Many consumers probably won’t pick out particular brand of a digital piano and model before buying. Most pre-qualify choices to 2-3 brands and even look at different models under the umbrella before making any buying decisions.
The weakness point of many online shoppers is that they purchase without the chance to physically see it.
Most times, there might not be any nearest dealers or the nearest dealer might not have a particular model. Local shoppers face the same problem in these cases… Guitar Center, Sam Ash aren’t specialized in digital pianos so they have limits on displaying as well. Also, if those dealers don’t have other brand authorized dealership then it will be even harder. Yamaha dealers will display mostly Yamaha products. Kawai dealers will display Kawai products. It will be very hard to compare every different product. At the end, many shoppers end up taking advice online and comparing products on Youtube as a source of decision maker. Not saying this is a bad decision. However, there is a chance of disappointment after purchase.
Certainly, purchasing after experiencing can be better, but honestly, online purchase can earn you better price compared to offline purchase and can simply be a comfortable purchase. Many prefer to shop online due to these benefits.
Then, why are there expensive digital pianos and inexpensive digital pianos?
The standard is different depending on the company but prices are different mainly because of the keyboard action and the speaker power.
Some might say price of digital piano differs depending on the number of function of the piano. This statement maybe true for professional digital pianos such as arrange keyboard, synthesizers, pro-stage pianos but it is not the case in normal home digital pianos.
When cost of making an action increases or the quality of speaker power increases, the more expensive the piano will be.
Most digital piano companies have different keyboard action systems. Here is order of action quality per brand.
Yamaha — GHS < GH < GH3 < GH3X < NWX < Specialized
Roland —- Ivory G < PHA4 Standard < PHA4 Concert
Kawai —- AHA IV-F < AWA PROII < RHII < RHIII < GF
Kurzweil – LK < FATAR < FATAR WOOD
Casio —— ALL WEIGHTED SCALED
It uses actions in shown in order above… Not all, but most digital pianos will increase in price as its action used increases in quality.
One thing we must all keep in mind regarding piano keyboards… We often hear, “Heavier keys are always better keys…” or, “digital pianos always have lighter keys” These two statements are WRONG ideas to have.
Athletes practice with their lighter body with a heavy weights and weighted belts. Same analogy is that when you practice with heavy keys, you might perform better with a lighter touch at a recital or concert so pianists and professionals practice this way as many teachers claim so.
It is not recommended for anyone under the age of 10 to practice with heavy keys. It can be too much stress to the finger joints for minors… and young pianists might become drained of playing too soon if it is too vigorous physically. Usually bad keys are heavy and slow reaction which hinders from controlling the strength of the sounds.
Good keys are keys that allow you to easily express different strength of the tone… In other words it should allow you control strength of the volume freely.
Some brands of digital piano usually use same sound chip. If headphones are used instead of attached speakers, then it will result in almost same sound. Different models under same brands have different sounds when it is played with attached speakers because speaker power and speaker quality differs depending on the model.
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Here are some important specifications to observe when purchasing a digital piano :
- 88 weighted grade hammer action
This means the digital piano has 88 keys with heavier on lower pitched keys and gets lighter as pitches increase on keys which is similar action system as an acoustic piano. I highly recommend digital pianos like this. There are differences in quality depending on the brand, but most digital pianos have this system. Actual action moves in a way where control of velocity would be possible.
- Number of speaker and speak power
Multiple speakers will allow surround-sound which will make sound grandeur. As for speaker power, even if the sound chip is excellent, the speaker must also have excellent sound power or it would be unusable. (however, this would not be case if headphones are to be used.)
- Polyphony
This is the digital piano’s ability to play layered notes at the same moment. If the digital piano has 128 polyphony, then it can play 128 different notes at the same moment. Most will have 64-128-192-256. Higher the polyphony, more the complete it will sound. Most pianos will have 128 polyphony. We also believe 128 number of polyphony is good enough.
- Escapement
This is the click-feel that most grand pianos have on their keys. When keys are pressed slowly on grand piano, it will click and press. This type of touch isn’t available on upright pianos… This system allows the hammers to move faster when keys are clicked rapidly at multiple times. This is a system usually found on high quality digital pianos.
- Accompany
This is a type of a rhythm, in which background music will accompany songs played by the performer. Depending on the model and brand, these functions will have different quality… When enjoyable rhythm such as pop, latin, waltz are played, it can magnify the experience. However, these functions are only available through high quality digital pianos. The importance of these fuction will depend on the performer.
Other functions include quantity of voices, USB, and etc. Quantity of functions isn’t always correlated with the price. However, we recommend the USB function. If USB function is available, connection to smartphones, pads, and computers are possible and can enhance the enjoyment. This can allow additional functions such as composing and will make your digital piano use much better.
Lastly, there are shoppers that put huge emphasis on design and finish of the digital piano.
The finish of the digital piano is much different compared to the acoustic piano. Polish or white colored acoustics pianos are less expensive in the case of acoustics. However, polishes are much more expensive when it comes to digital pianos. If there is more design or if the finishes are big, it will be more expensive just like the acoustics…. larger pianos will usually have bigger speakers that make grandeur and realer sound. If there is one similarity between acoustic and digital pianos is that bigger piano will mean an increased price.
Las Vegas Music would like to explain what we observed as we provided digital pianos online in the past in numerical order. Please read it before you make any digital piano purchase and hope this will guide you through the purchase.
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- 1. Acoustic piano vs digital piano
- 2. You MUST know this before purchasing a digital piano
- 3. Purchase standards of in-store digital piano customers.
- 4. Things to be wary of before purchasing digital piano online.
- 5. Imaginative concerns of online digital piano purchase.
- 6. Different types of digital piano by prices.
And more…. It will guide you in your purchase, will provide all our best knowledge and opinion of the employees of Las Vegas Music, offer the best suitable product based on the intentions of the customer and will not make any biased opinion by pushing or recommending a certain product.
If there are any concerns regarding Las Vegas Music, please feel free to email us (info@clvmusic.com) or call us(1-702-684-7485) and give us any opinion or advice.
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