I have (had!) a Roland EP7e digital piano, it's about 20 years old now I think. Recently the touch sensitivity has stopped working. No matter how softly of heavily I play, the volume of each note is the same. I doubt I can get it repaired, plus I think it's time for a new piano with better action.

I have a budget of about £800 (£1000 at a push) to replace the piano with something that will hopefully last me.

I love playing the piano and obviously the more you spend, the better you get but I simply don't have that kind of cash. I went to London today to try as many keyboards as I could and get a feel for what I liked, mostly they were all well over £1500, miles out of my budget. Can anyone recommend anything in my price range? I'm looking for an upright, preferably with pedals, it doesn't need to be portable as I'm not going to be using this one for gigging.

This looks great, but I've not tried it
http://www.reidys.com/index.pl?submit=View_PLU&PLU=4845

Any help would be much appreciated. It's been weeks since I practiced due to the broken Roland sounding like a wind up toy.

Ebay is cheap but you can't try the pianos out.

Piano tuners often know of good instruments that are for sale. It might be worth you phoning one or two in case they have any ideas. The prices of second hand pianos are very low indeed, at least in my part of the country. You may well get a bargain, even if it will need some repairs and adjustments afterwards. I was offered a very good piano a few months ago just for the price of getting it removed. It went to a friend of mine and she has been delighted with it.
You could get a very good digital piano with a stand and a proper pedal a lot less than your budget of course. Then you would have no problems with maintenance. There are some threads about digitals on the forums.

The CLP-220 is a decent model, although I would probably advise you to stretch your budget as far as you can and get the very best you can afford.

One problem with digital pianos is that they can go out of date very quickly and the more you spend just now, the longer it will last you.

If you can afford it, I'd suggest the CLP-240, which you can probably pick up for around £1250

It has the GH3 keyboard (as opposed to the GH keyboard on the 220) so it feels more like an acoustic, as well as 3 step dynamic sampling and better quality speakers. It also has a "half pedal" functionality so the pedals are more responsive (the 220 only has an "on-off" function), and a sostenuto / damper pedal.

If that's too much of a stretch, then maybe the CLP-230 is an option? Again it has the GH3 keyboard and the more responsive pedals, and it can be purchased for around £950.

The best advice is to try out as many models as you can, even the ones that way out of your price range. Work out why they're more expensive and then decide if you think the extra features are something worth paying for or that you need.

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Good luck with your search and let us know how you get on!