Digital Piano for Practicing at night (Yamaha P140 or Roland FP-7)

[zeeshanb]

Hi everyone.
I already have an upright accoustic piano, but since I live in an appartement, I need a digital piano(a compact one) so I can practice at night. I thought I would get the FP-7 as it is compact and has a session partner which is kind of fun. But it appears to have some quality control issues. I went to the local guitar center and they only had the display model which was kind of broken(few of keys were producing very soft sound). The sales person acknowledged and said that they were going to send it back. The FP-7 did not appear to be very sturdy.

The Yamaha P140 has a very solid feel and sounds a little better but has no session partner. The keys appears a little more stiff then I am used to. The CVP series has all the feature but its too expensive and big. The built-in speakers are a must.

Kawai have just released the CL25 digital piano but no local dealer seems to know about it!

Any suggestions?

[electrodoc]

The Yamaha CVP series are quite reasonable and fun to play. Good speakers, and the top end ones have a reasonable touch - but expensive. They are ideal for your purpose if you can accommodate the size. Try ringing various dealers to see if they ever have any good quality used ones. They do exist. A close friend picked up a top end CVP used only twice for about £1000. (Sadly the owner had died shortly after purchase and the widow wanted rid of it.)

[0range]

I agree with electrodoc.

I do not know the model number, but there is a discontinued Yamaha CVP line that has an acoustic grand action in it; I believe it is a C1 action but I could be mistaken. My teacher has one of these, and there is virtually no difference between it and an Yamaha acoustic grand.

Barring that, or if it's out of your budget, the smaller and more portable P90 is serviceable, although it's action isn't as good.