P71 88-Key Weighted Action Digital Piano with Sustain Pedal and Power Supply (Amazon-Exclusive)

I’ve owned a dozen electronic keyboards and played for pay for over 50 years. Mainly classical but also parties and accomp gigs. Yeah, a 9-foot Steinway is still my go-to but not very portable. My current digital board is the Privia PX-S3000; 25 lbs, good piano sample, lots of features and decent touch. Favorite digital: Yamaha Clavinova. That’s my vitae. I bought the P71 to use for practice at a vacation home. All weighted-key digital pianos have a spongy touch, but this one is quite good - heavy enough and responsive. The piano samples are very good but not the equal of the Privia (or Roland or Korg). For those who think the top 3-4 notes don’t work, listen over earbuds or headphones. The tiny down-firing speakers can’t reproduce those frequencies. It feels heavier than 25 pounds to me. Maybe because the case is quite bulky compared to the Privia. Voices are limited to the basics: two pianos, EPs, harpsichords, strings, etc; ten in all. USB allows connection to iOS GarageBand or Audacity. I’ve also used it to drive the Synthogy Ivory app for better sound when recording. Considering the P71 costs about half of my PX-S3000, I think it’s a pretty solid buy. Update: Since the original review, I’ve prepared more recordings for church services using GarageBand and substituting Korg’s Synthogy Ivory app. Ivory is comparatively expensive, but the sound is excellent. The Yamaha’s touch response is much more detailed/sensitive through this app! Update 2: I noticed an old review about how “out of tune” this DP is. If you’re checking the upper octave with your iPhone tuner app you will indeed see (and hear) sharp tuning. That’s “stretch” tuning and is commonly used on smaller pianos and DPs to make upper note sound brighter and bring perceived harmonics into congruency with the lowest octave.

I have played piano for 18 years now and recently moved into my own place. I desperately missed having a piano to play on a daily basis, but I do not have the space for a real piano. I did a SIGNIFICANT amount of research before settling on this Yamaha digital piano, because I wanted a high quality instrument that also did not hugely break the bank. As a professional musician, here is why I decided on the P71: -The weighted keys on this instrument truly feel like the real thing. I’ve played on “plasticy” keyboards before and nothing is more unsatisfying if you’ve played on a real instrument throughout your life. The P71 feels just as genuine as playing a real piano. In fact, depending on piano brand, it feels smoother. The touch sensitivity is wonderful as well, and also adjustable to your liking! -The sound is beautiful with a large volume range. I especially love the way the bass rings out with a gorgeous fullness. The higher octaves seem to be a little thinner, but that’s to be expected since it’s up the keyboard. -There is so much variety on this instrument to play with! There are many customizable options on this piano and I haven’t even dived into everything it can do yet. Sound changes, sound combinations, sensitivity adjustments, tempo adjustments, etc etc etc. I love having the ability to experiment and find what I like for any given piece of music! However, I also liked the simplicity of the customizations; Sometimes, less is more with the amount of buttons and gadgets. -Weight and travel. This piano isn’t “light” per say, but it’s not insanely heavy or difficult to travel with either. It’s a full 88-key size, but I can easily pick it up on my own (unlike some other digital piano brands). I was able to load this piano up into the back seat of my Honda Civic for a gig along with the stand and bench I bought separate. I was able to load all my gear onto one hotel cart and make it up to the rooftop bar in a single trip. Super convenient for me and the staff, since I didn’t have to bother them with setup assistance. -Price. If I truly wanted to, I could’ve shelled out the cash to get a fancier digital piano. However, I felt confident that I would get almost the same experience with this one as well as the convenience factor of being able to travel and gig with it. You can pay more, but you’re most likely sacrificing the ability to leave your home with it without extra arrangements (because at that point you’re paying for something like a Clavinova, for example). I also appreciated the fact that I could set up a short-term payment plan with Amazon to afford this instrument. I am paying 80 bucks a month for 5 months and it’s mine to love on forever. If I did that with a more expensive digital piano, I’d be locked down for a solid year or more. -Brand. Yamaha is a reputable brand in the music world and I trust their products. My professional model flute is a Yamaha (approx. $4000), and it plays better than some of the $8000 flutes I played on while selecting which instrument I would purchase in college. Yamaha=quality and I trust their pianos just as much as their other instruments. Overall, this is among one of the best musical purchases I’ve made for myself. My piano is my self-care as well as a part of my profession, and I enjoy this instrument on a daily basis. You won’t regret it! UPDATE, 8/3/2021: I’ve had this digital piano for almost two years now and I still love it SO much. I continue to play regularly and the quality is exactly the same as the day I bought it. This Yamaha is a winner! UPDATE TWO, 11/22/2023: My beautiful Yamaha P71 is still going strong as ever. I lug this keyboard around for every big band gig I play, and it’s a staple in my music room at home. It continues to perform perfectly for me and has been consistent and reliable over the past four years. UPDATE THREE, 7/16/2025: Approaching six years with this instrument. My P71 is lovingly dinged up in some places from dragging it along to gigs, but it continues to play as beautifully and reliably as ever. It has survived bangs on my car door while loading it, hot temperatures during long outdoor jazz concerts, and MANY hundreds of hours of play time. I have continued to point people to this specific keyboard when asked for an instrument recommendation, and many folks have bought the P71 at my referral and loved it equally. Looking forward to more years with mine!

