This review is from: Yamaha CP33 Stage PianoNice upgrade from my Yamaha P90. I purchaed this piano for the piano sound and feel. Any additional instruments or features that come with it are a bonus. The acoustic bass, strings and jazz organ sounds are done very well also. While nothing replaces the feel of a real piano, this keyboard comes very, very close and the lighter touch on the higher keys really takes you there. I only wish that the power transformer was inside of the piano instead of requiring a wall wart (transformer). If you want a great piano sound and feel get this keyboard. If you want speakers to go with it as well as some more sounds, look into the CP300, but then you will need to add $1000, 30 more pounds and a deeper frame....
This review is from: Yamaha CP33 Stage Pianoit came with the FC-3 sustain pedal, power adapter, but no music stand.It's heavy with complete metal enclosure. The weighted keys are just wonderful.It play exactly like a grand piano with the sound samples exactly like a $25000 grand piano.I'd like to have more sound samples on this one but frankly, what it comes with should suffice for 99.9% of playing occasions.The output is nicely controlled by two different settings.The transpose setting is also wonderful.When I turn off my amp, (this one doesn't have built-in speakers), I use headphones to practice (the headset plug is 1/4" not the 3.5mm)The strings sampling is a little bit awkward, I have to say, I was comparing this to a Roland RD700GX, and I think the Roland sounds are better.But it's a different level stage piano anyway.I bought a piano bag and a stand from Amazon too. See my other reviews.A note on the FC-3 pedal--it came with something lose in the housing. Sounded like a screw or something. I was going to ask the dealer to exchange but the shipping back and forth would be trouble so I attempted to fix it. After opening the housing, it's a U shaped plastic that holds the sustain mechanism with the pedal action that came off. So I just pressed down the pedal and re-inserted the U-shape bracket into its place and voila, it's working again. So, if you ever encounter a similar problem, you can try to fix it that way. It only took like 5 screws to see the inside. But I've had other sustain pedals that had completely different sustain mechanism and would not be repaired in a similar fashion.All in all, the adapter is a small size and very easy to fit in the bag I purchased.The lack of music holder is something I deducted credit from the 5 stars.Also, the keys seems to be of less quality than the higher level Yamaha keyboards. I don't know if my nails are so hard, but after playing just 1 time, brand new, I could see visible scratch marks under light reflection. I am not being too critical but that didn't happen with my old upright piano.I'd recommend this one if it's under $1000 (net, after tax and shipping). I think a replacement is coming or CP50 is already the replacement unit by Yamaha.With just two weeks of ownership, I've given it more than 40 hours of practice sessions. It's a wonderful entry level stage piano....
This review is from: Yamaha CP33 Stage PianoI love the sound and feel of this piano. I have an acoustic upright but I wanted something I could practice on without waking anyone. This has a very similar feel to a real piano keyboard and it sounds great. I didn't really desire all the bells and whistles of a synthesizer although this does have a nice complement of voices. Using an external recording device I've made much nicer piano recordings from the CP33 than I ever got from my acoustic....
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