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"Welcome to our electric piano page. Your comprehensive guide to the electronic variety."

Electronic pianos have made remarkable progress in recent years and now offer a reliable combination of sound experience, versatility and ease of use in a wide range of price categories. They are therefore an attractive option, not only for beginners, but also for experienced piano players and musicians.

Today, high-quality digital pianos increasingly combine classical piano aesthetics with constantly evolving innovative technology. Find out all about the advantages of digital upright and grand pianos, such as their diverse sound possibilities, easy maintenance and connection options for modern technologies.

We also look at the history of these instruments, from their beginnings to the sophisticated models of today, and offer you an insight into their functionality to help you choose your new electric piano, keyboard or hybrid piano.

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Electronic keyboard instruments

Electronic keyboard instruments represent a collective term for musical instruments which, according to the Hornbostel/Sachs classification of musical instruments, combine the characteristics of chordophones and electrophones, so that the sound of these instruments is produced mechanically and electrically.

The origins of electronic keyboard instruments date back to the 19th century, when the possibilities of a connection between music and electricity were explored and researched. Particularly significant for this development was the invention of new instruments, such as the telharmonium (1897), which was used for long-distance musical transmission via the telephone, the electronophonic piano (1913), which was characterized by softer transient and extended decay phases, the infinitely pitch-adjustable spherophone (1926) with its variety of tonal colours, the Ondes Martenot (1928), the electrochord (1932) and the melochord (1947). In the 1920s in particular, electroacoustic music aroused great interest, leading to a search for new timbres and creative combinations. In addition, the use of electronic data carriers or MIDI information also brought practical advantages in terms of playability and usability.

The electronic keyboard instruments commonly played today include the Electric piano/digital piano, the Disklavier, the keyboard, the synthesizer and the electric organ. In Hybrid pianos combines classical piano and grand piano technology with digital technology.

Digital pianos / electric pianos

The digital piano is an electronic keyboard instrument that arose from the need for greater sound volume and better portability of instruments. As the digital piano has no strings, the sound is generated by digital recordings of an acoustic piano, i.e. samples. By pressing the key on the keyboard, the corresponding sound is retrieved from the digital memory and played back via loudspeakers, which makes the playing style on these instruments very different from that on acoustic pianos. In most cases, dynamic differentiation is still possible and the notes played fade away, whereby the focus is on the similarity to the piano as a sound experience. The quality of the reproduced sound is largely dependent on the technology used. In addition to the piano sound, the digital piano can often also be set to other keyboard instruments, such as organ, harpsichord or electric piano sounds.