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I am not sure how one would define different instruments. I am a piano beginner, so I am not that sophisticated when it comes to piano sounds, but I can't hear very much difference between concert, ballade and bright.

Now, for those with the FP-50 that have noticed the lower 1/3 of the piano seems a bit loud, have any of you got a recommended EQ setting for me? I have no experience with any kind of EQ, so I would be just groping in the dark. While playing 2 notes in the right hand and one in the left, the 2 right hand notes were overwhelmed by the sound of the left hand note.

I tried playing some chords on the left side of the key board and below about F2 the chords sounded pretty bad. Much more unmusical than my acoustic piano, except where the even lower notes on my acoustic are just not in tune. Can one of the setting be at fault, maybe the reverb? In the morning I'll try shutting everything off.

Thank you Jay.

You know, one of this things I didn't realize now for the last year, is that I was in fact quite inhibited playing and practicing on the acoustic piano, not just at night, or when hubby was taking a nap. I was clearly conscious of another person hearing every note that I hit, in addition to the concern for banging on my 125 year old piano that I would have to repair if I pushed it too far for such an old instrument.

I also had the pain of hearing a really bright note as the hammers were hardening up after filing, and then another one or 2 added to that. Those notes were jarring to the nerves, as I had the front panel off to touch up the tuning until it stabilized. Sure, I knew what to do to fix them, but that was the problem that I faced, every time I tore the acoustic apart, I had nothing to practice on. This left me rushing the repairs in a way I shouldn't to get back to having something to play.

Now I feel quite uninhibited to just mess around with the piano all I like with the head phones on, and use what ever volume setting sounds good to me.

No, not going to give up, certainly. I have already reworked the action to take care of old glue, cracked flanges, and some weak shanks. The hammers are the original hammers in only modestly worn condition, amazing for the age. But they are hard as rocks. So I will work my way up to voicing them, but want to start gently, as over doing it will ruin them. Among what needs to be done is some gluing of cracked bridges in the high treble, near a strut. So, I anticipate the piano will be down for some time when I finally get going.

I have a link to pictures in my signature line. You'll see it is a very nice Victorian design. It also has a pretty nice sound now that I have something to compare to.

I think the FP-50 will work out really well, as the keys feel very much like my upright, so it should be a seamless transition between the 2 pianos. The sound of the Roland is OK, not as nice as the acoustic, but much better to my ears than the Yamahas.

I will say, tho, that the weight is just on the edge of what I can handle. Glad I didn't let my hubby talk me into something heavier.

I had moved the unit from sitting on a few cardboard boxes to sitting on the KS7150 stand. Could the slightly soft boxes have caused some warping of the keyboard and the effect I noticed before moving to a more rigid and presumably flatter surface?

OK, there really is something wrong with my FP-50. I am getting a resonance on some of the low notes thru the speakers AND in the earphones. At first I noted a loud resonance in G2 when struck fairly hard (I do that sometimes when I am trying to hit the right note) and checking the other lower keys, I also noted that G1 had a resonance. Then, after a little playing some more, G1 wasn't a problem but B1 was terrible. So, what ever this is, it moves around. The volume slider was up about half way.

So, I guess my next endeavor is to learn how to use my Zoom H-1 microphone, and how to use a sound sharing site. Have never done that before.

Now, would any one like to try to figure out what kind of thing is wrong with my FP-50? I really would not like to have to send it back, as the company does not have more of these in stock except for a blemished one. I suspect they were closing these out.

It is also unfortunate that I am in Prescott, and will probably have to shlup this down to a shop in Phoenix, at least 2 hours away. It would be just my luck to have the problem move some more and not show up at all when it gets to the repair shop. I may just have to play this until the problem becomes more permanent.

Would it be better to start a new thread so that others might read about this and give opinions?