Yamaha CP73 73-Key Balanced Hammer Action Stage Piano with Sustain Pedal

As a professional pianist, I can say that I am committed to my craft Since I started playing music 40 years ago, I have earned my living as a musician. It's been 5 years since I bought the Yamaha CP4, Yamaha's "Top Of The Line" electric keyboard, and it's not been the best purchase for me. In the past five years, I had been hoping Yamaha would create a NEW electric piano that would be state-of-the-art. As soon as I heard this piano was released, I was thrilled to play it. Finally, I was truly shocked at just how disappointed I was - I was utterly impressed by their level of professionalism and reliability. There was a moment when I shook my head and thought, "You have got to be kidding me!". Could this be the best Yamaha could come up with after 5 years? The Yamaha piano is like a giant step backwards from what Yamaha pianos have been. There is a cheap feel to the keyboard, and the piano samples are not very good. There are far worse sounds in this keyboard than my CP4. There is also no action on this keyboard at all. There was just nothing right about the CP4 (the CP4 wasn't that great either, but this was much worse than it) The price was very reasonable, and it was springy With those terrible piano samples, I think the game is a terrible flop for a company that was once so great. There's something wrong here that I don't understand. There are a lot of questions about how Yamaha can push this piece of crap and call it the.

Ashton Banks

| Jun 15, 2021

It was quite realistic to hear the piano sounds When playing the C7, you can hear the sound of the grand as if it were a real C7 piano, for instance. I am reminded of playing a Yamaha upright by the sound of the The sound of the CP80 is so much like the sound I heard from my CP80 in the 80's.
A lot of it is pretty straight forward I found it hard to navigate - too many buttons and knobs The screen does not have a I was able to create performance patches immediately Despite reading the manual, I still haven't managed to read it. Hopefully someday I'll be able to do that.

Felicity Swanson

| Feb 26, 2021

I spent a lot of time with my CP73 once I got A few of my presets have been edited and I've arranged them in live sets in a way I like. My CP was put to good use the following night with a 7 piece jump blues band. I had no trouble hearing myself and my friends in the audience commented that my solos cut through and my rhythm parts were It's a Roland RD700 that I use for stage performances, and I have to say that I prefer the piano sounds in the RD over those in the CP, but I love both of them. Recently, I have had a lot of gigs with small stages and some gigs with difficult load-ins. For these performances, it would be unpractical to use a large, heavy 88-key stage piano. Whenever possible, I will use my 73 key CP for these gigs and I will use my RD for other gigs where it makes sense to do so. Here are the This is one of the best EPs and clavs I have ever used. There are not many Hammond melodies in this collection, but if you're not playing a featured Hammond part or soloing, you'll be able to make do with them. The Hammond sounds I use will be produced by my dedicated clone wheel. It is really fun to hear Vox and Farfisa sounds and I will definitely use them! It sounds like the effects on board are amazing. Any function you want is easily accessible through a button or knob so live tweaking is a snap. A whole new level of Korg SV functionality is now possible. The stage piano is set up like an actual piano, so it functions like Keyboard instruments such as the piano, EPs, and other electronic keyboards dominate the sound. Generally a piano, it has a few basic synth sounds that can be used for layering, but over all it's a piano. Using it as either a synth or organ is like taking a corvette off-roading. A road trip. I'm sure you'll be delighted with this keyboard as long as you use it for its intended purpose!.

Roland Rosales

| Sep 05, 2020

In spite of the good things about Yamaha's latest stage piano, there is a bit of bad news. The piano is structured so that there are three 'pods' with separate sounds and On Pod 1 there are acoustic pianos and an electric grand on Pod 2 there are electric pianos and a clavichord Strings, choruses, organ sounds, bass patches, vibes and mallets, synth sounds and everything else are included on pod 3. Pods have different parameters, and each sets of pods has its own attributes. As an example, the "phaser" parameter is available on the electric pianos (but not on the acoustic pianos, so it's not needed on them) As well, the Leslie audio effect is available for the organ sounds but not for any of the other sounds. Featured on both the keyboard and the knobs is the old-fashioned feel of the piano It gives the feeling of being old-fashioned. (I wonder how sturdy they are and how likely they are to break. One of the things that has helped me a lot is to concentrate on keyboard sounds that are likely to be used in a performance. As opposed to most high-end pianos, this piano is designed with ease of playing in mind A Yamaha digital piano without a built-in speaker comes at the top end. If you do that, the piano would be lighter than it would be if it had a speaker, but it would obviously not be suitable for situations in which you just want to pack a piano. Among the pros Please note The sounds of the electric piano are excellent - Control of parameters in a very precise manner - To get a Leslie effect, set the foot controller to 76 (use a pedal). Please note Con That the "live" pages can be saved and patched on the fly. Please note I'd like to suggest that you make the patching more even (especially the bass patches)* It's a pity that the piano patches are rather disappointing* - The fact that patches cannot be mixed within the same pod (like bass and vibes, for example)

I am very surprised at the uneveness of the patches, especially the bass ones. (I have had other Yamaha pianos with excellent bass patches, so I know Yamaha can deliver at this level. As with most Yamaha organ patches, the organ patches in this collection There is, however, one patch (click organ) that combined with the Leslie effect is sound enough for live performance, so there is no need to bring a separate Having used Yamaha equipment, I can say that the products are built to last, they are usually free of any manufacturing defects, and they are sturdy. However, I will not be able to prove that with this keyboard for a while, but I have experienced this with every other Yamaha keyboard.

Notwithstanding the limitations I've described above, I would give this keyboard five Yet, it's still a great keyboard to use for live performances.

Hadleigh Underwood

| Jun 17, 2021