| This article is aimed at those of you who know a thing | | | | salesman, and accept their word as being the final |
| or two about digital pianos already and have already | | | | word. |
| carried out a little bit of research. You are almost | | | | So which is the best brand of digital piano to buy? |
| certainly aware that digital pianos have improved | | | | There is no right or wrong answer here. If you were to |
| vastly over the years. | | | | choose the brand that is most popular, Yamaha would |
| You have also probably come to the conclusion that a | | | | come top. Yamaha have dominated the digital market |
| digital piano will cost considerably less than an acoustic | | | | for quite a few years now. It doesn't necessarily make |
| piano. | | | | them the best choice though, even though their digital |
| You're also probably aware that some offer more | | | | pianos are very good indeed. |
| features than you would get with an upright, such as | | | | If you were to choose the brand with the best build |
| more sounds than the traditional grand piano sound, | | | | quality and arguably the most realistic piano sound, |
| maybe recording facilities, and the ability to hook up to | | | | Roland would be the top choice. Roland use Steinway |
| a computer and to music sequencing software. | | | | grand piano samples to create their piano sounds, |
| All these conclusions would be and are correct, | | | | which is the preferred choice amongst many |
| however you are now presented with questions as to | | | | professional pianists and musicians. |
| which brand to choose and which model. The main | | | | Kurzwell and Kawai sit somewhere in the middle in |
| brands to choose from in the UK are Yamaha, Roland, | | | | terms of sound quality, price, reliability and quality of |
| Casio, Kawai, Kurzwell and Korg. I would include | | | | build. Casio are an interesting one as they are certainly |
| Classenti as well but you won't find any shop where | | | | at the entry level when it comes to all of the |
| you can try them out as they sell direct to the public | | | | aforementioned factors I would look at when buying a |
| rather than through retailers. So unless you already | | | | digital piano. Based on the price you would pay, Casio |
| know of them or have played one its going to be | | | | are never going to pretend to be anywhere near to |
| difficult to create a unbiased judgement for you to | | | | the same standard as Yamaha or Roland pianos. |
| base your opinions on. | | | | However, some us are restricted by budget and Casio |
| If I were investing my own hard earned money on a | | | | are definitely worth a look at. |
| digital piano for myself, or as a present I would want to | | | | A few pointers worth mentioning if you are looking at |
| see it, touch it and hear it and I wouldn't spend my | | | | the Casio digital pianos. These would strictly be for |
| money until I had invested some time trying out as | | | | beginners only. For intermediate and advanced players, |
| many of the different brands I have mentioned. Don't | | | | the sound and build quality just won't be enough. |
| be pushed into buying a digital piano by a pushy | | | | |