Digital Pianos & Electric Pianos

Digital Pianos are unlike keyboards or synthesisers, but are focused on emulating an acoustic piano. A digital piano uses advanced sampling and modelling technology to reproduce the sound of an acoustic grand or upright piano. Unlike a traditional piano, it requires no tuning, offers volume control, and often includes features such as headphone outputs, recording, and connectivity to apps or computers

The keys are standard size, typically full 88 note / 7.25 octave and will offer ‘touch sensitive’ and ‘weighted keys’. The piano tone is sampled from a real acoustic piano and the various sensors within the key detect the key speed to trigger a tonally appropriate sample (step sampling) and dynamic volume.

Integral speakers and amplification produce the digital piano tone with volume control and headphones will be usable for silent practice.

Most digital pianos will offer a small range of ‘voices’ useful to a piano player, such as e-pianos, harpsicord, organ and strings. At Chris Venables, we stock a wide range of Yamaha and Casio digital pianos.