In life, we are faced with many decisions to make. Some simple and some complicated. Whether it is about choosing a career path, the colour of your new car, or even what to have for lunch! It doesn’t get any easier when you need to decide between buying an acoustic or digital piano for your home. Have no fear as we at Mayga Piano are here to help you decide on the perfect piano for your needs.
Acoustic Piano
The traditional acoustic piano has been around since the 1700s. Its construction is a beautiful work of engineering and art. The piano is a stringed musical instrument. It produces sound by way of mechanical action. When a key is pressed by the player’s finger on the keyboard, a felt padded hammer then strikes the strings and rebounds off them. The strings then vibrate at its resonant frequency. The volume of the notes and tonal character changes according to the player’s touch response. Many other factors contribute to a piano’s rich timbre such as the different kinds of wood used, construction methods, the acoustics of its surroundings and of course the tuning.
Digital Piano
Most digital pianos generate their sounds through a series of sensors from the keyboard that triggers audio samples from a sound module within the piano. The sounds are then amplified via a set of speakers to emulate the way an acoustic piano projects its sound. High resolution PCM stereo digital audio samples of acoustic pianos are stored in the sound module’s ROM memory. They typically can store a variety of different piano samples and even other instrument sounds as well.
Advantages of digital pianos are:
– Lower price in comparison to equivalent quality acoustic piano.
– Lower maintenance cost. You will never need to tune a digital piano.
– You can practice with headphones on and not annoy your neighbours at night.
– Most are slimmer than an acoustic piano. Hence they are more space saving.