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**ingeneensueva** · 12-13-2010, 07:27 PM

A real piano is to be desired, most preferably a grand, even if it is only a "foetus grand", since the hammers fall down via gravity as opposed to being pulled back by a spring. A grand will give you proper 'feel', provided that it is adjusted properly. I can see the use of a electric piano to spare the neighbors being kept awake at night when you 'bang away' and also to avoid annoying family members, since you'll have headphones. Spring mechanisms on uprights also get 'spongy'. How really serious you are will be a determining factor in what kind of piano you'll work with.

12-13-2010, 07:27 PM	#18
ingeneensueva Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 399 Senior Member	A real piano is to be desired, most preferably a grand, even if it is only a "foetus grand", since the hammers fall down via gravity as opposed to being pulled back by a spring. A grand will give you proper 'feel', provided that it is adjusted properly. I can see the use of a electric piano to spare the neighbors being kept awake at night when you 'bang away' and also to avoid annoying family members, since you'll have headphones. Spring mechanisms on uprights also get 'spongy'. How really serious you are will be a determining factor in what kind of piano you'll work with.
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