Through a series of trades, I found myself with a P-121 digital piano.
https://youtu.be/2erIv6fNseM
I wasn't really looking for a weighted piano, but the 73 key size made it appealing to me. Then ... after hooking up the iPad app - WOAH Nelly!
(does anyone else's' folks say "Woah Nelly")?

The piano is pretty cool on it's own, but the app makes navigation SO MUCH easier.
Splits, layers, drum styles, octave shifts, tempo, transpose ... all on the screen.
Nice one, Yamaha.
BTW - the P121, and P125 are identical in every way, except number of keys)

I'm thinking this may be my winery rig. I have another 10 days or so to experiment with it, but my thinking is this:
The tasters & sippers are generally more of an up scale crowd, and the volume is pretty low, so styles would just sound lifeless, and whimpy ... more artificial than usual. (no air=no life) When I did it with the PA700, I only used rhythm and bass - no acc voices. That's the tone that seemed appropriate. So, with THAT thinking ... the simpler, the better, I say. Straight piano most of the night, and Rhodes, Bass & drums for some "special sauce" here, and there. The room is super "live" so I don't even need (or want) any vocal effects, so that simplifies things, too.
The setup is not as easy as an all-in-one arranger board, but this rig has promise.
I'll keep you all posted. (and no, Donny - no pics or video will be taken)

This is the first slab piano I may actually buddy up to, since the size makes it fit into my personal comfort zone. Who needs the breaking glass tones up top, or the farting bullfrogs down below on an 88 anyway?
(yup - stirring the pot for my piano purist buddies) lol

Seriously - this is not a bad unit, and I got it used, and mint, so there was a good amount of savings, too. Heck - they're only $500 or so, new!

Good luck Dave on the Wine gig...Salute`

I owned the P-115 for a while (almost identical to the successor P-125), it has the same "CF-Engine" piano sound, which was nice. I think the P-121 is the most lightweight fully-weighted hammer action piano you can get.

I’m really on the fence with this, but it’s such a novelty for me ... thinning out the sound; making it more acoustic-ish for the intimacy of the situation. More me, less gear. Fingers crossed that I’ll be happy. 😇

You should just barrow Grace's Yamaha digital piano.(your old one).

That would've been an option if this didn't fall into my lap. I'm likin' it - the app makes it very easy. Without the app, I'd never have it.

Curious which app you are referring to??

Thanks!

Hi Jill,
The app is Yamaha's "Smart Pianist" - Works on several models, and is invaluable on this one, since the controls are mostly hidden.

Wish it had actual midi out to control sound module or arranger. They stopped after P95/35.

USB out alone limits overall use.

Same issue with Roland FP 10/30 ( $499/$699) love the key response, 4 good pianos but limited / so so EPs, though organs and strings are great. It also comes with similar app). USB to device also ( I believe it can play back SMF, not sure,need to confirm it).

But you have YAMMY P515 with both USB and midi out, better keys but, it’s heavy.