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Piano Lessons in Ajax, Pickering ON

Basic Guide to Pianos

This is a basic guide to the instruments available to piano students. Contact Primo Piano for more information.

ACOUSTIC PIANOS

 

 

  • Traditional piano most are familiar with.
  • Produces sound by hammers striking
        high-tensile steel strings.
  • Unmatched in tone and responsiveness.
  • Needs tuning once a year.
  • Suitable for beginners to professionals.
  • DIGITAL PIANOS

     

     

  • Duplicates sound and feel of an acoustic.
  • Digitally-sampled sounds are reproduced
        by speakers, amplifiers.
  • Somewhat lacking in tone and responsiveness.
  • Never needs tuning.
  • Suitable for beginners to intermediates.
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    KEYBOARDS

     

     

  • Duplicates sound (and also feel if keys are
        weighted) of an acoustic.
  • Piano-like sound generated by synthesizers.
  • Lacking in tone and responsiveness.
  • Never needs tuning.
  • Suitable for beginners.
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