Yamaha FC-5 Sustain Pedal for Portable Electronic Keyboards

 FC-5: Not for Piano Players
Growing up with an acoustic piano, I was uncomfortable with how the FC-5 Sustain Pedal felt. For me to tell when I was pressing the pedal or not, I had to take my shoes off. Unwilling to be an environmental hazard, I decided to purchase a pedal that has the feel of an acoustic piano's pedal. (Much better than buying that yellow tape to surround myself with...)

If you are looking for the feel of an acoustic piano's pedal, I would recommend the FC-4. Or if you want the same feel with a pedal that can do more than just sustain, I'd recommend the FC-3.

 Great price, pedal gets the job done
The Yamaha FC-5 Sustain Pedal's price was the deciding factor, when I searched Amazon. I was looking for a sustain pedal, for my newly purchased M-Audio Midi Keyboard, and I didn't want to pay the $25, for M-Audio's pedal.

This Yamaha pedal feels of good quality, and it functions as advertised. Just ensure you follow the directions: plug the pedal into your keyboard, while the keyboard is turned off. Otherwise, the polarity is incorrect, and the pedal may not function correctly.

Some might appreciate the *feel* of the M-Audio pedal, which is very similar to a piano's, but this product gets the job done at a more affordable price, and I like that!

 No Rewiring Necessary
I'm new to keyboards and am still trying to make my hands work together. The melody is coming along fine with my right hand but integrating chords with my left sounded choppy so I thought it might sound better with a sustain pedal. My music is a little better but the pedal itself works great. I read the comments about it working backwards and tried some experiments. If the keyboard is powered off when you plug in the sustain pedal it will work just fine, but if it has power to the keyboard when you plug it in then it will work backwards. To fix it just turn the power off and on again.
The pedal causes the sound to die away over 3-4 seconds with the peddal pushed and if you release it early it will shut the sound off early. My keyboard has a very good piano sound when set to Grand Piano and with the sustained sound it doesn't loose any of that piano sound.
The peddle itself looks fairly well constructed especially considering it's low price. I've only had it a few weeks so I can't speak about how well it will stand up to repeated use. It seems good enough for someone who wants to play for their own enjoyment and maybe a few friends.

 Not for Casio
Purchased this pedal for my Casio WK 3000. The pedal is an excellent buy for the price charged by Amazon and has a good sound response and mechanical feel when pressed.Unfortunately it will not function in the standard fashion in my Casio keyboard whether or not it is plugged in with the power on or off.Appears that the polarity is reversed when hooked up to a Casio and would need to be rewired and soldered to work properly. Better off going with a Casio pedal if you own this brand of keyboard.

 Not Rudder Pedals!
For those of you who are lookign for rudder pedals, you came to the wrong place. I was looking for rudder pedals and mistakenly got this because it didnt come with a picture and there wasnt a description.
The actual pedal seems to be just an inexpensive pedal in case you need one, nothing fancy.

 reverse order pedal...
I ordered this pedal thinking that it would be like a normal pedal would...you press it down, it sustains your notes. When I got it, it came in a box with no instructions at all...so, I plugged it in, and on my keyboard it showed that the pedal was in use. When I went to play notes, it sustained them-and when I pressed down the pedal, it didn't. I returned it, because I know I can get a better one elsewhere...I was just very shocked that Yamaha would be like that. Maybe it was a glitch with that one pedal. It is good for people who are lazy and want to have their notes sustain all the time without pressing anything...

 This is Normally Closed circuit (Not what I expected!)
This is a "Normally Closed" circuit (Current flows). Meaning that when you press on it the circuit opens (No Current flows). If your using for a keyboard or anything else this will be important to know. I'm going to rewire it so that it's "Normally Open". Hopefully it will then work ok. The description doesn't say if it's NO (normally open) or NC (normally closed) which makes for problems. ... Mike.

 This sustain pedal works fine
The people who said this pedal works the opposite of a normal sustain pedal may not know that the keyboard has to be turned OFF when the pedal is plugged in. This pedal works fine for me, though it slides a bit on carpet. This does not have the feel of a regular piano pedal, but I'm quite happy with it, for what it is.

 Works for me
This is a bargain and certainly fills the bill for me. I am not looking for top of the line and certainly would not expect such for this price. Thus, if I need a more realistic feel or whatever, I would expect to pay more. But for the average person, this will work fine and there is no reason to be afraid of it. It does what it says it is supposed to do and "feel" is really just what you get used to. Get used to this and I am sure you will appreciate the bargain.

 yamaha sustain pedal
I have owned this pedal for a VERY long time and had it through some very abusive situations and it has held up very well. (the pedals I recently purchased are add-ons for new gear) the origunal pedal still works fine.