Advice on digital pianos....

CiboC · 10-07-2014 2:00pm #1

My son has been taking lessons for the last year and up to now we have had the long term loan of a Roland RD-150 stage piano.

We now have to give that back and am looking for a replacement. Normally I enjoy geeking out and trying to get information about potential purchases, reading reviews and narrowing down alternatives but frankly I have a pain with this one, probably because I don't play myself so feel I am out of my depth straight away and don't have a frame of reference with which to evaluate alternatives.

I don't want to spend a fortune but also want to get something relatively decent and not some cheap ****e.

Requirements are full 88 keys and weighted action keyboard, I seem to have narrowed things down to:

Yamaha P105
Yamaha YDP142
Casio PX 150

So, any advice, any other options to consider.....?

Gheadphone · 10-07-2014 3:30pm

I am looking for a digital piano as well, my budget is 400.

Im looking at
Yamaha P35 P (a bit more than 400) and
Casio CDP-120

But im really interested in any advice here too, the 3 you are looking at are a little out of my price range. I see online the Yamaha have a good reputation.

A friend who is a pianist recommends Roland but even the RD 64 is 900 in xmusic

Cool_CM · 10-07-2014 6:59pm

Obviously they both have their merits but I'd consider spending the extra money on the YDP 142 over the P 105 purely on the basis of the fact that it comes as a complete unit with all 3 pedals. If your son is doing grades he will have to use them at some stage.

On the other hand you can buy the pedal unit separately for the P 105 ( http://www.yamahamusiclondon.com/P~YAM-LP5~LP5-Pedal-Board-for-Yamaha-P-105-Piano?attributes= ) but by the time you buy that and the stand that you need to attach it to you are already more or less up at the same price as the YDP 142.

Technique · 10-07-2014 7:06pm

I bought this for my daughter last year and we're really happy with it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/DP10-Digital-Piano-Gear4music-Rosewood/dp/B0064OS1BQ/ref=sr_1_9?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1405015449&sr=1-9&keywords=piano

Advice on digital pianos....

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