Yamaha LP7A Keyboard Foot Pedal Unit

by Yamaha

Product Features

• Damper Pedal (Right)
• Sostenuto Pedal (Center)
• Soft Pedal (Left)

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 54 x 7 x 12 inches ; 13 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 29 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0029RVWUO
• Item model number: LP7A
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,361 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #36 in Musical Instruments > Keyboards > Electronic Keyboards > Portable Keyboards

Product Description

The yamaha lp7a pedal unit has three foot pedals that produce a range of expressive effects similar to those produced by the pedals on an acoustic piano. the expressive effects are controlled by the damper, soft, and sostenuto pedals including half damper effect which produces a more realistic control over the sustained sound. perfect for piano players and music students. designed for use with yamaha's dgx630, dgx640, ypg635 and p95 digital pianos.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential to turn the YPG-635 into a more accurate simulation of a piano, December 25, 2008

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N. J. Simicich "Gadget Geek" (Labelle, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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So, what does a piano have that a keyboard generally doesn't? Simple answer: pedals. This adds three pedals to the high end home keyboards.

Yamaha gives you a small portable style pedal that only does full sustain with the YPG-635. This unit gives you full piano pedal function.

Installation is a snap, provided you are using the original Yamaha stand. There are holes in the sideboards that are filled with little rubber plugs, and four screws come with the pedal kit that mount it to the side boards once you remove the plugs. There are two screws (and little sleeves) that mount the pedal assembly to the cross piece. The wood is "machined" and fits the stand fairly precisely.

The wire is long enough to stay out of the way and there are wire guides that should be mounted to the wire before the paper adhesive covers are removed.

The left pedal is a soft pedal. Right is a sustain, and the middle is a "sostenudo" if I have that correct. In any case, if you have chorded and want that chord to be sustained, and then want to play a progression, and want the subsequent chords not to be sustained even though the first chord is sustained, you play and hold the first chord, then press the pedal, then play your other chords, and it sustains any chords that are being held when you first press the pedal, and does not sustain chords that are played after you press the pedal. In other words, notes that are being held when you press the pedal are sustained, and notes played after you press the pedal are not sustained.

The sustain mimics a piano - it won't sustain forever even if you don't release the pedal - eventually it decays, just like a piano does.

I'm told that one of the pedals makes some muting alterations to some of the registers - the trumpet sounds like it is muted, not just quieter, or something. I have not had a chance to investigate and am more interested in the YPG-635 as a piano than as a keyboard.

The attachment to the keyboard is a special connector. The pedals have a piano pedal feel.

I like the YPG-635 - the action is amazingly faithful to a real piano - it feels like you are playing a hammer action - better than any electric I've tried, including those that cost more - and those that cost less. This adds pedals to complete the piano experience.

The instructions talk about adding the pedal assembly early in the stand assembly process but it should be no trouble adding the pedal assembly to the piano even thought he assembly is complete.

My daughter and I put the whole thing together in just a few minutes. Putting this on should take 20 minutes, of which 10 minutes is finding the phillips screw driver. It takes a #1 and a #2 phillips to do the job correctly.

The pedal height is easily adjustable. Loosen the two screws and move the pedals up or down, then tighten them.

When I ordered this device it was supplied by 8th Street. They shipped it promptly (had they delayed a day it would have missed xmas) and it was shipped in the original packaging, which required a little dancing as we got home since wife did not know she was getting a piano for Christmas (the piano was purchased locally - it is a tiny bit too heavy to ship).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It works, and you can see the picture!, October 31, 2010

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mondele "maddog" (Rockford, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Yamaha LP7A Keyboard Foot Pedal Unit (Electronics)

This pedal set works very well with the Yamaha DGX-640 we purchased. The mounting bar fits exactly into the existing stand and makes it even more solid than it already was. By ordering online, the money I saved in sales tax almost paid for the pedals. While it would be nice to have something that looked more impressive, the piano it's attached to isn't exactly a concert grand in style, so I am resigned. I certainly don't think it's worth deducting stars for something that is obvious from the product photos, and when there isn't any competing product at this point.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars yamaha pedal assembly, June 6, 2011

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A. Proctor (Connecticut) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha LP7A Keyboard Foot Pedal Unit (Electronics)

Shipment arrived within a few days of order. Assembly was simple and well-described. Downside are the pedals themselves: plastic and altho adjustable, a little high off the floor. Strangely, the keyboard volume/sound seems improved on the default grand piano setting.