The best keybed period--and on a reasonably priced digital piano!

Although I am hardly a pianist, I do have some playing experience, and I really prefer the feel of a traditional keybed when I want to make piano-type sounds. I spent months and months in several music stores just playing different keyboards. I kept coming back to the P-115, even over other digital pianos and keyboards costing thousands more! The weighted keys gave just the right amount of resistance without feeling mushy, they were responsive to dynamics (hard or soft, fast or slow), and actually felt a bit like real wood. It simply felt the most like I was playing a really really nice piano!

The little brother P-45 has the same great GHS keybed, but the P-115 has several distinct benefits: better samples for the voices, nicer matte finish on the keys, higher polyphony (192 vs 64), 4 more instrument voices, recording capability, better internal speakers (2 additional 4cm speakers), rhythm section, and support for full 3-pedal setup. A lot of these benefits apply (even more so) when comparing to older Yamaha digital pianos (let alone cool newer features like USB out). In addition, I definitely wanted something that at least could be used on stage, and there the P-45 also falls short. Only the P-115 can mute the onboard speakers when going through a PA (critical), and it also has a "sound boost" feature to help cut through in a mix. It only weighs 26 lbs, but is a bit ungainly to carry. However, that's true of any weighted-action full-size (88-key) keyboard.

My only gripe is that I could've wished for just a couple more sounds. Even just a couple of basic "SAW" type digital synth sounds would've put this unit over the top. I also would've liked a bit more intuitive feedback--there is no indicator to tell me which instrument is currently selected, for example. There is but a single red LED for instrument selection, and that only lights up tell me that I am somewhere on the bottom row. I could see this being an issue on stage, forcing me to manually select the button I want every time before a song, just to make sure it hasn't been accidentally changed.

But all that is minor. In my humble opinion, the Yamaha P-115 feels and sounds as good or better than digital pianos costing a lot more, and is simply a unbeatable bargain.

Good the digital piano for beginners.

For the asking price -- quite a good instrument. But, there are some weakness. Contrary to the claims of the manufacturer, it has the samples of not very good quality. The keyboard is also not quite perfect -- the distance between the keys F#,G#,A# is less than between C#,D#. And my fingers (not very fleshy, rather thing) hardly placed between F#,G#,A#.

Great piano, for all occasions.

Love how versatile this thing is, just wish this had a MIDI port!

its great!

Its a mean piano that can rock hard with various different effects!

Amazing

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