Roland Keyboards in general

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Newest Review: ... concert hall etc. I must admit, I tend to turn it off as I prefer it not to sound echoey but some players love this ... more

... facility. The Roland HP137 has a sampled grand piano sound, as do most digital pianos. On the whole it sounds pretty much like an accoustic piano, but it has a slightly uneven sound across the range, the middle octave is a bit woolly and lacks oomph.The rest of the keyboard seems powerful enough for most of my needs and sounds very good. It has a hammer action keyboard and weighted keys to make it feel like a real piano. The difference with weighted keys is that they respond in volume according to the amount of pressure appli...more

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Roland Keyboards in general: I am the music man! (1478 words)
by - written on 29/09/04 (Very useful, 2606 readings)
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Some of you will know that I am a professional musician and instrumental teacher. You might also know that I got married last year to a fellow opinionator and moved to Devon, which is where he lived. For the first year I still had to "commute" to Hampshire to teach a couple of days a week. This meant that I had to leave my beautiful Bechstein upright piano behind. This meant that I needed an instrument to practise on in Devon but it had to be something on which I could teach on for eighteen months whilst separated from my "real" piano. John, not long after we became engaged bought me a lovely present. It was a Roland HP 137R ... Read the complete review