Dark version of the Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata - 1st movement - Yamaha P155

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata - 1st movement - on a Yamaha P155 digital piano

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• beethoven
• Moonlight
• Sonata
• Yamaha
• P155
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[chessdude67]

Enjoyed this very much. Thumbs way up!

So, P-155 over the P95? Rookie, ready to start piano lessons. I want buy the best one for a beginner. I have someone who wants to sell me a 3 month old P-95 for $350.00 cash with a Pro stand? Any advice? Thanks,

Tim

[wizardgraphics]

@chessdude67 On the other hand, the p155 has the following defects:

- Very expensive at $999. ($650 above your P95 offer that is almost 3x)

- Very heavy compared to the P95 which is not really light to start with.

- Although you can attach 2 pedals with the second one being programmable, you can't attach a classic piano three pedal unit like in the case with the P95.

- For the price, I would have appreciated some built in rhythms like in the Casio PX330 which is selling for around $650.........

[wizardgraphics]

@chessdude67 Final verdict:

For strictly learning and playing the Piano is the P95 a good choice?

For $350 >> Definitely yes.

Is the action (GHS) on the P95 acceptable?

A bit stiff but great really.

If I am worried about the action, is the action on the P155 really the best out there?

Although Yamaha's best (till P155 release), The keys are still plastic and they are not really like a real piano. Yamaha now released the Ivory like keys.......

[wizardgraphics]

@chessdude67

The best action I experienced so far are in Roland Pianos, they call that 'ivory feel' and it is really phenomenal although I didn't like the Piano sound sample itself.

At the end, you are the judge and I hope you enjoy the many hours you gonna spend learning the Piano as I did last year. It is really a great experience and a joy to have that skill in life.

[chessdude67]

@wizardgraphics WOW! Thank you for taking the time to help me with this. After reading through what you wrote, I'm going to take this deal for $350.00. If I stay with playing the piano for 6-9 months, I'll bump up to something very nice.

How long have you been playing? I'm very hard on my self, but I'm going to try very hard to enjoy the journey. :)

Thanks again for taking the time to help me. You're very kind.

Tim

[wizardgraphics]

@chessdude67 You are welcome, it is always my pleasure/passion to talk about music. I have always had a good musical ear and I always played by the ear as some would say. Until Jan of 2011 when I took on the task of teaching myself how to read music and play the Piano. I used some online available packages but really practice is the key. I dedicated myself to at least 15 minutes everyday and it paid off I guess! Enjoy your journey with music. You made the right choice about the P95 BTW.

[wizardgraphics]

@chessdude67 But what I truly appreciated in the P155 were the following:

- The much much better keyed with the GH action vs the GHS in the P95.

- The 2 track recorder in the P155 for three on board user songs and 100 extra when you move these to USB.

- The USB stick functionality.

- The small display (yet small but useful for tempo, reverb and such).

- The split of the keyboard which is not possible in the P95. That is useful for playing Jazzy and blues tunes.

- Guitar sound.

- 2 Strings.

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[wizardgraphics]

@chessdude67 The first one had a key that was making a very noticeable and even loud mechanical click that made playing impossible without hearing and even feeling this click under my finger so I got it replaced. The second one had also a much less noticeable click on the very first key to the left. I was okay with that though. Then as I tried the P155, I appreciated the much better piano sound. Is it phenomenally better? Not that much really (you can hear both in my videos) but what I truly....

[wizardgraphics]

@chessdude67 Thanks for your nice words. I appreciate it.

As for your question. You are looking at $350 vs $999 plus tax (unless you get the occasional 15% off deal that is BTW going on now online on some websites). That is a BIG price difference. IMHO does the big gap in your case justify the advantages of the P155 over the P95? Probably not. I had a couple of issues with the P95 I had that made me return it twice.........

[wizardgraphics]

@moretacos1 I returned The P95 and got a P155 instead. In my own experience, The P155 has a much better (4 layer) Piano sample that is more realistic and the Graded Hammer (GH) action is way better than the springy/clicky Graded Hammer Standard (GHS) action that is found in the P95. The P155 is a bit heavy and I do not think it is meant to be portable. It is very fast responding with an instant on experience. The 2 track recording ability is a nice feature. I like my P155 a lot