Yamaha P60

This isn't rocket science. Just press the "Voice" button and the key that corresponds to the sound you want. Doesn't get much easier. I don't use a patch editor. I use Piano 1 and Piano 2 almost exclusively and they both sound great to me! Having buttons dedicated to the 10 on-board presets would have been nice for changing on the fly.

The polyphony of 32 notes is fine for what I am doing. It could be limiting for classical pianists however. It is a bare bones digital piano, which is what I was looking for. I don't presently use the MIDI capabilities of this DP. Lack of a sequencer is not a concern for me.

The piano sounds were my number 1 priority. I use pretty much restrict my usage to the Piano 1 and Piano 2 presets. I think they rival those of higher end DPs. I tested higher-end Roland and Kurzweil DPs and found the P-60's sound and feel to be at least as good as those higher-end boards. Not a lot of effects but if you are like me and only want the piano sounds this more than fills the bill!

I bought this DP second hand and I believe it was told it was never gigged. I've only used it at home but it seems to be very solid. I would feel confident in using it without a backup. Its weight of 36lbs, 4oz (according to the manual) doesn't place it in the "Tank" category but it may be getting to be a bit heavy for some people.

I've owned Yamaha organs in the past and quite honestly, I've never needed to call them for any kind of service. From what I'm told, Yamaha does provide great service to their customers. I trust the Yamaha name and reputation.

This model was released in 2002 and has since been discontinued. If mine were lost or stolen I would try and find another one on eBay or Craigslist, etc, etc. I am new to the piano but have played the organ for about 5 years. What I like most about this DP is its simplicity and great piano feel and sound. As mentioned earlier, I compared this DP with higher-end Rolands (RD700sx) and Kurzweil. I even compared it to the Yamaha CP33. I wish it had stage outs!!!

The yamaha p-60 is very easy to use. There are only two buttons on the piano which are "Voice" and "Demo." All you have to do to change voices is press and hold down voice while pressing one of the labled keys. This piano could also be a player piano because there are about 75 different songs on the piano. Press and hold down demo and any key between the labled keys and the highest octive on the piano and it plays an amazing song. I could sit back and listen to this keyboard for hours.

If you're like me and only want a good keyboard that has realistic piano sounds and a good feel and only a few voices to play around with then this keyboard is right for you. It has ten voices (piano 1 and piano 2, ep 1 and ep 2, harpsi 1 and harpsi 2, vibes, church organ 1 and church organ 2, and strings. Just hold down the voice button and one of the labled keys. or you could duel and hold down two keys and the voice button! If you want alot of features then you should get the Yamaha DGX

This keyboard is best for Classical music. It has a softer tone and a more brillant piano tone choice. piano 1 is softer and piano 2 is more brilliant. The ep sounds are beautiful and very realistic. I don't really use the other sounds for anything other then messing around but I think that they're also pretty realistic. the polyphony is 32. This keyboard has touch sensitivity and the keys are weighted so expressing your emotions through playing loud and soft through a song is made possible with this digital piano. I noticed that alot of other newer keyboards have a large speaker and a small speaker so that the sounds is higher pitched. why would they do that? I went to a piano showroom and tried out alot of the keyboards and they all sounded electric. I know the sound of my p-60 and I also tested a baldwin and the yamaha p-60 sounds much like a baldwin. It has a deeper and softer tone. I would reccomend this keyboard to anyone.

I can totally depend on this keyboard except for one thing.
I was learning a song by ear on the computer and after I finished the song I turned off the keyboard. I later turned the keyboard back on and I found that it had switched keys. I had learned the song in G and when I turned the keyboard on it had switched to D. It was very strange. Thankfully I just turned the keyboard off and back on again and everything was fine. Using a pedal can also get kind of wierd with this keyboard. Yesterday after two weeks of using the pedal it was opposite. instead of pressing the sustain pedal to sustain the notes it was sustained automatically and everytime I pressed the pedal it release the notes. once again I just turned off the keyboard and back on again and it was back to normal. Just don't freak out and think that you're going crazy if this happens to you.
It's also pretty heavy but I'm a girl so I wouldn't know if a guy would be able to pick it up with any problem. just make sure you have the bag.

I've never delt with the company before but the people who sold this piano to me were helpful.

I would very likely buy it agin if something happened to it. This piano was free to me through the help of a friend but it was originally worth about 750 dollars. and I would pay this much to buy it again if I had to. I've been playing the piano on my own without lessons for about 5 years. I learned how to read music because I took lessons for a year when I was eight but that's about it. I now usually play by ear and have learned a lot through expirence. I love the realistic sound and feel of this piano. Of course nothing can compare to playing a real grand piano but this is as close to the real thing as it gets. If you're a composer like me then you need to have a pedal no matter what! I used to hate playing with a pedal and now I look bake and think 'Boy was I stupid'! Playing with the pedal changes the sound of a song completely. So use it!

This keyboard is so easy to use that a five year old could figure it out! It has two buttons (Voice and Demo) and all you have to do to play a demo is press and hold "demo" and hold down any other key at the same time between middle C and the highest octive on the keyboard and it'll play a beautiful song. The same with the voices.

