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Customer Reviews for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Model: YPG-235
SKU: 9962766
UPC: 086792326283
This portable keyboard features 76 piano-style keys with graded soft-touch action for easy playability and digital effects to help you customize your sound. The 6-track auto sequencer lets you record your own music.
Average Customer Rating:
4.6
out of 5
(18 Reviews) 18
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94% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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Customer Reviews for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Review 1 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Great keyboard!
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Durability
5.0
Craftsmanship
5.0
What's great about it: big enough but portable
This Yamaha keyboard has everything a musician wants for a portable keyboard.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+3points
3out of 3found this review helpful.
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Review 2 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
It's huge and that's not a bad thing...
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Spaztik
on 01/04/2012
Lemme start off by saying that I'm just a beginner player and I have only just scratched the surface of what I'm capable of. I can play a few songs with both hands, but I'm still pretty novice otherwise.
This keyboard is really big after only having a 61 key keyboard for a while, but I like the extra keys. The sounds are great on it too. There are lots of useful options too (including the ability to turn off the key sensitivity or choose from 3 other sensitivity settings). I bought this keyboard for the split piano but I was pleasantly surprised at all the other features of this thing (recording, dual voice, learning options). I can't be happier with my purchase.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+9points
9out of 9found this review helpful.
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Review 3 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
I am happy with my keyboard
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: catrance
from san jose
on 09/24/2011
Value for Price
4.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Durability
3.0
Craftsmanship
4.0
What's great about it: size,
nice size, I like the sounds, its very easy to set up
I would recommend this to a friend!
+5points
9out of 13found this review helpful.
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Review 4 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Great low-end keyboard
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Reggi
from San Fransisco Bay Area
on 08/10/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Durability
5.0
Craftsmanship
4.0
What's great about it: Value for the price and quality of sound
What's not so great: Minor craftsmanship issues out of box (cosmetic only)
We needed a practice keyboard with a headphone jack so the "experimenting" outside of the actual piano practice did not drive the family crazy. It has a great sound when no headphone is used and is almost silent (except for some keyboard sounds) when the headphones are used. It also has a enough extra features to keep it interesting.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+22points
22out of 22found this review helpful.
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Review 5 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Awesome!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Anonymous
from NC
on 02/19/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Durability
5.0
Craftsmanship
5.0
What's great about it: Sound, touch sensitive works great, compatible with most pedals.
What's not so great: No line-out or audio-in jacks. Not many functions compared to the Casio wk500. Can't edit rhythms.
I purchased this keyboard and a casio wk500 both to compare them toe-to-toe. I ended up choosing the Yamaha. Both were great and a good deal for the price. The yamaha has great sound as always, and the touch sensitive keys work wonderfully. It has alot of familiar voices and styles for any of you Yamaha veterans out there. This keyboard is also compatible with every sustain pedal that I have tried. The main problem with this keyboard vs the casio is that this keyboard is a little more complicated to use. To change certain functions you have to press alot of buttons unlike the casio. Also this keyboard only has a headphone, sustain, and usb jack. It would be perfect if it had line-out and audio-input jacks like the Casio. Also you can't edit rhythms on it like on the casio. The main reason I chose this keyboard was because it was $50 cheaper than the Casio. And because the keys are just so much better than the Casio's. I honestly think that this and the Casio wk500 are evenly matched but of course the price differs about $50. I also feel that the Yamaha is alot more durable and the keys feel alot better as far as weight and tensity goes.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Other Best Buy Products I Recommend
Casio 76-Key Piano Style Keyboard with Touch-Sensitive Keys
(15)+45points
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Review 6 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Love the Yamaha keyboard!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: deannat
from Issaquah, WA
on 02/11/2011
We bought the Yamaha keyboard to get our kids started in music and they love it. I have also picked it up again and love it. The sound quality is excellent. We still have to explore all the features, but it's perfect solution for us to introduce music in our family.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+15points
17out of 19found this review helpful.
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Review 7 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Love this piano
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: CandJ
from ND
on 01/23/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Durability
5.0
Craftsmanship
5.0
What's great about it: quality
It was a gift to my college son and he Loves it. We are very satisfied!
I would recommend this to a friend!
+5points
9out of 13found this review helpful.
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Review 8 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
SOUNDS GREAT
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Anonymous
from benton harbor MI
on 01/23/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Durability
5.0
Craftsmanship
5.0
What's great about it: Everything
What's not so great: Nothing
I bought this for a gift for my husband and i got both a very good price on it and also a very high quality product
I would recommend this to a friend!
+10points
15out of 20found this review helpful.
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Review 9 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
keyboard is a great value sounds like a real piano
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Puubare
from Stedman, NC
on 01/20/2011
Value for Price
4.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Durability
4.0
Craftsmanship
5.0
What's great about it: easy setup, sound, quality
What's not so great: nothing so far
Wife loves it, with each practice session she is getting better. If she keeps up at this pace will be playing in Church soon.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+6points
12out of 18found this review helpful.
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Review 10 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
I have enjoyed my paino keyboard.
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: glorybe
from Effie, La.
on 01/19/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Durability
5.0
Craftsmanship
5.0
What's great about it: Size and sound
Others who have played my keyboard say they might be interested in getting one also.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+6points
6out of 6found this review helpful.
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Review 11 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Great Starter Keyboard for New Learner
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Ftteach
from Trumbull, CT
on 01/17/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Durability
5.0
Craftsmanship
5.0
My 12 year old daughter was delighted when she found this under the tree on Christmas morning. She practices daily and has tried out all of the gadgets. The sound is very strong for the money.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+5points
6out of 7found this review helpful.
