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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    • Akzent oder Diminuendo? • Hanon/Herz student
    • Maria_F
    • 5 days ago
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     said:
    I know that you are using an upright with magnets to improve repetition speed so maybe all uprights will feel slow to you.

    My upright was in a room at the dealer with a Steinway D, 2 Bösendorfers, a Yamaha CFX, a Yamaha S7X, and a Yamaha YUS5. It was faster than the Steinway and the Yamahas and similar speed to the Bösendorfers. 

     said:
    Did you know that Yamaha bought Bösendorfer? Technology has flowed both ways.

    Yes, I did know that. I follow piano company (especially Bösendorfer and Seiler) news relatively closely. 

    https://pianopricepoint.com/making-bosendorfer-more-austrian/

      • Akzent oder Diminuendo? • Hanon/Herz student
      • Maria_F
      • 4 days ago
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       Yes, Yamaha definitely builds more pianos annually than the German manufacturers as a whole. I was not skeptical of what you were saying; I just couldn't find data specifically about grand pianos per year. 

      Yamaha actually builds more pianos annually than all of Europe, from what I understand.

      Petrof is Europe's largest piano company, and I believe they make about 6,000 per year. Bechstein makes about 5,000, Schimmel makes about 3,000, Hamburg Steinway makes 1,500, Bösendorfer makes about 300, and Fazioli makes about 150. I think Seiler makes about 1,000 pianos in Germany every year, in addition to their mid-range ED (made partially in Indonesia) and entry-level Johannes Seiler (made in Indonesia) lines. Obviously, there are many more European piano companies. 

      • Larry_K
      • 4 days ago
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       Yes. I think Yamaha is the largest piano manufacturer in the world. I believe they produce more pianos than Pearl River in China but that is something to check. 
       

      Speaking of Petrof, my retired tuner could not give away his small Petrof grand, a piano that he dearly loved and maintained, I am sure. 

      I find this to be incredibly sad. I didn’t ask him if he had to have it destroyed.

      My Russian piano teacher in New York had a Petrof upright that she loved, in addition to her Steinway grand.

      My current tuner has actually picked up a few free Steinway grands! Yes, they needed some work but they were in pretty good shape. The situation was one where a house was sold and the piano had to be moved out.

      • Akzent oder Diminuendo? • Hanon/Herz student
      • Maria_F
      • 3 days ago
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       Did your tuner have to throw away the Petrof?

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