Is this piano excessive for beginner

IamtheWalrus

I'm relatively new to piano but want to learn. I have no limit to my budget (within reason) but would this piano be excessive?

https://www.casio-europe.com/euro/products/musical-instruments/celviano-grand-hybrid/gp-500/

Tenigate

Not into pianos but.. that looks top of the range. It would look great in the living room.

Like any new hobby, you want to invest enough to feel good about it. That may be overkill for a beginner but presumably you won't be a beginner for long.

That being said, it's an expensive bit of kit and you could learn piano to a decent standard on a quarter of the budget.

Pelvis

That piano is almost 4 grand. So, eh, yes, that is ridiculously excessive.

bbbbb

Was in a similar position 18 months ago when I decided to return to the piano having briefly played when younger.
Found myself looking at Yamaha clavinovas but couldn't really tell much difference with the basic models, so decided to start with their p45.
I'll upgrade when I out grow it. Hasn't happened yet.
Digital pianos don't hold their value very well.

IamtheWalrus

bbbbb wrote: »

Was in a similar position 18 months ago when I decided to return to the piano having briefly played when younger.
Found myself looking at Yamaha clavinovas but couldn't really tell much difference with the basic models, so decided to start with their p45.
I'll upgrade when I out grow it. Hasn't happened yet.
Digital pianos don't hold their value very well.

Is that because the tech moves on?

tedpan

IamtheWalrus wrote:

I'm relatively new to piano but want to learn. I have no limit to my budget (within reason) but would this piano be excessive?

A waste of money. My parents bought me a similar one 20 odd years ago. It was a top of the range Casio clavinova, great bit of kit but was rarely used. Remember it costing 2,500 pounds in the early 90s. Jesus I was a little bastard.

tedpan

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

Is that because the tech moves on?

Definitely a major factor. Buyers tend to look for 2nd hand classical style pianos.

Have a look here,

http://www.precisionpianos.com/

Sure they'd be happy to talk through options with you

CelticRambler

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

I have no limit to my budget (within reason) but would this piano be excessive?

Yes!

I bought one of these, a Roland HP-1, for my wife 20 years ago. Her dad was an exceptional pianist and he loved to play it, said it was as good as any mid-range "real" piano. It still is. The missus has moved on to another man, but the piano's still here, and my pianist guests play it for hours at a time, so mine is not for sale, but the one in the ad is only 650€ so, yeah, 4k is excessive.

Oink

If you know what you are looking for, and paying 4 grand gets it for you, then yeah.

But at your level I would say it’s complete overkill.

And I can tell you from bitter experience that the price of digital pianos drops so much it’ll give you nosebleed.

IamtheWalrus

Oink wrote: »

If you know what you are looking for, and paying 4 grand gets it for you, then yeah.

But at your level I would say it’s complete overkill.

And I can tell you from bitter experience that the price of digital pianos drops so much it’ll give you nosebleed.

This model will be much cheaper soonish?

Tenigate

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

This model will be much cheaper soonish?

I think it's more a case that it will automatically lose 50% of its value when you open the box... At least you'd be taking a huge hit if you tried to offload it second-hand.

IamtheWalrus

If I don't go down the electic piano route, can any of you suggest a decent electric keyboard as a cheaper alternative?