Feature:
Wish it had the ability, in record mode to adjust recording levels. there is no way to get any kind of decent mix through internal recording.

Quality:
top shelf

Value:
Well worth the money.

Desirability:
Wish they made it in ebony. it would be perfect then.

Sound:
It's hands down the best digital I've ever played. Action is awesome, very much like their concert grands.

Ease of Use:
Very easy to use and taylor rich sounds without being a programmer, those dudes are weird anyway. I'm a player.

Support:
can't comment, haven't had any problems with anything Yamaha.

Overall:
forever. I'll always have it for my home.

• Submitted: 9/19/2008

Feature:
Includes the traditional piano pedal board with 3 pedals, a gorgeous full-back stand, and a comfortable, attractive piano bench. Fourteen sounds; 64-voice polyphony. Two-track sequencer with tempo adjustment. It interfaces with my computer. There are stereo outputs.

Quality:
My YDP-223 arrived in October of 2003. It is now July 2007. It still looks and plays great. The quality is exceptional. It has not diminished even though many little children have played with it. It sounds as great as it ever did.

Value:
It is definately worth the money.

Desirability:
This piano is exactly what I want. It does everything I want and looks and sounds great.

Sound:
All of the 14 voices are great. I can vary the intensity of sound by hitting the keys softer or harder or using the footpedals. If I really want to make the sound louder I can output the sound to any sound system. However, the volume control max output is usually loud enough. I permitted our church camp to borrow the YDP-223 this summer and they loved it. They played it beside their piano and said it is loud enough. They did not want it to be louder than the piano.

Ease of Use:
The smallest members of my family find it easy to use. The feel of the YDP-223 is great. The graded hammer action of the keys, the sound, and the footpedals keep my playing skills sharp so that I am able to move to other pianos with ease. I have it connected to my computer. I can key music into Finale notation software from the YDP-223 and play it back. If I want to play to my hearts content while others are watching TV I can put on the headphones. That also makes it a great teaching piano. If a student is shy we can put on the headphones and only the student and teacher can hear the results.

Support:
The best support is never needing any. Thanks Yamaha you did a great job in making this product.

Overall:
I chose this product after much research. It is respected by many people. What I like most is the sound and feel. There is not anything that I don't like about it.

• User: a customer from iup.edu
• Submitted: 7/23/2007
• Style of Music: Country Gospel, Christian classical
• Location: Blairsville, PA, USA

Feature:
Minimal sound bank and limited MIDI saving. Neither of those are expected in this type of product, though.

Quality:
Looks and sounds great right out of the box. I would not take it on the road, due to weight issues and difficulty maintaining the finish.

Value:
Best sounding and feeling digital in its class. And that's coming from a Roland and Alesis freak!

Desirability:
Looks great against a wall. Less good if it's viewed straight on--from a stage, for example. The back is a kind of particle-board material with a slit in the top for running cables and providing access.

Sound:
Sounds considerably better than the upright it replaced. Among the most realistic digitals I have heard, easily the best in the price range. Electric piano 2 has a nice Rhodes quality to it as well.

Ease of Use:
Very straightforward. Even a small child would have no problem selecting sounds, changing timbre or volume. More advanced features, like tremolo depth or volume each of the two voices in a mix require some digging in the manual.

Support:
Pass. Haven't needed it, don't expect to.

Overall:
I would recommend it to pretty much anybody who needs a piano and not much more. I cannot walk past mine without playing a few notes and I've had it for 18 monts.

• User: a customer from hotmail.com
• Submitted: 7/10/2006
• Style of Music: Experimental, Contemporary Christian, Instrumental
• Location: Fairmont, WV USA

Feature:
No accessories, I bought the ear phones to go with.

Quality:
It's a little too heavy to take on the road, I think.

Value:
I think so!

Desirability:
Pretty nice looking and I like the fact you can't spill anything into it (happened with a Clavinova I had once).

Sound:
I love both the feels of the key action and, if you close your eyes when it's in grand piano voice, you really think that's what you're listening to. Marvelous instrument!

Ease of Use:
I haven't yet learned how to record but I love learning the classics that are already stored and playing along with the Yamaha version.

Support:
No idea, haven't needed support.

Overall:
Love this piano.

