Yamaha Arius YDP-S31 88-Key Graded Hammer Piano
Develop proper playing technique with this digital piano's graded hammer standard keys, built-in metronome and three expression pedals.
Overall User Ratings (based on 11 ratings)
Submitted April 28, 2009 by a customer from gmail.com
"Yamaha YDP S31 is Awesome"
If you want to pay a thousand or less for a keyboard/piano without a lot of effects, then this is what you get.
Sound
Sounds is good, but it's not a real steinway grand.
Features
Features is kind of like the older model clainovas. This model includes enough for the digital piano to act like a piano, but not really a whole lot more. Get a synth if you want more.
Ease of Use
AWESOMELY easy assembly! Other than that, use it like a regular piano.
Quality
Yamaha Quality, hello? Near Perfect but not Steinway.
Value
Best digital piano for under 1000 dollars.
The Wow Factor
Sexy! By far the most sexy in its class.
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Submitted October 24, 2011 by a customer from yahoo.com
Yamaha Arius YDPS31 Piano Customer Review
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This instrument is well made..sounds great..loks great..and my kids are not afraid to play it. Not a lot of confusing buttons and screens...just a great digital piano.
Sound
Sound is very good. Feel is better. Great for students .. very dynamic.
Features
Comes with pedals that appear to operate well.
Ease of Use
This piano is simple to use. Great for students. The metronome function is a little funny but other than that..very simple.
Quality
This instrument is beautiful.
Value
It is a little pricey but the sound quality and build quality "hopefully" will off set the cost long term.
Manufacturer Support
Yamaha is wonderful.
The Wow Factor
Not sure i have to assign sex to everything. But it is pretty.
Musical Background:
active musician
Musical Style:
rock, blues, alternative, country
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Submitted August 13, 2012 by Stephen B
"Great but not perfect"
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If you're a pianist who doesn't need a lot of sounds, then this is the set up for you. The main "grand piano" sound sounds really nice with just a touch of reverb.. It's a very dark sounding classical/jazz sound. The second sound is brighter and sounds more like an upright which is nice for pop/country. All the other sounds are so so, not very pleasant to my ears. The strings are rather pleasant though. But if a multitude of great sounds is what you want then this is not the keyboard for you.
Midi works great, but the response of the pedals are finicky. Granted, I was going into garageband. The sustain only worked when the pedal was all the way down. Whereas the direct output (1/4" headphone jack) actually payed more dynamic attention to how the pedals were pressed. Other than that it's quite nice.
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