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Offline cucudas

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buying a digital piano tomorrow
on: December 26, 2006, 11:52:31 PM
i'm going to buy a digital piano tomorrow
i'm considering CP300, P250, CP33, PF1000
PF 1000 is too expansive but it has "supurb graded hammer effection"
i first do not know the diff. between "suprb graded" and just "GH"
anyways i tried many different kinds of yamaha today at a store
but they all felt too light for me
since i'm a piano majoring student i prefer something heavy
which yamaha would recommend me to purchase?

these are the things i need for my purchasing
from the most to the least

1. heavy keys (heavier the better)
2. yamaha brand
3. portable
4. reasonable price
5. not too complicated options

please suggest which one i should get
or any other digital pianos that i have not mentioned

Offline sirpazhan

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Re: buying a digital piano tomorrow
Reply #1 on: December 27, 2006, 04:01:38 AM
there really isn't much difference between the "graded hammer" and "Superb Graded Hammer" (supposedly it's different, but I don't see any difference.).. I'm my opinion, its the same thing with the word 'superb' in the front,,   There is, however a GH3, which yamaha claims to be most realistic action on a digital piano... but its only found on the "Clavinova Digital Pianos" like the CLP which you don't want cause they are not portable...

I like the P90, very portable,, sleek and easy to use.. but no speaker.   If you want speakers,, then I'd go with the P70 --- 



p.s. that P250 is huge 
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Offline bench warmer

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Re: buying a digital piano tomorrow
Reply #2 on: December 27, 2006, 03:21:05 PM
I hope you've only EXPLORED buying a piano yestrday. Judging by the questions you posted, you should do more research at the computer and hands-on at the stores before committing a penny to purchasing.

Without doing the research first you're going to have doubts about what you bought AND you may not make an optimal purchase.

Good luck either way.

Offline liszt-essence

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Re: buying a digital piano tomorrow
Reply #3 on: December 27, 2006, 04:16:43 PM
Some can play 'em

Personally I think they totally suck. I've tried some in the shop and even the most expensive ones didnt even come close to a real piano.

If you have to go silent. I suggest to buy a silent piano.

A real piano, with an inbuilt system that can be switched on or off. If it's on, a laser "reads" the hammers and the system makes them stop just before they hit the snares. Then it will play a sampled sound. You have real action hammer time, so you feel the hammers move under your fingers and keys just like on a real piano.

No matter whay they say about digital piano's and how they supposedly re ensemble a real piano, I never experienced that. However some can play them very well and are happy with em but I don't like them, and would never buy one.
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