Digital Piano

Elsoci

Am looking to buy a decent (but not horribly expensive) piano for my kids. I have been recommended to buy a digital one. Does anyone know anything about digital pianos and where I should start looking? I am in Dublin.
Thanks!

Clanket

I'm thinking of buying a piano myself but there's no way I'd buy a digital one. I had a look in X-Music and they're quite expensive. Nothing beats the sound of a proper piano.

You should be able to pick up a genuine piano 2nd hand for a reasonable price.

If you're set on a digital piano go up and have a look in X Music.

bogmanfan

I've just bought a Yamaha Clavinova digital piano for my wife. I would disagree with the previous poster. Although you can get an acoustic piano cheaply (sometimes even for free) every music teacher I've spoken to said that this is a bad idea. Good pianos are expensive. Most cheap ones have issues that can cost a lot to fix.
Walton's have a Martini digital piano for €550 that looks pretty decent.

TheBandit

I agree with bogman fan, digital pianos can have amazing sound and are hassle free. I have a Yamaha GX-700 or something along those lines, its expensive but is of very high quality.
In your price range the Casio Privia is meant to be the best. I know casio have a horrible reputation for their keyboards but according to reviews they are meant to be the best budget digital piano

http://www.thomann.de/ie/casio_px130_bk_privia.htm

charlesanto

Any current opinions/advice on digital pianos, thanks.

thewintermute

I recently sold my 'real' piano and bought a Digital, reasons?The Real piano needed a few bits doing and a good tuning, needed money spent and I couldn't play at night (neighbours, baby etc).I spent a lot of time on line reading reviews and listening to audio clips and playing what I could find in music shops and I decided on the Yamaha YDP161. The 141 is also a great piano, but the feel of the 161 is much much better for not a whole lot more. Yamaha will have good resale if you outgrow, unlikely, and the mechanism in the 161 is taken from the last generation Clavinovas (about 1500 dearer). Sound Shop in Drogheda do them for 999 including a stool and they sell out pretty quick. I've had it for about two months and I love it to bits. There are some extra techy doohickeys that are nice and handy, recording and overplay, I like. Transpose is also very nice for accompanying singing etc. And the big plus is that I can sit with a glass or two of vino when eveyones in bed and play away with the headphones on.Thomann also do very cheap digital pianos which are rebranded chinese ones that dont get great reviews, but for the money I was very tempted.Second hand versus new doesn't really save that much and a warranty is nice with a dp. Hope this helps.

Clanket

I never thought of the playing at night bit.

Can you tell me are the keys weighted like a real piano?

The Scientician

Clanket wrote: »

I never thought of the playing at night bit.

Can you tell me are the keys weighted like a real piano?

Typically if something is advertised as a "digital piano" as opposed to a "Keyboard" then you can expect it to have weighted keys. Be careful though, i've not doubt there are probably a few products labelled "digital piano" that lack this feature.

ITDept

Hi,

Apologies for attempting to revive an old thread but it's probably better than starting something very similar.

I'm looking to buy a digital piano in the near future. My wife is the musical one, and she's hoping to teach our three kids the basics before moving them on to proper lessons if they show any interest.

Budget is around €1000, although could stretch at a push to €2000 if there's something worth making the leap for. I'd appreciate any tips or advice as to what I should be looking at.