Digital
and Player Pianos Digital pianos are electronic musical instruments, often built to look like pianos, that reproduce acoustic piano sounds. For some consumers, the variety of features available on digital pianos makes them preferable to acoustic pianos. A few of these features include headphone jacks so that they can be played without disturbing others, additional instrumental sounds, built-in rhythms and recording capabilities.
Unique features of digital pianos:
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Much more portable then even the lightest acoustic piano
- Never require tuning
- Less expensive than acoustic models
- Some models offer disk drives that allow you to: play along with an orchestra, record your own compositions, work with educational software (learn to play or improve your skill) and use the digital as a "player" piano.
- Just push a button and transpose into the key the vocalist likes best.
- Some models contain music libraries which make the classics, or jazz, or swing, or pop or... easily available
In order to develop the proper muscle strength from your fingers to your shoulders, keys are weighted on the better digitals to make them feel and respond similarly to acoustic piano keys.
Also, the quality of the sounds varies depending upon the amplification and speaker system. . . . As with an acoustic piano, the best way to find what you like is to compare the sound production, and "touch" of each instrument. .
Models of digital pianos vary, ranging from the basic type with a small assortment of instrumental sounds to advanced designs which present numerous technological features. Our product lines include Baldwin Pianovelle and Yamaha Clavinova .
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There have been fascinating advances in the technology
of player piano devices over the last decade. Check
out the state-of-the-art player pianos that we carry, namely Baldwin
Concertmaster and Yamaha
Disklavier. If you would like to have a "player", and you already own a piano, we would like to suggest you add one of the conversion units from PianoDisc.
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