• User: a customer from netzero.net
• Submitted: 3/2/2006
• Style of Music: Some jazz, some classics
• Location: Tucson, AZ

Sound:
For years I've been trying to find a digital piano that can simulate the sound of an acoustic piano. This is by far the closest I've come across. To the novice ear, it's almost impossible to tell it's digital. I'm very impressed with this instrument.

• Submitted: 7/28/2005

Feature:
Has just what I wanted in a digital piano...no more, no less.

Quality:
It's a sturdy instrument. Very attractive styling and finish. Everything works fine so far... It was delivered in one big box and was very easy to assemble...all the parts fit together well

Value:
I'm a senior citizen on a fixed income...did alot a research before I purchased this and I believe it's the best value for me.

Desirability:
LOOKS like a piano, SOUNDS like a piano, FEELS like a piano, all at a reasonable price...what more could I ask for?

Sound:
Great sound...everyone who's heard it is impressed!

Support:
Haven't needed any support, so I'm rating this on Yamaha's reputation...

Overall:
My main instrument is the accordion, but sometimes I just yearn to play a horizontal keyboard. This piano satifies that yearning. I will keep this instrument, and if anything happened to it I'd replace it with the same

• User: a customer from msn.com
• Submitted: 3/14/2005
• Style of Music: Old-time, country, polka, variety..
• Location: Minneapolis, MN & Seattle, WA

Feature:
Has just what I wanted in a digital piano...no more, no less.

Quality:
It's a sturdy instrument. Very attractive styling and finish. Everything works fine so far...

Value:
I'm a senior citizen on a fixed income...did alot a research before I purchased this and I believe it's the best value for me.

Desirability:
LOOKS like a piano, SOUNDS like a piano, FEELS like a piano, all at a reasonable price...what more could I ask for?

Sound:
Great sound...everyone who's heard it is impressed!

Support:
Haven't needed any support, so I'm rating this on Yamaha's reputation...

Overall:
My main instrument is the accordion, but sometimes I just yearn to play a horizontal keyboard. This piano satifies that yearning. I will keep this instrument, and if anything happened to it I'd replace it with the same

• User: a customer from msn.com
• Submitted: 3/14/2005
• Style of Music: Old-time, country, polka, variety..

Feature:
This piano is compact enough to fit in any room in our home and has everything our granddaughter needs to learn to play including the footpedals. When she goes to school and plays the yamaha grand piano the transistion is easy because the feel of the keyboard is the same.

Quality:
The design and finish fit are attractive. The finish is also quality and has not shown any nics or bangs in spite of children who frequent the keyboard. Everything looks and plays as well as it did the day that I received it.

Value:
It is absolutely worth the selling price. There is nothing on the market that comes close to the value of this piano.

Desirability:
This product is very appealing. It is attractive. Why settle for one huge grand piano that requires a room of it's own. It has the sound of many high quality instuments with a versatile input and output system for sound and computer interfacing.

Sound:
I did a lot of research before buying and the YDP-223 is the best in it's class. Our family loves the sound. We have owned this piano for over a year. My granddaughter fell in love with it and inspired her to begin lessons. She often changes the sounds as she is practicing. It alleviates boredom because each time she plays a song she hears it in a different way.

Support:
Have not needed any support service. I did not rate this because I did not use it. However, not needing service is a quality that speaks for itself. In that area I would give it a 10.

Overall:
As long as this product does what it does now I will keep it.

• User: a customer from iup.edu
• Submitted: 3/3/2005
• Style of Music: Variety. Favorite is Inspirational
• Location: Blairsville, PA, United States of America

Feature:
Does not have as wide a variety of sounds or features as others. But the sounds it does have are impressive unlike some other models.

Quality:
Very high quality. Sturdy. Comfortable bench. Excellently weighted keys.

Value:
More expensive than many other models but well worth it.

Desirability:
Have played on many keyboards and I always like coming home to play this one.

Sound:
Outstanding sound. Best of many models I tried.

Support:
Only had to contact them for drivers so I could connect my piano to my computer. Very helpful.

• User: a customer from rochester.rr.com
• Submitted: 1/9/2004
• Style of Music: Rag and Jazz
• Location: Ontario NY USA

Feature:
Obviously you don't buy this one if you're looking for an instrument heavy on extra sounds, sequencers, midi, etc. But as others have said, the basics are GREAT, and there's enough extras to be interesting but not overwhelming. You don't need to be an engineer or computer programmer to play it.

