Hey everyone. I am thinking about purchasing a roland hp 207. But have some doubts about reagarding the keys. I am playing mostly classical music. And I wonder if it's easy to go from the lightes pianissimo to fortissimo?

André

Yes, it's as easy as with a good acoustic piano. That is valid not only for the Hp-207, but for just about any other digital piano on the market.

I think the HP207 is a particularly good choice for classical music (it's the choice I made anyway). But still, it's advisable to try out different models for as long as you can before you make a decision, it's very personal.

I'll be purchasing an HP-207 very very soon (2 weeks, tops). Was impressed with the action as any other DP I ever tried failed miserably to capture a real grand piano's action (though I realize what a vague statement that might appear to be).

It's also very cool that you can customize its action in different ways. Since I'm used to the rather loose action of my Yamaha DGX620, it'll take some time for me to learn how to play perfectly well on the HP-207.

yes... I love all of those features to... They are great. Hm, the thing is that the salesman confused me... he recommended the yamaha clp 270... so, now I must try the yamaha as well

But do you guys think that the yamaha gh3 pianos are to heavy? I find them harder to play more... expressively with?

No, I think they're fine, in the same league as Roland's PHA-II. Anyway, with a heavier touch you should get more expressiveness (i.e. control over the dynamics) and less speed, not the other way around.

Hm... Does any of you know if Roland will release a new hp-series model soon?

And when was the roland hp 207 released? 2007 or?

October 2007, IIRC. I asked that question to Roland a few months back.

According to them, no new model is planned for release to replace those... yet. :p

hehe, yet... It's hard to decide. Because the hp 207 have been around a long time now... How usually do they replace a model? I mean, how long was the hp 107 around until the 207 came?

For the HP users, do you use Grand Piano, or other tones that might actually sound more_true then as a grand piano?

I realised the demo songs sound much more richer than when I'm playing.. wondering if they're using other tones.

The demo song could be an MP3 for all we know. Some EQ'ing could have been done to accomplish this so-called "richer" tone.

I've tried other tones but keep coming back to Grand Piano 1. I believe it's the richest of the set, which possibly makes it the hardest to control. I find it tends to get a bit strident in the upper middle register if you're not careful with your fortissimo. Grand Piano 2 is a bit more tame and the other piano tones (not "honky-tonk" and the like, but the plain pianos in the "Various" setting) are flat and boring.

I don't think the demo songs have a richer sound. Maybe there is some EQ'ing but I believe the big difference is in careful, machine-perfect, note-by-note control in the recording.