I’m so glad I chose the Yamaha P71. The fully weighted 88 keys feel incredibly close to a real acoustic piano, with the heavier feel on the low notes and lighter touch on the highs. The sound quality is rich, clear, and realistic—especially for this price range. I also love the Dual Mode feature, which lets me layer two voices (like piano and strings) for a beautiful, full sound. It’s lightweight and slim enough to move around easily, but still feels sturdy and well built. The USB connection makes it simple to hook up to learning apps or recording software, which has been great for practice. The only minor downside is the included sustain pedal—it works fine but is pretty basic and tends to slide around. I ended up upgrading to a sturdier one. Overall, the Yamaha P71 is a fantastic choice if you want realistic feel, great sound, and a clean design without spending a fortune. Highly recommend for beginners and casual players alike.

I'm a classically trained amateur pianist. After years of being without my acoustic upright, I bought the P71. It lived up to my expectations of a weighted digital keyboard made by Yamaha. Yamaha's reputation for putting out quality musical instruments is still intact for me. It doesn't feel like a Steinway acoustic piano (my dream piano) but I can recommend it as an excellent starter for beginners. I think it will serve you well until you can get a good acoustic piano. I had no trouble playing for example, the third (rondo) movement of Beethoven's Sonata 14 (AKA moonlight Sonata), a very fast (Presto Agitato) piece that would have been difficult if not impossible with some cheaper weighted electronic keyboards I've tried. The same goes for Mozart's Rondo Alla Turca, the rondo from Beethoven's pathetique sonata (Op 13) and Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 20 In A Major, D.959 - IV. Rondo (Allegretto). I think that it's essentially equivalent to the Yamaha P45 so if you find that acceptable you should also find the P71 acceptable. Please don't take some poor salesman's time at a brick and mortar store only to buy the P71 online. Because IMHO that's essentially stealing time. There are less expensive keyboards and in my experience they were completely inadequate for intermediate and advanced pieces of music. If you're a parent buying a digital piano for your child to learn on, buy this one or better if you can afford it, otherwise you risk having to buy a new one in a couple of years when the keyboard action is too slow. I gave it perfect over all rating even though I found the travel of the keys to be a bit far, the experience taught me why I found a Steinway easier to play. But I think that it would be years (if ever) before anyone would have an issue with this. By then, they should be able to get an instrument that suits them better. At a bargain price, I found it to be as good as I could expect from an electronic instrument. Addendum to my March 8, 2022 review: November 2, 2023 I still stand by my earlier evaluation as the P-71 being an excellent beginner keyboard. There appears to be a significant flaw that serious musicians should know about. The P-71 communicates with a digital audio workstation (DAW) without issue. I've done it with Fairlight (the DAW in the Davinci Resolve video editor), Ableton Live and Cubase. I also used it with Native instruments stand alone software. I noticed that it was strangely less expressive when using it with a DAW. Pressing harder on the keys did not make it go louder as it did when playing the P-71 by it's self. This ability to communicate playing loud and soft on a musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) is known as velocity sensitivity. This makes sense as an acoustic piano is a percussion instrument on account of the strings being struck by a hammer linked to the keys. When you swing that hammer faster the note is louder. This velocity is communicated to a MIDI as a number that ranges from 0-127. Further investigation revealed that compared to another digital keyboard. What should have been a strong fortissimo (ff in musical notation) only got a velocity number of 70 while another keyboard gave a velocity of 100 for a comparable pressure, a more reasonable result. In Steinberg's Cubase I could mitigate this problem by adjusting the Midi modifier comp to 150%. Steinberg is owned by Yamaha. It is disappointing the company the made the KX88 back in the 80s would have a midi response that is problematic like this. This strikes me as something Yamaha could fix with a firmware update. Failing that I wish I could open up the P-71 and possibly adjusting a potentiometer (that's essentially a variable resistor). As an engineer who has worked on electronics I would be open to fixing it myself. It is still useful as a MIDI controller and I plan on using it for that purpose for a while until I'm ready to get something better. I would have to suggest trying a different product if your primary goal is to control other electronic or virtual instruments. However, at this price point adjusting a MIDI modifier like compression to around 130% may suffice. You'll have to experiment for yourself. It's still great as a stand alone entry level digital piano.