The features of good for people like me who just want wonderful piano sounds and feel and a few voices. If you want a lot of features you should get the yamaha DGX.

The insturments are very realistic. Piano 1 and piano 2 don't sound much different although they sound very similar to a real piano. Piano 1 is slightly softer than piano 2 and sounds less digital. The electric piano 1 and 2 sound beautiful. The keys are fully weighted and you won't be able to tell the difference from playing a baby grand and this digital. They keys are touch sensative and are progressive ( this means that the higher keys are lighter and the keys progressivelly get heavier the farther down the keyboard) so playing allowes you to be expressive.

You chould use this at a gig but it would take about two guys to carry it. Its very heavy. This thing is probably about 5 years old and it still works perfectally.

Manual is available in pdf format online. You don't really need it. After a few minutes, you should be able to figure it all out.

32 note polyphony. Basic digital piano with excellent "graded" weighted keys. See the other reviews for other features. I bought it because I wanted a didgital piano with a real acoustic piano sound and feel and this has it all.

I am a guitar player but I also doodle around on the piano. I'm used to acoustic pianos but I wanted a digital piano which would allow me to control the volume (my ears are shot and very sensitive to loud percussive sounds) without forsaking the feel and sound of the acoustic piano. This piano has the touch, feel and sound of the acoustic piano. It offers other features such as digital reverb, organ and string and other sounds and the abitlity to combine them, as well as transposing etc. Those are all frilly-dillies, in my book. But if what you're looking for is a digital piano with a real piano sound and feel, you need look no further.

Yamaha has a reputation for dependability. I bought this piano used off ebay and it obviously had been dropped because the casing has a couple of cracks, but it works fine. I've pounded the hell out of it for the last few months and it's still working great so I'd have to say that yeah, it's very dependable.

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I had a Roland 76-key 350 series (1980's vintage) before and although it was very playable, it certainly didn't have the real piano feel/touch/sound that this one has. I'm no Chopin or Beethoven or Roosevelt Sykes but when I get the urge to bang out some blues or whatever on the 88's, this keyboard makes me forget that I'm playing something electronic. It sounds and feels like the real thing. Enough said. If it were to give up the ghost, I'd buy another one in a heartbeat. I've played Rolands and Korgs etc., and although they have a lot of features etc., if what you're looking for is a digital piano that feels and sounds like the real thing without having to remortgage your house, this one fills the bill admirably.

There's not much to this. P60's got two buttons - Demo, and Voice. It's got 10 presets, 2xpiano, 2xelectric piano, 2xorgan, 2xharpsichord, strings, and something else. The only sounds I use on this are the two acoustic piano sounds and one of the electric piano sounds. They're done very well, as is the harpsichord. The strings are very weak with too low of an attack for anything except ambience.

32-note polyphony. Can't tell that it's 32-note polyphony, as others say, it's very well hidden.

The keyboard does feature transposition, which is done by holding down the lowest A and C#, and pressing the key relative to middle C for +/- up to 6 half steps.

It also features several types of reverb, but the default itself is enough for a simple piano setup.

It's very simplistic, and hides it very well. There aren't a bazillion levels and buttons to confuse people, but there aren't a lot of features either - but more than you would expect. It's got a 2-sided card explaining everything you can do.

Again, it's got MIDI in/out as well as a 1/4th jack (which was changed to a 1/8th jack on the P70, boo)

Sounds great, anyone looking for a portable piano doesn't need to look any further. If you're looking for more synth effects though, look elsewhere.

This keyboard is very dependable, I've brought it hundreds of miles across the midwest in the Yamaha case made for it. The fact that the bottom panel is wooden worries me though, as I'm afraid of it cracking at some point. It's proven to be very sturdy, though.

I bought this keyboard in a rush, having to buy a 88-key controller a week or so before a gig on a limited budget. I was looking for something that felt exactly like a piano, and this specific model beat out everything else in the store under $1000. It's a very solid product, and much better than the updated model, the P70. The good thing about this keyboard is the 1/4th jack and the MIDI jacks, which allow for amps and MIDI expansion capability - which is important with this keyboard, because aside from the piano sounds, there's not much there.

The only other model that Guitar Center had in this price range was in the Casio Privia series, specifically the PX-400. This has a better piano tone and a more realistic piano feel. It doesn't have as many features as the other one, but it's worth it if you're looking for a portable piano.

Basic, Easy to use.

32 Poly. Key action is nice.
I'm ready to be corrected, but they feel lighter than P80. I don't have much experience with P80, so I may be wrong
Its not better than Roland, or vice versa. They are very different.

The piano sounds are very good.I can notice the different layers in different velocity. I'm very particular about piano sounds.

It does not feel as soulful as RD600, maybe because its ugly

The other sounds works well in a mix (subtle mix). I played the strings in my band, Gary Moore's Still got the blues. Not very warm.

This is an electric piano, so I'm gonna judge only the piano sounds.