Quality:
High high quality. Very substantial. A real piece of furniture, not just a road axe.

Value:
Depends on how you look at it. If you want bells and whistles, no, other units have far more for less. But that's not why you buy this unit. You buy it because you want solid basics, great looks, and a few extras. On that basis, a great value.

Desirability:
10 seconds of playing and I was hooked.

Sound:
Truly amazing piano sound. I was originally looking for the bells and whistles, but couldn't get over the sound and the feel of the keys. Unlike most digitals, you can actually feel the vibration of strings in your fingers, as if playing a real baby grand.

Support:
Pass. No experience.

Overall:
I'll keep this one forever. If I want more bells and whistles, I'd buy another unit.

• User: a customer from pacbell.net
• Submitted: 12/6/2003
• Style of Music: Rock-jazz fusion.
• Location: L.A.

Feature:
Features above and beyond the normal piano touch/response were not that important to me. The touch, however, is excellent. It really feels like a mid-range grand piano. The only thing I would add (I'm spoiled - used to playing Steinway Concert Grands) is the quick-return keys. On a Steinway, when you lift the key halfway up, you can feel the mechanism reset itself, so you can play the same note repeatedly at high speed. With passages such as the fast solo from Rhapsody in Blue, this would really make it feel like $100,000 piano. For those who can't afford 6 figures for a piano (neither can I!), the graded hammer action and variable touch (soft, medium, hard) make this a GREAT feeling piano to play. It comes with the obligatory 10 voices or so, can record a couple of tracks (it would have been nice to record more, so I could accompany myself without having to re-record each time I change pieces), and has lots of demos. The demos make some nice background music, but really if you want to listen to piano music, a CD costs a lot less! The MIDI features, RCA audio jacks (put it through your amp system!), dual headphone sockets, matching bench, and 3 pedals really round this piano out. I just REALLY wish there were clips music books on the stand. Come on, even the cheapest uprights have those! It makes it VERY difficult to play music out of the book they include with the piano, let alone larger books. I couldn't bring myself to take 1 point off from the score for this, but it was very close.

Quality:
The wood finish looks excellent, and really fits in with the brown leather couches in my living room. Most importantly, though, the piano is sturdy. You can bash out Rachmaninoff on this thing without having it wobble and tilt under you. Even the included bench (which looks a little weak at first) holds up very well.

Value:
Definitely worth it. It strikes the best balance between features (excellent feel and response, sturdy quality, great sound) and price. When you're thinking about getting a Yamaha Clavinova that costs $600 - $1500 more, just ask yourself if you're actually going to USE what you're paying for. I surely wouldn't. On the other hand, I wouldn't have paid any more than I did for it, as an extra $200 or so would start to look expensive.

Desirability:
Excellent, excellent, excellent. I needed a good-looking, good-feeling, good-sounding piano, and I got it. Plus, all the extra bells and whistles are just icing on a delicious cake.

Sound:
The sound is probably the last reason I bought this piano. However, I was pleasantly surprised that it sounded excellent. I think they sampled the sounds from one of their own grand pianos, and you do get a sense of size which is surprising from such a small machine. If you really want loud sound, you may want to look at some of the Yamaha Clavinovas, which have 40W (or more) speakers. There are some very nice little touches, like the "key up" sound for the harpsichord, which accurately reproduces the sound made when you release a key.

Support:
I have no idea about support, as I've not had to use it. The only thing I didn't like was that, while this piano is IDENTICAL to the CLP-120 (another Yamaha, but in the Clavinova line), the YDP223 comes with a 1-year warranty, whereas the Clavinova comes with 5 years. While I don't expect (or hope) use it, it would be nice to have.

Overall:
This piano is exactly what I was looking for. A great, authentic keyboard action (though not a Steinway), well-sampled sound, high-class looks, and lots of little extras that wrap it up nicely (bench, music book, MIDI, etc). I can play anything from Bach to Brahms on this thing, and it performs wonderfully. My one niggling annoyance is that they just didn't think to put music book clips on the music stand. It would have cost about 50cents, but they just didn't do it. Tut tut.

• User: a customer from hp.com
• Submitted: 9/18/2003
• Style of Music: Classical
• Location: Dublin, CA, USA