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Topic: Regular piano with "silent" option??  (Read 2271 times)

Offline kau

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Regular piano with "silent" option??
on: August 02, 2005, 07:37:21 PM
Is there an upright that can be played silently with headphones but which has a touch of an acustic (not a digital)? So far I haven't seen one. The keys of the digital feel different.

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Offline luc

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Re: Regular piano with "silent" option??
Reply #1 on: August 02, 2005, 07:55:43 PM
The Yamaha-SilentSeries. (You can have a look at www.yamaha.com). I have this kind of piano and I'm very satisfied with it.
There's also a series called "Disklavier" which has more possibilities than the Silent (I think you can record yourself or something).

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Offline jeremyjchilds

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Re: Regular piano with "silent" option??
Reply #2 on: August 03, 2005, 05:19:12 AM
Seiler makes a silent series too, Great quality.

I've played the Yamaha, it's well done.
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Offline kau

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Re: Regular piano with "silent" option??
Reply #3 on: August 03, 2005, 07:20:46 AM
Thank you! What a good news! :D
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Offline gkatele

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Re: Regular piano with "silent" option??
Reply #4 on: August 03, 2005, 01:54:51 PM
I my hunting, I asked one dealer about installing a silent option on a piano after purchase. He asked me why, and I gave him the usual "don't want to wake the family" business.

His opinion was that, if you're set on a piano that doesn't have the silent option at purchase, installing it may decrease the value of the piano, and may affect the way it plays. Price-wise, he said I'm better off getting a cheap keyboard to practice on for those time.

Having said that, however, it a piano was manufactured that way, it's OK.

George


PS: I played a Seiler about 3 months ago.  Sweet, really sweet!
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