Seeking advice: Best electric piano's for (well) under $1000

ourari
Sun, 03 Jun 2018 20:56:19 +0000

Hi everyone,

Each and every hobby has a start. I'm going to learn how to play the piano. For this, I'm planning to buy an electric piano. There's a regular grand piano I have access to, but they come without headphone jacks, and until I get better I want to limit the scope of audible torture to my own ears as much as possible. So, I could do with some of your advice.

This list of requirements is not meant to limit you in your advice, but serves more as a guideline, to give you an idea of what I'm looking for.

Hard requirements:

Headphone jack

The sound library must contain at least a 'normal' piano sound and an electric piano sound (the more it sounds like a dirty Rhodes, the better!)

At least 128 voice-polyphony

At least 76 keys, but preferably 88

Soft requirements:

Weighted keys

Simulated hammer action

High repetition

Ebony and ivory key feel (don't like the sensation of smooth plastic)

MIDI support so I can hook it up to a computer to try out other sound libraries

Completely unnecessary but cool:

USB port

Bluetooth compatibility

If you've learned to play the piano, especially as an adult, any advice you may have for me would be more than welcome, too.

Thank you!

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