Yamaha CP73 73-Key Balanced Hammer Action Stage Piano with Sustain Pedal

After I got my CP73 I spent a lot of time with it. I edited some presets and arranged sounds in live sets in a way that works for me. I used my CP on a gig the next night with a 7 piece jump blues band. I had no trouble hearing myself, and friends in the audience told me that my solos cut through and that my comping parts could be heard in the mix. My main stage piano is a Roland RD700 and I have to say that I prefer the piano sounds in the RD over the CP but I love both. Lately I have been getting a lot of gigs with small stages and some gigs with difficult load ins. It's not practical to use a large and heavy 88 key stage piano on these gigs. I will use my 73 key CP on these gigs and my RD on other gigs where it makes sense to use it. The sounds: Piano sounds are great, especially the Bosendorfer (spelling?). The EPs and clavs are as good as it gets. The Hammond sounds are not that good but they are acceptable if you are not playing a featured Hammond part or soloing. I will continue to use my dedicated clone wheel for Hammond sounds.The Vox and Farfisa sounds are a blast and I will definitely use those! The on board effects sound fantastic. There is a button or a knob for anything you want to do so live tweaking is easy. This takes the Korg SV concept to a whole new level! Remember, this is a stage piano and it functions as one. It's all about the piano sounds, EPs and other electric keyboard instruments. It has a few basic synth sounds good for layering but otherwise it's a piano. Using it as a synth or an organ is like taking a corvette off-roading. If you use this keyboard for its intended purpose you should be thrilled with it!

I bought this keyboard for a church worship team of volunteers. We wanted a few different sound that are easy to access. For that I give this a 5 star. In face I recommended it to other churches who didn't want to spend Nord amount of money and didn't need anything more that a few nice sounds - strings, pads... We have had it for 2 and a half years and now they keys that get played often feel like a cheap keyboard with springs instead of weighted keys. They even click now loud enought that when I make a voice memo recording for my team you can hear the keys clicking. For the cost, it should have lasted much longer.

Thamks i like it all is very good

I’m a pro musician and the CP73 is awesome! Easy to travel with but be sure to get the case It sounds great!

Very good sound quality