Acoustic Piano

Because we do not plan to remain in our current house for more than a year, we decided that portability of digital piano fits us best. We will invest in our acoustic piano if his daughter continued enthusiasm for the instrument in the coming years.

Piano teacher suggested a digital piano with 88 weighted keys, so our daughter will learn in the same kind of touch required to play an acoustic piano. We also learned that 30-NOTE polyphony is better or more, steadily notes will not be felled while pedaling more complex musical pieces. My daughter just learned “Hot Cross kravai” so that it will be awhile before it makes any serious pedaling, but it is good to know that there is some room to grow!

Based on these recommendations, our choice became very clear. Will see Yamaha P-70, Yamaha P-140 and Yamaha YPG-625.

In the Yamaha P-70 fit the bill, praised the “graded hammer keyboard with 88 key, 32-NOTE polyphony and foot support. It has built-in speakers and connection for headphones and MIDI / exit. I was pleasantly surprised by the sound - only as acoustic piano! P-70 has 10 votes in order to make it sound as part of an organ or harpsichord, or violin. It weighs 28 kilograms and 11 ounces. Not bad for $ 599.

In the Yamaha P-140 is the next step up. He can do anything that makes the P-70, except better. It has a maximum of 64-NOTE polyphony, 14 voices, a built-in metronome to help you keep pace with the recorder and 2 songs to be recorded in 11,000 notes (65KB) for you composer types. It weighs 39.2 kilograms and has a hefty price tag of $ 1099.

When first appeared in a music store, we immediately noticed a Yamaha Portable Grand on display - the YPG-625. This tool is a beautiful marriage of technology and a Yamaha acoustic heritage. In addition to the 88 weighted graded hammer keys, it also has a USB terminal for connection with a computer, a digital display, 500 votes, including drums, song recording capabilities, and song arranger. I thought that $ 749 price is very reasonable for all the additional composition, recording technology and features it had.

There was a cheap Yamaha for $ 299 with a “touch sensitive” keys, but he simply can not be compared with the acoustic-like feel of the weighted hammer action at the level of others. We want our daughter to move efficiently from its digital piano in an acoustic time it will be used during lessons.