The digital piano thread
Do you own one? Is it in addition to owning an acoustic piano?
I own a Kawai ES920, which is my main practice instrument. I do own an acoustic piano as well, as many of you know, but it's a monster concert grand, so I cannot practice late in the evening for obvious reasons.
I find that my digital piano fulfills its role perfectly. Of course I will never find the sound of a digital to be as enjoyable as that of an acoustic instrument, but I still prefer my digital piano to an upright acoustic one, because I find its action to be closer to that of a grand piano, which it was designed to mimic.
What's your digital piano story? What led you to choosing the one you currently own? Let's discuss!
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Another underrated advantage of digitals: the possibility to choose between different piano tones! Just the other day, after too much Liszt practice (with the default SK Concert Grand tone), I explored the other piano tones for the first time and stumbled upon a magnificient (to me) "Pop grand" tone. I almost never play pop, but it inspired me to record something in that genre, namely my transcription of an italian pop song😅, "In assenza di te". My playing is probably too slow (I'm never sure which tempi to choose with pop), but listen the the beauty of the Pop Grand tone by Kawai. Sure, it may sound artificial, but I believe that's kind of the point here!: