including many pianos, strings, woodwinds, brass, organs, synth-leads, complete drum kits, and fun sound effects for the kids to stay interested. We have had it for about six months and still play it almost everyday.

Pros:
- Nice keyboard feel. Not quite a Steinway grand, but not a plastic toy either. I recommend actually playing one at a local music store before you buy.
- Very short money for a very feature-rich instrument.
- USB to-host port (for connecting to PC - I didn't need to try this, but it's there, and Yamaha has extensive support for sheet music, lessons, et. al. on-line)
- USB to-device port to plug in additional storage for your own stored music (I had one memory stick that did not work, and another that did. If you save music off as SMF (standard Midi format?) - then they will play directly on Windoze Media Player).
- ~300-something built-in very high quality voices (There is actually 500 you can pick, but some sound pretty similar to each other, so I dropped the real number, but this is still a big plus compared with some Casios or Rolands that only have 10 or 20 voices.)
- You can record your songs, using a very simple 5 part multi-track recorder (5 built-in reserved song slots, many many more using external storage via USB)
- Displayed sheet music for playing along with built-in music, around 30 songs.
- More music available for download from Yamaha web site(s), sometimes for a fee :(
- Built-in accompaniment, just select the style (something like 100 styles built-in), which sounds pretty good when just reading lead sheets
- Easy to use keyboard split, dual voices, and `reset' back to regular grand piano
- Controls are well laid out and easy to read and use
- Large LCD display panel well lit and easy to read
- Internal amplifier / speakers get plenty loud enough
- Headphone jack doubles as stereo output to drive into external amps if wanted
- 96 note polyphony - you shouldn't notice notes ending early during long schmaltzy arpeggios


Cons:
- No midi ports, so you can't really use it as your go-to home studio controller
- Pitch bend wheel has a cheap feel to it
- No keyboard cover build-in
- Built-in lesson program somewhat useless (cursor waits for you to play right notes - it doesn't sound like music, OR keyboard `fixes' when you play a wrong note)
- Only one headphone port in the back, which is not easy to get at.
- Voices are not editable (but many voices sound great as is)
- Keys themselves can sound a little clunky (especially if you are trying to practice while your significant-other is sleeping)
- No way to expand voices (but I haven't needed or wanted to do this yet)
- Included FC5 foot-switch is a joke, go buy a foot-switch for $30
- I just noticed the YPG-635 announced at music.yamaha.com, but it looks like the new features are DSP effects, and an optional 3-pedal input (you probably need to buy the triple pedal), but they drop the polyphony to 64 notes.

Thanks for reading this far, and I hope you got something useful from my notes!!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Nice!
Comment: Just received my Yamaha YPG-625 electric piano and am impressed. After playing it for ten minutes I thought I was on a very good acoustic piano. The sound is impressive and the key action is also very good. The large assortment of voices, computer capabilities, etc will keep me happy for a long time. Also, after having had to move three pianos in my life, it is nice to finally have one that plays and sounds very good, that I can just pick-up and move by myself. A great value for the price.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent keyboard.
Comment: The Yamaha YPG-625 is great specifically because it can be used for ANY type of student, beginner or expert. The lessons on this keyboard are extremely helpful and there are many things you can do with it! I haven't really been trying things out seeing as I don't know much about MIDI files and all that, but when I do I will be sure to let you know how it goes. It's a great keyboard and a great price - sounds like a baby grand piano.

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