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Advice on buying a piano or keyboard

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If you want buy a new or used piano or keyboard, these online videos will help you by providing detailed information on different pianos and keyboards.

In addition, you’ll find many tips and tricks on what to look out for when buying a piano or keyboard.

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Buying a piano or keyboard: Comparison (02:14)

Acoustic or digital piano?

Tuning and headphone input

Loud and soft practicing

Videonummer: DE1101
Buying a piano or keyboard: Acoustic pianos (03:05)

Buying an acoustic piano

A piano requires space

Key attacks

Height of the piano corpus

Maintenance cost for tuning

The problem of getting used to bad intonation

Videonummer: PE1102
Buying a piano or keyboard: Digital pianos (05:57)

Price: digital piano vs. piano

Sound of a digital piano

Space requirements and transportation

Playing live with digital pianos

Headphone input and muted playing

Various choices (e-piano)

Inspiration through sounds (composition)

Possible PC connections (sequencer)

Recording keyboard and home recording

Videonummer: PE1103
Buying a piano or keyboard: Keyboards (07:14)

Length of the keyboard and number of keys

Miniature keys - 25,49,61,76 and 88 keys

Synthesizer keyboard and piano keyboard

Weighted and unweighted keys

Simulation of weighted keys

Illuminated keys

Attack dynamics

Monophonic and polyphonic aftertouch

Pitch bender and sound bending

Crossfading sounds

Videonummer: PE1104
Buying a piano or keyboard: Basic equipment (04:54)

Different sounds (piano, organ, strings)

Piano sequencer for recording and playing

Different stands to digital pianos

Effects (reverb) as inspiration for composition

Blurred sounds

Testing the keyboard

USB input for PC (Home recording)

Videonummer: PE1105
Buying a piano or keyboard: Workstation (04:13)

Workstation

Integrated digital piano with large keyboard

Speakers

Inspirational sounds (composition)

Guitar, bass, drums, and piano sound

Pitchbender and aftertouch

Bending sounds

Integrated sequencer vs. software sequencer

Videonummer: PE1106
Buying a piano or keyboard: Speakers (02:12)

Integrated speakers in a digital piano

Flexibility in speaker arrangement

Workstation without speakers

Satellite system as speakers

Sound quality

Videonummer: PE1107
Buying a piano or keyboard: Ergonomics (03:11)

Seat position and height

Height-adjustable stands for digital piano

Setting up the instrument in the room

Piano bench or stool

Sitting upright while playing

Videonummer: PE1108
Buying a piano or keyboard: Master keyboard (02:50)

Master keyboard without integrated sound generation

Different sounds at different levels

Pitch bender and aftertouch

Playing the sounds from the PC

Limitation of spontaneity

Immediate availability of the instrument

Videonummer: PE1109
Buying a piano or keyboard: Playing along to music (03:31)

Aux-in input on the instrument

Connecting the mp3 player

Playing along to music

Using a small mixing desk

Becoming part of the music

Videonummer: PE1110

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