The speakers are very loud for me, in a good way.

my other yamahas were built like a tank.

but this one is very plastic. but lucky the keys are very woody-feeling

no experience with yamaha support. my previous yamahas has never been broken down (FS1R,SY77,SY85)

I wish i could get hold a used RD600. But if I could not find one, P60 is definately 2nd choice.

It dont't get any easier than this. It dont't even think there's a manual.

Don't by this piano if you want extra stuff like sequenser, good extra sounds, other than acoustic piano.
The action is very good, a little bit lighter than the p250, and I like that.
I also have the Roland FP-8 on stage( as a MIDI controller to a Motif Rack) but that one is a whole lot sloppier and heavy than the p60.

The piano 1 and 2 are so wonderfull to play. The day I unpacked it at my home me and my son took turns in playing it. I played it for 4 hours without as much as a coffe break. It got me realize, ones again, why I've started playing the piano so many years ago.
The sound is so very good, ones you hook it up to a decent sound system.

It seems a little bit plastic, and best suted form home playing. But I plan to bring it on stage so I've got a hardcase so I think it will be around for at least 10 years.

Have never used any, and will not in the future either, I hope.

I've played live on Roland RD-700, RD-700sx, RD-150, Yamaha p250. The are all good I think, but they are not better sounding/feeling than the p60. So for me, a long time of searching for a reasonably priced stage piano is finally ended. The p60 is all I ever wanted. I mostly play blues and jazz and the dynamics of the sound togehter with the from ppp -> fff ranging keyboard is just great.

It very simple to use. There is a small manual, but the quick look guide is a 2 sided piece of card that pretty much has all the features on it. All the functions are accessed by holding down a button, and pressing a note on the keyboard.

The key action is great, it's pretty realistic. the keys have a solid feel, and are very sensitive.

I only wanted the piano sound, which is amazing. I had a quick listen to the other sounds, they sound okey. The strings are cheese (but they always are), the organs sound pretty good, but not really my cup of tea, they are a bit churchy. I'm gonna give it a 10, because it's an electric piano, not an organ, and the piano sounds and feels great all the way across the keyboard.

I have'nt had it long, but it feels pretty sturdy.

No idea yet.

This is intened as an entry level piano, but the response and sound of the keyboard are as good as any top end model. It does'nt have all the function and capabilites of other models, this is why it is relatively cheap. I really like the very simple design. It's all you need if you want to play the piano.

It couldn't be simpler... just plug in the power cord and you're good to go. All I wanted was something that looks and feels like an acoustic piano, and that's what the P60 is. You may want to keep the single-page reference sheet handy until you get comfortable with setting the reverb and such, but it's quite intuitive. The instruction manual seems pretty comprehensive, but you probably won't need it very often.

Not sure how to rate this; it really only does a couple of things, but I'll give it a "10" because it does them incredibly well. For the record, I'm very glad that Yamaha recognized that some people don't want or need an all-in-one piano/sequencer/synth/MIDI controller/etc (are you listening, Roland?). As a result, the P60 really does its job well. If you want a piano, but can't because of space/noise/money limitations, the P60 is your ticket. The only thing I didn't much care for are the built-in speakers. For the benefit of my neighbors, I've been playing through headphones, and the sound is much better. I'd rather they left the speakers out entirely and dropped the price to reflect that. But if that's my biggest complaint, this is one hell of a keyboard!

In general, I'm very happy with the way it feels and plays. The Yamaha touch is nice... the lower keys are "heavier" than the high ones, just like on a real piano. The piano voices aren't perfect representations of an acoustic piano, but that's impossible anyway. Some note combinations sound less authentic than others, especially in the middle register. I should add that I have a very sensitive ear. Overall, I'm happy with the piano sounds (I haven't had much use for the other voices). The polyphony is limited to 32 notes, which is plenty for most music. If you're playing Debussy tone-clusters, you might have some problems, but I'll be living in a mansion full of Steinway grands before I'll be able to play Debussy's stuff anyway, so it's not a problem for me.

I'm not planning to gig out on it. I'm primarily a bass player, and I wanted a keyboard to practice piano stuff on. The unit seems very sturdy, and it looks and feels like it could take a beating.

Can't say, I haven't had to contact them...

It seems to me a man could do great things with a Yamaha P60 and a Korg Triton in his corner.

I have been using Digital Performer 4.52 for a while now, and I have recorded Kurzweil PC88mx, Korg Triton Studio, and Roland keyboards. However, this P60 beats all of these with the piano sound. Editing patches is easy and straight forward; even my little nephew could do it.

I wished the polyphony was greater than 32, but this piano disguises this weakness in a very discrete manner. MIDI is the best expansion capability I need to use, and a sequencer is better off the unit, not on-board! Let's take care of what really matters here, the piano sound.

Better sound than the higher end P-250 (I used to have it, but sold it because of portability needs; even if I never got what I paid for it). The P60 is one of the best sounding electronic pianos around. Just put it next to anything and see!...It work great for New Age music and Classical which I started playing after I bought this "piano."

I have used it already with no backup. It is well built.

I have not dealt with customer support due to the quality and reliability of this product.

I will be buying one more and keep it in the box so my grand children can enjoy it. Ha ha ha!!