UPDATED REPORT | Nov 1, 2023 | PIANO TEACHERS & DIGITAL PIANOS | DO TEACHERS LIKE THEM and DO PIANO TEACHERS RECOMMEND DIGITAL PIANOS? - I am a well known and experienced piano teacher and musician and I get asked all the time by piano shoppers, "will a digital piano be good enough for my child to learn on?" In some cases I also get told by piano shoppers the following statement: "my piano teacher does not want my child to practice or learn on a digital piano, they want me to have an acoustic piano because they say only an acoustic piano will allow the student to learn properly ..read more

REVIEW - October 16, 2023 | Yamaha P-225 digital piano - $749 internet price | The new P-225 portable digital piano recently came out and this is the 1st lower price digital piano that Yamaha produces with some major changes over previous models. This model also has a new grand piano sound engine with some other new features that previous Yamaha portable digital pianos under $1000 have never had. This new model supersedes the previous P-125 series and is just slightly more money. at $749 But the question is...is it worth it? The main components to focus on when shopping for any digital pian ..read more

? UPDATED REVIEW - October 1, 2023 - Orla Grand 500 & Grand 120 Digital Grand Pianos The Orla digital piano company is well known throughout the world for building fine digital pianos and keyboards for over 50 years. The Grand 120 and Grand 500 digital grand pianos offer higher quality sound and key action technology as well as upgraded furniture cabinet design not found in other brands under $5000. Notation: The Samick piano company in the US used to be the representative company for Orla of Italy when it came to sales and distribution of its Orla products in the US. That is n ..read more

? UPDATED - Oct 1, 2023 - Kids Should Play Piano and take Piano Lessons! 2023 Report - Kids should play music! It has been proven to help them mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Playing good music in my opinion is the ultimate live expression of one's inner soul and can be one of the most beautiful experiences a person can have in their life!  When a parent is considering getting their kids into music and having them play a musical instrument, especially a piano, the results can be most impressive and satisfying when your child is given strong, supportive p ..read more

REVIEW - Studiologic Numa X Piano GT | 2023 Stage & Studio Digital Piano | $1999 internet price - This new Studiologic model is called the Numa X Piano GT. After playing it for many days and hours I can say that I am very impressed with what it can do and how it plays as a piano along with its vast array of quality internal non-piano instrumental sounds and effects.  If you are a pro keyboard or stage digital piano player and/or you work in a recording studio then you likely know the name "Studiologic." But...if you are a amateur musician playing at home, church, school, or at ..read more

? UPDATED REVIEW - June 1, 2023 - Williams Symphony Grand Piano - NOT Recommended - The Williams company is a division and part of the Guitar Center company family of brands and stores which includes Guitar Center, Musicians Friend, Woodwind & Brasswind, Music & Arts, and others. The Williams company does not manufacture its own pianos and the Williams brands is not made in the US. They are made in China by another company and Williams has used their own "Symphony" model name for many years that has represented a different model in the past.  The Williams Symphony ..read more

PIANO PEDALS - SPECIAL REPORT - UPDATED REPORT -  June 1, 2023 - Piano Pedals in Acoustic & Digital Pianos - Damper or Sustain Pedal, Sostenuto Pedal, Soft Pedal. Are they important and how should they work? Piano pedals and how they work and what they do are extremely important to the piano playing experience that you get playing either an acoustic or digital piano. Without good working piano pedals that can help you control the piano sound so that your music sounds good, your music will suffer unless you choose the right piano with the right pedals. This report will tell ..read more

REVIEW - Kawai CN201 Digital Piano | LOWER PRICE HERE | The 2023 Kawai CN201 digital piano at $2299 price is Kawai's latest traditional furniture cabinet model under $2500. This piano, which is in a very popular price range between $2000 to $2500, is focused on the "piano playing experience" for beginners through more advanced piano players.  The CN201 definitely has other useful and impressive digital features which I talk about below. But this new model is really all about focusing on piano playing with its more advanced key action, piano sound engine, pedaling response, and in ..read more

REVIEW |  May 1, 2023 | Kawai CA501 Digital Piano | LOWER PRICE HERE | All wooden key action and stereo acoustic grand piano sound | The Kawai CA501 furniture cabinet digital piano at $3999 is a new 2023 model that just recently came out. It is an upgrade to the previous and now discontinued model Kawai CA59 which was a popular seller for the Kawai company. The price range of approx $3000 to $4000 for a new digital piano is a very popular for a lot of digital piano shoppers out there. There are a number of reasons for that, but the most popular reasons are that you would be getting ..read more

May 1, 2023 REPORT - WARNING! - Top 10 Digital Piano Issues & Shopping Tips | Read This Before You Buy! | Special Report 2023 | Top 10 Shopping Tips | My name is Tim Praskins and I am a well known national and international digital piano expert and digital piano consultant along with being a long time experienced musician, composer, arranger, keyboard player, guitar player, and organ player. I have played on and worked with digital pianos and keyboards for over 40 years and played on virtually every brand and model out there along with having played thousands of acou ..read more