Inkadelica Electronic Instruments

When most of us think about a piano, we think of a concert pianist playing a grand piano, but there are two or three types of piano, here we will discuss them, from the grand piano, to the upright piano to the digital keyboard.

Starting with that monster itself, the grand piano. The longer strings and huge size of the grand piano help it to achieve its sound as well as reducing the low-end frequencies and harmonics. Smaller piano's, such as the baby grand piano and the boudoir grand piano will use thicker strings to keep the tension, which allows for clarity in the sound, as string tension would be lowered using the concert grand piano's string, making it sound muddy and possibly unplayable. The size ranges from 2-3 metres for the concert grand piano, to 1-2 metres for the boudoir grand piano, to less on the baby grand piano.

The 'upright' piano is probably what most people have when they mention having a piano (Nothing wrong with that). With its frame and strings horizontally housed inside the piano, the upright piano is slightly smaller than a grand piano, but can still be 45 inches or taller.

The electric piano, often mistaken for another keyboard (sadly) also has the foot pedals which control frequency and pitch that a keyboard doesnt have. Unfortunetly they just dont sound as good as an acoustic piano, even with the advances in digital technology.

Much smaller, cheaper, easier to carry around than a piano, the keyboard is the closest most of us will come to owning anything like a piano. Digital techonology allows the keyboard to carry hundreds of sounds within its frame, from steel drum sound, to church organ to grand piano, all in one shell.

Yamaha YPG 635 Electronic Keyboard Demo