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Hello everyone. I hope you’re keeping well. Helen Porter is one of the most experienced and respected piano teachers in our area. I invited her into the store to hear her thoughts about the Yamaha Arius YDP164 piano. I wanted to share with you the opinion of a professional musician on the performance of this particular digital piano model as we have so many enquiries about it from beginners.
We sat down (socially distanced of course!), and discussed the playability, the selection of sounds, and the many practicalities that digital pianos bring. For example; being able to wear headphones, that they don’t ever go out of tune, and they’re so lightweight compared to traditional pianos. As you’d expect, Helen is a very good pianist in her own right, and she treated us to some excellent demonstrations of the various sounds on the Yamaha YDP164. Sit back, relax, and enjoy watching our video below.
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Piano teacher Helen Porter gives her thoughts on the Yamaha ARIUS YDP164 piano
You might be interested to know that there is a slimline version of the Yamaha Arius YDP164 piano. It’s called the Yamaha Arius YDP-S54. It has the same specification but is designed to fit into smaller spaces. I have a blog and a video explaining it all here. The Yamaha Arius series of electric pianos have been extremely popular with people of all ages who are taking up piano. They offer some of the most authentic piano-style weighted keys, and realistic piano voices for under £1000.
I hope you enjoy the video. Sometimes it’s just nice to hear a really good pianist at work, isn’t it? I plan to bring Helen back to give her thoughts on some more of the Yamaha models. I’m particularly excited to see what she thinks of Yamaha’s AvantGrand Hybrid pianos which are a mix of the best features from digital and traditional pianos.
Bye-bye for now and take care.
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These items are sold on behalf of Yamaha, and are sent to us on a per-order basis, typically within 5-7 working days, unless an ETA is otherwise stated.
We'll contact you the moment your purchase arrives with us to organise delivery, based on your selected option.
Example products: Yamaha DGX670, Yamaha P-525, Yamaha YDP-S55, Yamaha Clavinova.
These items must be sent with a heavy-goods courier (typically APC or FedEx). On occasion, depending on which is fastest, we will drop-ship directly from Yamaha to your address via Dachser.
Tracking will be provided by the haulier, with a typical arrival time of 1-2 working days.
*If you have included the optional £180 "Yamaha Premium Service" home delivery & setup option offered on selected products, we will contact you regarding arrangements after purchase.
**The Yamaha CSP Series, Yamaha CVP905 & CVP909, Yamaha CLP875, 885 & 895GP, and Yamaha NU1Xa are all sold on behalf of Yamaha and arrive with us on a per-order basis. As soon as your piano has arrived, we will contact you to organise the appropriate dispatch method. ETA for stock is shown on the product page for those items.
***If you have included the optional £99 home delivery & setup option offered on selected products, we will send your details direct to the installation team, who will contact you within 48 hours to make arrangements.
Depending on which option is most appropriate, we will either contact you to discuss a bespoke ePianos delivery surcharge for goods we can’t package for a 3rd party courier, or otherwise dispatch goods via FedEx or APC.
If a courier is used, tracking will be provided by them directly, with a typical arrival time of 1-2 working days.
Example products: Yamaha PSR-SX920, Yamaha P-225, Yamaha NP-15.
These items will be sent via courier (typically APC or FedEx). On occasion, depending on which is fastest, we will drop-ship directly from Yamaha to your address via UPS or Parcelforce.
Tracking will be provided by the courier, with a typical arrival time of 1-2 working days.
Smaller items, such as books, discs, etc, will be dispatched via Royal Mail second class.
After purchase, you can download the file either from the order confirmation page or the "Downloads" tab in "My Account".
If you have selected the option to receive a pre-loaded USB stick, then this will be dispatched via Royal Mail.
We will contact you regarding any pre-ordered items, and let you know when they arrive so as to arrange delivery with you at a convenient time.
Used items can also be purchased using either of the following options (minimum loan amount of £250 after deposit):
Total amount payable: £893.32
Available finance options are displayed at checkout. Alternatively, please get in touch and we’ll be happy to discuss the options, or email a finance application to you. Find out more by clicking here
Our seasonal opening hours are as follows:
We are closed on all bank holidays, therefore the processing of sales and deliveries will be delayed.
For orders of any stock displaying a 7-10 day lead time, we will contact you as soon as the item arrives with us to schedule a delivery with you.
Occasionally, there may be availability issues with our suppliers, in which case we'll get in touch with you to see if you're happy to wait, or if you'd like to cancel the order and receive a full refund.
This is a special order "agency" item, and comes to us directly from Yamaha on a per-order basis.
It typically takes 7-10 days for this item to arrive with us, whereupon we'll contact you to discuss the arrangement of delivery.
For any pre-orders, we will contact you as soon as the item arrives with us to schedule a delivery with you, and update you with an ETA.
Occasionally, there may be availability issues with our suppliers, in which case we'll get in touch with you to see if you're happy to wait, or if you'd like to cancel the order and receive a full refund.
*Cashback amount varies product to product, as indicated.
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