The digital piano of your choice!

Animisha · 2024-08-20T14:04:09+00:00

Which digital piano would you buy if money was not an issue? And why?

TC3

Sophia That's why I bought me one of these!

I actually used it today. We were having a really nasty thunderstorm and I was nervous about leaving things plugged in while lightning hit nearby ...

Sophia

Nice!!! I'll show it to hubby. I love that it works on solar power.

We have a UPS that works just long enough for the NAS to power down safely, but really we shouldn't be living on the edge because any time a tree falls on the lines, we're out for several hours. Which is exactly what's happened tonight.

Thanks for the tip 😄

TC3

Sophia You bet! The solar attachment is sold separately, I don't have that, but I keep it charged for the rare and usually brief power outages we have.

Jane

And then, there's this....

thepianoplayer416

I watched a few videos on the Pocket Piano (from Spain). It's basically a travel piano that is similar to the Piano de Voyage from France I used when travelling away from home. Both are around $1500. The main difference is that the 4 pieces of the Piano de Voyage have joints you tighten with screws so you can set it up on a folding keyboard stand like a regular keyboard. The Pocket Piano has more pieces joined together by magnets. You just put it on a table or a flat surface. If you want it on a folding stand, you need to put a board underneath. Think both keyboards have similar semi-weighted action. Not sure about the piano sound since the person playing can hook up to a computer and use a virtual piano from Pianoteq or another similar program.

The last travel keyboard I bought was the Folding Piano 88 from Carry-on back in July. It's also sold under the brandname MiDI Plus from China. Folds into 4 pieces. Very light and compact in a small box. The latest version IS touch sensitive. The main issue is the plastic noise as you play. Did a review video just under 20 min recently and found some good things about it. Otherwise it's not the best keyboard for travelling but does an adequate job. The default piano sound is like a toy instrument unless you connect a MIDI cable to a computer and use a virtual piano sample.

Really pushed myself to play to the best of my abilities. The plastic noise and the artificial piano sound gets in the way of enjoying the music.

TheBoringPianist

iternabe I really want to try the NV10S but have never been able to find one at a dealership so I ended up getting an N2 (hybrid grand action is extremely important to me). I grew up on my parents' U1 and practiced on a P515 before upgrading to the N2 though so at this point I'm pretty sure Yamaha is just my fated lover (until I can save up enough for an Estonia and/or Bösendorfer for my forever piano).

iternabe

I am drooling over this:

Bellyman

iternabe, that does look pretty amazing. Then again, it's between $15k and $20k here in the US, and that's steep.

iternabe

Bellyman Hence the drooling ‘cause I couldn’t afford one 🙁

WieWaldi

Boring Sunday - too lazy to practice...

I put as long more weight on each key on different positions until it could no longer stay above the escapement. (This was the most clear point to measure). The problem comes near the fallboard with the white keys, and it feels exactly as the picture shows:

WieWaldi

Someone told me, my previous method 👆of testing isn't meant for measuring downweight.

So I repeated the test differently:

This time I added weight until the keys started to move ever so slightly.
I lifted the keys again, but the weight just was enough to push the key a little bit down.

The outcome is similar:
Near the fallboard, the black keys are ok-ish but the white ones are just hard to control.

Seems the letoff-notch on the black keys needs (relative) more downforce than the one of the white keys.

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