They’re sampled on a Steinway concert grand. All Gewa pianos are 100% made in Germany. But that was 8 years ago! Today they have a complete new range of digital pianos that compete and even excel against the equivalent priced Yamahas and Rolands. I thought ‘they’re mediocre pianos… they sounded alright and felt ok to play. I remember seeing their first range of digital pianos in a music exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany. Price: Basic models start from around £600.Įmail: for questions about Roland digital pianosĪverage taken from the following pianos reviewed: DP300G, DP340G, UP365, UP385Īdvice: Gewa, one of the largest musical instrument companies in Europe, are fairly new to the piano market. If I were to buy a new stage piano then the Roland FP90 would be my first choice.Īverage taken from the following pianos reviewed: F-140R, RP501R, HP704Īdvice: Go ahead and buy any Roland digital piano from the HP, RD, DP, RG or FP range (you pay a little bit more for a Roland, but they’re reliable and rarely go wrong). Roland stage pianos rank amongst the best (RD and FP range) - The realistic key touch and sound is just what’s required for travelling professionals who perform for a living.
Roland digital pianos have a warm, mellow, and rounded piano tone around the centre of the keyboard. The Digital Piano Bible (7 things you must know before you buy a digital piano).The Howard Score (rates all digital pianos out of 100).Price: Starter digital pianos start from around £800, portables from about £500.
#Baldwin digital piano 2500 series
For gigging, choose a P series stage piano. (Average taken from the following pianos reviewed: YDP143, YDP164, CLP725, CLP745, CLP785)Īdvice: Buy any model from the CLP range, (if your budget allows). The sound sample they use for their digital pianos is taken from their own acoustic concert grand. Yamaha Strive to make their digital and stage pianos sound and feel as close to a real piano as possible. Yamaha’s best sellers are: YDP163 and P115. Yamaha also offer the CVP Clavinova and AvantGrand range.
#Baldwin digital piano 2500 portable
Their most popular lines are the home piano range ( CLP Clavinova), the entry level ( YDP Arius), and portable stage pianos (P Series). Yamaha are the most well known digital pianos. Graham Howard – Author and Piano Advisor.Įmail for piano advice: Call 01327 300 016 The most important scores are for touch, sound, and value for money, Graham Howard The overall rating is an average of each score. I’ve also done a score sheet for each brand so you can see how each compares. And you’ll also discover exactly what I think of them (hold on to your hats!) You can also view a list of the most popular digital pianos. You’ll read about each brand’s strengths and weaknesses. In this report you’re going to find out the merits, pitfalls and popularity of each brand. If you have experienced something similar to the above, and you’re at the end of your tether, then I’m here to offer you some unbiased advice on which digital piano you should consider. Now you’re totally confused and walk out of the store with no idea who to believe.
“Kawai have the best digital pianos… I’ll show you”… “They don’t know what they’re talking about!”, the salesperson says. You explain that you’ve just been to another piano shop and were told that the Roland is better than the Yamaha, and the Kawai is nowhere near as good… “Roland digital pianos are overpriced!”, they say. The salesperson, like before, shows you the different digital pianos and advises you that the Kawai is the best piano, not the Yamaha, and CERTAINLY NOT the Roland. Again you walk in and you’re confronted by a similar set up. You trot off to another piano shop to get some more advice and to compare prices. They then sit down and play the Yamaha, and then the Roland and convince you that the Roland would be far better for you than the Yamaha and the Kawai. They say “No, no, no, the Roland digital piano is better than the Yamaha, and far better than the Kawai”. You say “What about Yamaha or Kawai? I’ve been told they’re very good pianos? What do you think?” “They have the best piano sound, and you get a lot more useful features”… “Roland are the best digital pianos around by far”, they say… You visit the first piano shop and they recommend the Roland digital pianos… Some have a few buttons (gadgets) and some hundreds of buttons, flashing lights and LCD screens… You enter your local piano shop and you’re confronted with lots of digital pianos with different styles, colours, shapes and sizes. Have you experienced something along these lines?
You’ve been given lots of conflicting advice and don’t know what to do!… Help! You’ve visited a few piano shops and been shown different makes and models… So you’ve decided you want to buy a digital piano… “Are You Drowning In The Sea Of Digital Pianos?”…