Yamaha YDP 213 Digital Piano Review

Let’s take a close look at the Yamaha YDP 213. This is a good entry-level home digital piano and is good value for money too. And speaking of value for money, you can find this digital piano for around $900, so it’s not outrageously priced.

This 88-key digital piano has an attractive walnut finish that looks good in any home. You will especially appreciate the fact that it comes with a stand that has 3 pedals built into it. So you don’t have to worry about a pedal slipping across the floor while you play.

Yamaha does a good job of simulating the feel of an acoustic piano. They use different types of key action in their various models. For the Yamaha YDP213, they use the Graded Hammer Standard (GHS) piano action. This type of piano action emulates the feel of an acoustic grand piano by making the lower notes slightly heavier than the higher notes.

The feel of a digital piano’s keyboard action is somewhat subjective. But some players think the Yamaha GHS piano action is too light. Yamaha also uses the Graded Hammer effect on more expensive models, which offers a stiffer-feeling piano action that more closely recreates acoustic piano touch. This is one of the reasons why the Yamaha YDP213 is better for beginners and hobbyists rather than professionals. But again, this is somewhat subjective, and you should try any keyboard to come to your own conclusion.

You can expect good sound quality from this Yamaha digital piano. Yamaha displays the sounds of a real Yamaha acoustic grand piano. The YDP213 uses Advanced Wave Memory tone generation technology. And stereo sound sampling makes the sound even more realistic. That’s the nice thing about a big player in the digital piano market like Yamaha. They provide great sound quality on their digital pianos. As a beginning or advanced pianist, this is very important. If the sound quality is inferior, the risk of not playing the digital piano is greater, and what good is the keyboard if it only collects dust?

As mentioned above, the YDP213 has 3 pedals built into its stand. It has a soft, sostenuto and sustain pedal, just like an acoustic piano. One downside to pedals is that they don’t offer the ability to half-pedal. However, this may not be important to a beginner or hobbyist pianist.

What else can you expect from this digital piano? The YDP 213 has 6 different tones, 64-note polyphony, a metronome, two 6-watt amplifiers driving two 4-3/4″ speakers, reverb, chorus, MIDI in/out, and other features. In addition, the YDP213 has a sliding key cover that will protect against dust and spills, a very important feature.

In conclusion, the YDP213 is a good entry-level digital piano for a beginner or non-professional pianist. The keyboard action emulates the feel of an acoustic piano, which is important whether you’re an accomplished pianist or just a beginner. But the more expensive Yamaha models use a different key action technology that most players would say better recreates the acoustic feel. The YDP213 is definitely a good quality digital piano at a very affordable price.