I am an advanced intermediate player who owned a piano for the last 30 years. My old piano was so large and unattractive and constantly needed expensive tuning. I finally gave it away to buy a digital piano. I am so glad I did. After doing some on line research and looking at reviews I took a chance on this Yamaha. First, and most importantly, the action of the keys feels like a real piano, or extremely close. The tone of the piano is very authentic and you can control the volume. The only thing that I don’t like is the sustain pedal is small and since it is on a cord, it can slide around. There were a few times I was playing when I lost touch with the pedal and had to stop and look for it. The digital piano has setting which are fun, such as different types of instrument tones or playing a few beautiful songs automatically. Not something I use much but fun to play with. The piano is light - I am 60 and could pick it up and move it by myself. I use my office desk as a platform but otherwise you will probably need to buy a stand and an adjustable chair. Overall a strong recommendation if you are on a budget and don’t have space for the real thing.

UPDATE: so I ended up not being able to get over how much loud the base clef was from the treble. I first contacted Amazon who told me the return window is up, so then I contacted Yamaha. They let me know that Yamaha offers a 2 year warranty on their products so when I told them about the base clef being louder they sent me to a repair man. Unfortunately the repair man was useless and while he agreed he heard how much louder the bottom of the piano was, he said there’s nothing he can do as it’s just cheap speakers. When I told Yamaha this they were outraged and they sent me a brand new piano. I was able to donate the first piano to my neighbor and her kid who wanted to learn piano. Because of their fantastic customer service, I would purchase another Yamaha product. The new piano still is slightly loud in the base clef but when I use headphones the sound quality is perfect. I would still recommend trying out this piano before you purchase it, the p-71 is the same thing as the p-45. If I get another digital piano, I will probably invest in a higher quality piano but for a cheap, beginner piano, it is not bad. 10/10 customer service from Yamaha. love playing piano, I play classical pieces but also enjoying playing chords and signing along. Every time I moved to a new city, I previously would buy an upright piano on Facebook marketplace and then get rid of it when I moved. I decided to try out digital pianos. I would really recommend going to a music store and trying it out before you buy. I didn’t do much research and didn’t try it out before I bought and I kind of wish I did. I had to buy a stand and a suspension pedal. It does the job, but is not really like a real piano. It has weighted keys and looks nice which is cool. It’s also very compact, and portable. I will use it for the next couple years until I settle down in a house and buy a piano. The keys are a little “plasticy” but they have a nice weight to them. The only thing is that the base clef sounds much louder than treble clef, not sure why, but I just adjusted the pressure that I play my left hand with. Overall, nice cheap temporary placement for a piano. I picked Yamaha because I wanted it to last me a while, so hopefully it is durable.

I had just purchase from Amazon a Moukey Keyboard Piano, 61 Key Piano Keyboard, however I knew for 99 dollars it would have to purchase another keyboard within a year. I really like the keyboard, but with no touch sensitivity, weighted keys, and excellent sound it was lacking. With prices going up in everything so quickly I decide to buy a replacement Piano Keyboard immediately. The Yamaha came in a heavy long box that required two people to carry it; It was expertly packed so everything arrived perfectly. When I compare this to my previous keyboard it is really is so far above the other keyboard that it is not worth comparing. Sound, keys, and finish perfect. My other one had all kinds of instruments and rhythms, drums etc.. that I just would not have used. I just wanted a Piano. The bass keys on the Yamaha are so much better then the other keyboard it almost may the Moukey sound like a toy. Until I bought the Yamaha I thought the Moukey piano was great because I had nothing compare it with. Listening to them side by side the difference is shocking. When I was looking at other popular high rated, same price pianos' negative reviews, one thing that constantly "stuck" out was the lack of customer support. Some buyers didn't even get responses to their emails for weeks. The next thing was reliability after 3 months, everything from sticking keys to the keyboard not working, to a dead piano. Some arrived with sticking keys or no sound. If all you have is one hundred dollars buy the Moukey 61 keys it is a great beginner piano but for a bit more money you will get a piano keyboard that will so much better,

I'm no professional but after playing around with some cheap stuff, this keyboard made me realize why weighted action is so important. I love the simplicity of it. There are some different instrument sounds and a metronome but it's not crazy with features that would distract me from just learning piano. Pretty sure I saw Ben Folds using the same one in his youtube lessons.