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From: clelau@watrose.UUCP (Eric Lau)
Newsgroups: net.music.synth
Subject: Re: looking for electric piano
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Date: Wed, 8-May-85 12:30:37 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  8 12:30:37 1985
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I was looking for the same thing a couple of years ago and did some shopping
around.  There wasn't too much available back then.  I purchased a Roland
HP400 (I got it  from Hong Kong for about $1200 Canadian.  It retails for
about $2000 here in Canada now.)  It has six voices, 3 piano, harpsichord,
vibraphone, and electric piano.  It is 12-voice polyphonic which is better
than most synths but still noticable when playing arpeggios with the
damper down.  I guess my only complaint is about the keyboard.  While it
is velocity-sensitive, it isn't weighted so it has an "organ"-feel to it.
It takes a bit of getting used to when switching from it to a real acoustic
piano.  The sound quality  is acceptable except for low bass notes for some
of the voices but that is true for most electronic pianos I've tried.  A
nice touch is a brilliance control which improves the sound of some of the
voices.  And it does have MIDI in and out (Key Info. only they say).
A little while after I bought the Roland,  Yamaha came out with it's own
line of electronic pianos, I think they're called CP something or other.
They cost a bit more but the keyboard has a much better feel.  I only
fooled around on one for a while but the sound was the same or better than
the Roland, I thought anyway.  You'll have to compare to see which one
you like better.  Anyway, those are two electronic pianos that I'm
familiar.  There are others out there I'm sure, though.