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Review 12 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Greaat product! Great price!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: TroubleClef
from Concord, NC
on 01/17/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Durability
5.0
Craftsmanship
5.0
What's great about it: Great product! I like everything about it.
What's not so great: I can't think of anything that I don't like about it. I have had it for a few months.
I expect to use this for years. The keys feel like a piano. I'm hooked.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+5points
5out of 5found this review helpful.
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Review 13 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Best for the price
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Mickimom
from St Louis, MO
on 01/16/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Durability
5.0
Craftsmanship
5.0
What's great about it: value for the price
Best keyboard for the price. It is full-sized. Good sound and great for learners or seasoned players. You can buy the foot pedal separately.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+6points
6out of 6found this review helpful.
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Review 14 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Good investment for the beginner
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Player2
from Michigan
on 01/14/2011
Value for Price
4.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Durability
4.0
Craftsmanship
4.0
What's great about it: We got started right away. Very little fear of learning.
What's not so great: It's all good.
Was looking for a piano for wife to begin learning the piano for an elementary stage. The DVD helps with initial touching the keys and beginner theory. The bells and whistles are facinating enough to keep her and me interested and continuing to practice. A good buy (on sale) from Best Buy!
I would recommend this to a friend!
+7points
8out of 9found this review helpful.
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Review 15 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Best Piano Research Can Find
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Tenshou
from New York, NY
on 12/14/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Durability
5.0
Craftsmanship
5.0
What's great about it: Everything
What's not so great: Nothing
I've done months of research and cant find a better piano than this one for the price. And even at that price point the YPG235 comes with a six track sequencer. And if you are a beginning student than what comes with this keyboard is a great feature, the Yamaha Educational Suite. The keyboard itself features a graded hammer action with medium weighted keys. The keyboard features great sound patches for the price. This keyboard is not just reserved for the beginning student but also for the professional keyboardist who is looking for a budget piano.The YPG235 features a comprehensive set of sound patches but at its core is the YPG delivers a wonderful grand iano sound. This doesn’t come as a surprise as Yamaha is well known for making fine acoustic grand pianos, sounds that have been captured in the Yamaha YPG235. The stereo sampled grand piano sounds very true to life. What’s interesting about this keyboard as well that the semi-weighted graded hammer action adapts well to the beginning and mid-level pianist. Quite simply the beginner has a chance to scale up their playing ability without running into roadblocks that can overburden the beginner pianist with a fully weighted keyboard. The Yamaha educational suite features a unique and highly effective learning tool that is also very simple to follow along. Educational tools are designed to help any students of any age to further their musical development. The YPG235 comes complete with 30 internal songs and with a CD-ROM that includes an additional 70 songs. What’s interesting about the educational suite is that it is designed to be simple to follow, removing impediments to help the student progress in their piano playing abilities. In addition to the Yamaha Educational System you can download songs from a vast Internet based library just by plugging your YPG235 to your computer using the piano’s USB port and then downloading the library files to your keyboard. You can learn so much from the downloaded songs by following along with the midi file in play mode from the 6 track sequencer. Or you can use the sequencer to lay down your own tracks and learn how to put music together. Personally I like to lay down the drum track to get the feel and rhythm, then chords and bass to further enrich the rhythm and lastly the melody. I find doing this way help me to get my creative juices going to create the melody. The piano comes complete with backlit LCD panel 489 GM voices , a dual/split keyboard and 32 notes of polyphony. The keyboard comes complete with inputs for the headphones and the sustain pedal.
Overall this is a great keyboard (period).
Overall this is a great keyboard (period).
I would recommend this to a friend!
+58points
62out of 66found this review helpful.
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Review 16 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Best for the Price
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: jvbluray
from new jersey
on 12/07/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Durability
4.0
Craftsmanship
4.0
What's great about it: All
What's not so great: Nothing
This Keyboard is very nice.Excellent sound quality and lots of features.I can use it with garage band in my mac book pro.Love this product.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+16points
18out of 20found this review helpful.
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Review 17 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
Play before you buy!
Customer Rating
2.0
Posted by: AMusicLover
from VIRGINIA
on 12/04/2010
Value for Price
2.0
Sound Quality
1.0
Durability
5.0
Craftsmanship
4.0
What's great about it: The Yamaha name
What's not so great: Sound. Also, it doesn't come with song book.
There was not a model on display and I purchased the keyboard because of the Yamaha reputation. However, when I got home and played it, the sound volume was not even sufficient at maximum volume. Also, when I played more than 5 notes at a time, it seemed like one or more keys wouldn't sound. PLAY BEFORE YOU BUY!, maybe I purchased a defective piano? I took it back and bought a Casio that is excellent.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-8points
18out of 44found this review helpful.
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Review 18 for Yamaha Portable Grand Keyboard with 76 Piano-Style Keys
don't order online for a surprise gift!
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: BethK
from Denver, Co
on 12/03/2010
Value for Price
4.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Durability
4.0
Craftsmanship
4.0
I bought this for my fiance for christmas...I've been waiting patiently for it to be delivered. I happened to go out of town on the day it was delivered. Instead of him just seeing that I received a box and setting it aside, he was given a box with "YAMAHA GRAND KEYBOARD" ALL OVER THE BOX and a picture of the keyboard! Obviously the surprise was completely ruined. Go to a store and pick it up if you want to surprise someone.
Other than that, good gift. He's happy with it, 22 days before he was supposed to open it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
-42points
10out of 62found this review helpful.
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