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As explained last month, synthesizing the sound of an acoustic piano is difficult, but it can be done reasonably realistically, as the 1986-vintage Roland JX10 shows. We find out how Roland managed it...
Andy Davies casts his eyes, ears and fingers over two new products from Oberheim: a controller keyboard which aims to replace your piano, and an organ module which threatens to do the same with your Hammond...
Clavia have made their best‑in‑class stage piano even better!
Kurzweil’s new stage piano makes the case for simplicity as a virtue.
With its innovative modular approach to sound engines, this powerful stage keyboard should suit the needs of most performers!
The reborn Rhodes piano is a stunning showcase for British manufacturing.
Clavia know a thing or two about stage pianos, and this might be the best one yet.
Korg’s new stage piano might just be the best you can buy...
Finnish company Soundion have revived the GEM brand to bring us a successor to the Promega 2 stage piano — the Promega 2+.
The Forte offers stage-piano immediacy combined with the deeply programmable synthesis that we’ve come to expect from Kurzweil.
The CP4 is Yamaha’s best stage piano yet, and it’s also significantly cheaper than its predecessor.
Kurzweil instruments are often more complex than they initially appear, and that's certainly the case with the Artis...
There's more to Roland's latest digital piano than meets the eye. We put it to the test.
An 88-note hammer-action stage piano as affordable as this seems far too good to be true. Is there a catch?
Roland are hardly new to the digital piano game, and with years of experience to draw on, their new stage piano should be something rather special. Let's find out...
Yamahas new flagship stage piano is unashamedly specialist and expensive. How does it rank alongside the best sampled and modelled alternatives, or indeed the original instruments it strives to emulate?
When such an established name in the world of electronic pianos comes out with something new, you'd be wise to sit up and take notice. Yamaha's latest offering, the P200 promises up to 64-note polyphony, state-of-the-art on-board sounds, and a brand new fully weighted 88-note keyboard. Interested? Paul Farrer finds out if it has all been worth the weight.
Spinets, Hammonds, massed choirs? Nope. Derek Johnson takes a trip with a module that does just what it says on the tin.
Few people would deny that there's nothing like a real acoustic piano — but they're not always the most practical of instruments. Paul Ward looks at an electronic alternative that could be the answer.