Piano replacement?

imsi

My 2 girls are both at university now and the old piano they played on for the last 10 or more years has to go. When I told them, they were most put out (even though when they are home they play only rarely). I agreed that I'd get something smaller to replace it. It has to have weighted keys and a full set of keys.
Trouble is I know nothing about this stuff.
Do I need a keyboard, organ or digital piano? What is the difference? and where can I get one? Any advice, specific, general or just pointing me in the right direction appreciated. PM me if you don't feel its of public interest.

angelatgraceland

An electric piano is the nearest to the original thing. An organ has a rather different sound and probable more difficult to use-some have 2 layers of keys-an upper and a lower. A keyboard is probably the less expensive choice and is the most portable. Set yourself a price limit. We recently bought a Roland keyboard-these have excellent sound. Keyboards have many different sound effects,,styles rhythms, accompaniment. If you want just a piano sound then you can of course still play just that sound.If you want a keyboard you need to check how many keys/octaves it has-the more-the better. Also, make sure it has full sized keys as your DDs will find it difficult to play otherwise.Also, you probably want "touch responsive/sensitive" keys. Phone up a couple of music shops for some general advice.

skintchick

Yes, you need a digital piano with fully-weighted touch-response keys - you're looking at about £400 second-hand and don;t even look at the price of new ones!! Way more expensive than a second-hand piano, and not actually much smaller, as it will be the same length, just not as tall.

Keep your real piano - they are much nicer than digital ones, all pianists say so, and the size issue won't be addressed by a digital piano anyway.