Pallas I think it puts the music closer to your hands, which makes sense to me, especially if you want to use peripheral vision for boogie woogie left hand jumps.

Yes, this is something I always thought that cheapo digitals with small cabinets have as advantage over the expensive and big ones. Until now this was just a theory in my mind, glad you confirmed it.
The special thing about Sophias Clavinova is the empty space between the top plate and the one holding the music rest. I don't think in this slot (5 cm?) is something that is necessary to run the piano. I think there are no mechanic parts, nor or any electronic. I just wonder why the top plate is existing at all?

Sophia I'm not entirely sure what you guys mean. Are you talking about the music stand?

Acually I wondered, how (or if) you can fold away the music rest, to make the top entirely flat. So flat, that you can place the e374 on top of it. I mean, your piano offers a big wide slot between the topmost plate and the one of the music rest. And I guess, the music rest can vanish in this slot. I just don't get, how it can vanish, without using a screwdriver.
On mine I can fold the music away, but then I don't get a really flat top. The music rest is still there, like a wooden plank on top. If I would like to use a keyboard on top of the piano, I would have to use something like a book on each side of the folded music rest. Otherwise, the keyboard would wobble around.

        WieWaldi Acually I wondered, how (or if) you can fold away the music rest, to make the top entirely flat.

        I see! Yes, it folds flat. I never realized that! But I took a quick video just now to show it:

        But I'm not sure if I can get away with placing the piano on top... because it would probably be hard to reach. Plus I might invite war with the other person in our household who puzzled a long time where to place the keyboard.

        I didn't try it (for reasons above), but it would probably be far and high to reach too... Nice idea though! 😃

        Edit: wait, reading your message again, mine would probably also provide the wobbly top, right? I mean it's not entirely flush with the top of the piano...

            Thank you a lot for the quick video. This answers all my open questions, like a hands on experience.👍

            Sophia But I'm not sure if I can get away with placing the piano on top... because it would probably be hard to reach.

            In the 80s, a lot of synth-keyboarders played stacked setups like this:

            Sometimes with even more keyboards to the right and left:

            Sophia Edit: wait, reading your message again, mine would probably also provide the wobbly top, right? I mean it's not entirely flush with the top of the piano...

            Yes. I was hoping your construction woud allow to slide the music rest into the slot, and then have a flat surface for your new Yammi, doing some saxophone licks.

                Many years ago (1994-5), I was taking care of our baby daughter while my wife attended medical school in South Dakota. It was kind of isolating in some ways (small town, pre-internet), so one of my other activities involved using a synthesizer/sampler/sequencer keyboard (I think it was a Yamaha). I recently posted a few of my experiments here, in case anyone might be interested (the last three are perhaps the most interesting in terms of sonority):

                Very nice! I have been experimenting with (toddler version) improvisations on my new keyboard. It has all these built in rhythms and accompaniments, just choose one, play a one finger chord and away you go. Quite fun really!

                WieWaldi the issue with stacking keyboards is still that I only have two hands.... I wish I could grow a few more but alas... I'm having to learn to do multitrack the hard way 😄 I may need to start a topic on how to do that... even though it's still a ways off.

                Sophia In my opinion, stacking keyboards is not a good idea, mainly because of the change in hand position relative to the keys. Organs with two keyboards have the lower keyboard below a "normal" hand position, and they are not too much different in height. Experienced players can get away with working two, or more, keyboards, even if it isn't optimal. I think having a consistent seat to key position is important in building good technique.