I'm considering upgrading my digital piano to a silent piano, for example a Yamaha V114S.

Does anyone have experience of these hybrid pianos, especially regarding the action?

Also, I know from my own experience with the digital that Yamahas have a very bright sound (not my favourite), and I wonder whether a Kemble or Kawai silent might be better. The Yamaha V series which I'm considering buying is marketed as having a 'softer' sound.

Any info would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Jen

i want a silent/digital piano!! they're cool! i saw one in virgin megastores on Tottenham Court Road (London) and it was a grand digital piano!! It was wow!! i still love my yamaha upright though!!

I have a Kawai Hybrid Piano CS-21AT... 122cm (46") tall. The conventional piano part is just as a real piano touching and the sounds is any Kawai sound - good at the price for me.

The digital part... well its touching is better than any "pure digital" piano because it's real! It's a little bit difficult to control the sound - quite different from my Kawai upright... with a much heavier touching. The sound is superb however, as it's a >30MB Wav recording of a 9' Kawai EX grand...

If you don't like the Yamaha's bright sound... then give Kawai a try... they gernally sound rounder and richer and mellower. And Kawai also makes excellent to very best pianos too!

Try the Kemble Oxford series (if my memory serves me correctly). Each individual piano is different to the rest of them in the series but even so, they're nice.

Thanks everyone - I think I'll have a look at the Kawai & Kemble before deciding - now all I've got to do is find a buyer for my digital....!

Jen

ahh i have yamaha digital piano...

but i want an acoustic one!

I love my digital one tho....its got loads of instrument buttons.

*chooses organ and plays Phantom of the Opera theme*

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You can get a pedal that plugs into the back. I think you can use one just like a keyboard's. If you have a guitar amp, you can use a foot switch, well mine does anyway.

I have a Technics P50 digital piano. It is classed as a stage piano because it is portable and doesn't have speakers built in, but it is good when connected to my stereo or headphones. As digital pianos go I found it the best of all the ones I tried, it has a very realistic piano sound as has good action, plus it does have a sustain pedal......however, I recently got hold of an acoustic piano and now I hardly play the digital. You cannot beat the real thing by a long way!

My advice would be to get a digital if you are worried about making too much noise and/or if you need to move it around often. If not, spend your money on a real piano - they are infintely better in feel and sound, and you can put so much more more expression into your playing. Plus when it comes to pedaling, the digital pedal is literally a switch (even though it looks like a real pedal) so sustain is either on or off, unlike a real piano where there is a slight graduation between sustain and no sustain, which again enables much more expression.