Yamaha Arius YDP-143 Digital Piano with Bench (Black Walnut)

Yamaha Arius YDP-143 Digital Piano with Bench (Black Walnut)

Yamaha Arius YDP-143B Digital Piano with Bench (Black Walnut) is an 88-key digital piano featuring a Graded Hammer Standard keyboard designed to emulate the feel of an acoustic piano, and matte-finished black keys that makes them less slippery when playing for extended periods of time. It has damper, sostenuto, and soft foot pedals with continuous control, and provides playback from two oval speakers and built-in dual 6-watt amplifiers, or two 1/4" headphone jacks with Stereophonic Optimizer technology.

The piano allows for selecting between a soft, medium, hard, or fixed touch response to correspond to the performer's individual playing style. The PureCF sound engine powers ten built-in voices that are based on samples taken from the company's CFIIIS concert grand piano. And 192-note polyphony allows many of the most complex piano compositions to be played without any dropped notes, and with sustained notes ringing through faithfully.

Two voices can be layered for creating new sounds. A built-in two-track MIDI recorder allows for capturing a performance and playing it back. Using the feature, right- and left-hand performances can be recorded separately at any tempo, and then either hand can be played back by the piano for additional practice. Fifty songs are built in, allowing for additional learning opportunities.

Yamaha Arius YDP-143B Digital Piano with Bench (Black Walnut) – Key Features:

• 88-key digital piano
• Pure CF Sound Engine features the recorded sounds of the Yamaha CFIIIS 9' concert grand piano
• Graded Hammer (GHS) weighted keyboard mimics the touch of an acoustic piano, from the heavy feel in the lower register to a lighter touch in the upper octaves
• Matte finish of the black keys makes them less slippery when playing for extended periods of time
• Half-damper pedal control creates more detailed nuance and subtlety when playing, similar to pedaling on a grand piano, allowing for continuously increasing lengths of sustained notes, from slight to full
• Stereo Sustain samples provide mellow reverberations when the player depresses the damper pedal
• Damper Resonance provides broad and deep resonance when the pedal is used
• 196-note polyphony
• Ten presets
• Fifty preset songs built in and also presented as a music book
• Recording function allows players to record performances with a single touch (compatible software is required for playback of the recorded data on a computer)
• Two-track song recorder
• Record the right and left hands separately for hands-separate practicing at any tempo—practice one hand, while the piano plays the other
• Combine two voices together, such as piano and strings
• Intelligent Acoustic Control (IAC) feature allows for playing at a lower volume in a quiet home environment without treble and bass loss
• Volume dial automatically makes fine adjustments to the overall sound of the speaker system (EQ) when played at a low volume
• Acoustic Optimizer physically adjusts the sound flow, controlling resonances and enriching the overall sound
• Metronome
• Transpose keyboard up or down half an octave
• Dual 20W amplifiers
• Two built-in speakers
• Dual headphone outputs with Stereophonic Optimizer that allows the sound of the piano to be perceived as coming from the body of the instrument rather than from the headphones
• When connected to external speakers, the built-in speakers can be muted
• "Digital Piano Controller" app has an interface optimized for iOS touch screens, adding a new functionality to the instrument
• A standard USB cable can be used to connect the instrument to a computer or mobile device for creativity, entertainment or education