I get if you want to troll people who knows things, but don't troll an "Aimless mum" with telling her to buy a digital.
Don't buy a digital. It's not good.
I agree that for delivery and out of the box playing ( plunk it down in the living room, get it tuned and start playing it), the acoustic is probably a better choice. It will act and sound like an acoustic piano right then and there because it is one ! A good brand used is fine. On the other hand I would never say that a digital is not good, that just isn't true anymore. 10 years ago yes but today the better digital pianos, in my opinion, surpass many old uprights in terms of action. It's nice to feel warm and fuzzy about metal strings and wooden parts but many many people find digital pianos to be very rewarding instruments. Especially so with the mid to upper end of them, myself included and I have an acoustic grand piano as well. There are many good reasons to own a digital piano today if to buy the better models of digital . And when it's worn out throw it out, it's cheaper to buy a new replacement digital than getting your worn out acoustic rebuilt and technology will be even further ahead by then. One consideration, the worn out acoustic if to not have it rebuilt nobody wants it when you're done with it, it needs to be well maintained then. If now well maintained, it's rebuild it, junk it anyway or hang on to a white elephant. I will be glad to list several benefits of a digital piano in more detail but a good search here at the site will dig the same info up anyway. I own both acoustic Grand and digital with grand action. There are pluses and minuses to each.
That said, in US dollars, in my local piano shop I saw a really nice condition Baldwin console selling for $600 ( this would make someone a starter piano extraordinaire, even if the cabinet was outdated furniture). It had great tone and great action. I saw a Yamaha U1 for $4000, looked to be brand new. One of the nicest uprights I ever played was a Wurlitzer. I didn't even care for Wurlitzer pianos but I liked this one. Also a console I might add, it had nice action and wonderful tone. The owner had it tuned twice annually. But I've played on disgusting upright pianos as well, lousy action, way too slow for even intermediate classical playing or fast repetitive pop music passages.
Topic: Aimless mummy looking for a piano for my 4yr old in singapore (Read 3310 times)