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Introduction

The newly released Yamaha P145 is the bestselling digital piano in the USD500 range. Today, we’ll be comparing it to the Roland FP10, the oldest digital piano in this category, having launched in late 2019.

What’s the right piano for you and does the new outdo the old?

Specifications

Roland FP10
The Roland FP10 comes with 96 notes of polyphony and two sixwatt downwardfacing speakers. Its SuperNATURAL tone engine is one version prior to the current one, and it has 15 onboard voices; expanding to 34 when used in conjunction with the Roland piano app.

The FP10 comes with builtin Bluetooth MIDI to connect Bluetoothenabled mobile devices and to connect wirelessly to the app.

With a PHA4 action, a prolevel action available in a wide variety of Roland models, you get great weighting, a triple sensor, escapement simulation, and a nice texture on both the black and white keys. This is the most current version of the action with an improved factory application and type of grease that keeps the key lubricated and clickfree even if the piano is stored on its side.

This is not a renamed version of Ivory Feel G action, and getting this action at this price point is impressive

Yamaha P145
The Yamaha P145 comes with 64 notes of polyphony and two sevenwatt backwardfacing speakers. It comes with the CFIIIS tone generator, as opposed to the CFX which is used in higherlevel models and has 10 onboard sounds.

The CFIIIS is a more simplified tone engine than the Roland SuperNATURAL with one engine versus Roland’s four.

While there is no builtin Bluetooth MIDI included, there is an adaptor available for purchase.

The P145 has a compact action, similar to the updated 125 and 225, with a shortened pivot length and increased weighting. The downside of this is that there is a greater resistance differential from the front to the back of the keys. That being said, this would only really be noticeable to more advanced players.

Yamaha has kept shiny white keytops and matte black keys from earlier models.

Both of these digital pianos can layer two sounds and have basics like an onboard metronome.

Stu’s Thoughts

While there are still features of the Roland that are better than the Yamaha, the Yamaha has dramatically improved over the Roland in two areas. Foremost is the speaker reconfiguration. The P145 puts out not only more sound but a more balanced sound than the FP10. The inclusion of sound ports in the top of the keyboard provides some secondary tone to the player, similar to having a small tweeter. This makes the Yamaha clearly better when it comes to the volume and detail of sound.

That being said the Roland piano tone is more complex and dynamic, and when listening with headphones, the speaker benefit becomes mute. The feel of the keys on the Yamaha when playing more challenging repertoire is still an issue, but the audience for the P145 is not a professional player.

Cost

The Roland costs USD599, CDN849, and weighs 30 lbs. The Yamaha is available for USD500, CDN799 and weighs just under 25 lbs; one of the lightest on the market.

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