Wishing for a bare-bones/no-frills digital piano

[ElmerJFudd]

Roland Kiyola 

 

[Scazbot]

On 4/25/2023 at 12:39 PM, konaboy said:

I've been looking to upgrade my P121 for a couple of years but not finding what I'm looking for.

 

I want a DP that I can just switch on and play. I need one piano sound, nothing else. No variations, no cheezy strings, no acoustic bass splits.

 

The same functionality as a real acoustic piano, nothing more, nothing less.

 

I don't want a control panel or a screen.  I don't want app integration, bluetooth, backing tracks, song recorders or any other gimmicks/features.

 

Get rid of all that crap.

 

My only priorities are a great piano sound and action, with good loudspeakers and a nice clean well-built and attractive cabinet.

 

Why does no such instrument exist?

 

Perhaps another option, one I wouldn't have thought of unless I stumbled upon it a month ago, is a GEWA. Their website is here. They make a number of pianos, including a very affordable one (PP-3), though I wouldn't call it attractive, that can be combined with a proper stand. It has just a few buttons but namely it has no screen. None. Not even a digital number display. There are 4 favorite buttons which can have different sounds assigned ready to go whenever you boot it up. It does, however, have Bluetooth, to allow you deeper customizing of the sounds but you don't have to use this. Cheap, no screen, cabinet, decent piano sound. They make others with much nicer cabinets, keys, sounds, etc. but they all have some sort of screen.

[Paul Woodward]

Interesting. Cool feature that you can calibrate every key.