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Maybe I've made a wrong assumption that the Mahogany is standard. I do know that they are bringing limited numbers of Satin Black into Canada, at least at this point in time.

Last week I bought a Roland Hp-207. I like the sound and the action of my piano but one thing bothers me. The keys are making a clicking sound that you can hear very well.
My question : Is this normal and can you do something about it ?

Thanks in advance !

Robin.

I have an HP-207. I don't think the "sides" of keys are "made of wood" nor "have wooden feel" when I touch it. They might have "color of wood" with "plastic feel".

I have the HP 207 for about two months. I am not sure whether I heard the clicking sound you described but there are noises even when the power was off. But they are not a problem to me. I thought some of the noises are designed purposely to mimic the noises of hammers hitting the strings on real pianos. There is a setting for hammer noise but I didn't feel they made much difference between high (+2) and low setting (-2). You might want to play with if you haven't.

Just had my HP-207 delivered yesterday, and yes, the keys are plastic (tops are plastic textured to feel like ivory, sides are plastic colored to look like wood, rather than real wood as Keyboard Player implies). If you touch the sides they feel like plastic - which they are - but this is not evident in normal playing. The wood color gives a placebo effect of wooden keys, which I suspect is identical to the effect of real wood.

On an unrelated note, have you had a chance to play with the graphic equalizer? I'm looking for a good setting that will "open up" the piano sound a bit.

Thanks,
-Eric

I haven't got a chance to play with the equalizer. I would think that the factory setting should be optimal, at least to most of the potential buyers in the regions they are selling. What part of the sound spectrum do you think is not perfect relative to what sound sources? Are the Briliant, Lid opening,or resonance setting not doing much to your need?

I played the HP207e, what a wonderful digital piano!

The action is very responsive, you can really feel the escapement, key's weight is right, the sound is simply awesome, rich and detailed.

Roland made a great job, for me this is the digital piano to beat.

Agreed, the HP-207 is great. I liked it better than top of the line digitals from all the other makes/models I tried in the stores, and now I'm getting used to it in my home.

BTW, I did find a thread on EQ-ing this piano at

https://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=003170;p=0

The recommended settings are:

High Gain +12dB
High Freq 8.0kHz
High Mid Gain +4dB
High Mid Freq 2.5kHz
High Mid Q 2.0
Low Mid Gain -4dB
Low Mid Freq 500Hz
Low Mid Q 2.0
Low Gain +6dB
Low Freq 125Hz

This attenuates some of the middle frequencies and seems to make the sound clearer, without being too bright. I'm using it with a Heavy to Super-Heavy touch setting, and Lid all the way open. What do you think?

-Eric

Eric,
I played it in a store so I can't give you an opinion about the eq you suggest, sorry.

Probably need someones with extensive knowledge in the sound of Steinway's pianos, which Roland HPs are intended to simulate, to judge.

Is there an online store that sells this piano ? I researched and it seem like this model is only available at authorized Roland dealerships.

Do you have any idea how much HP 207 or HP 203 costs? thanks.

Ive been in 2 piano shops to look at Hp-207 and noticed the tops of the keys have marks and scraches that dont seem to rub off.They do feel good and grippy with cold hands though.Also when I tested the sound with the lid set to fully open and the volume about 3/4 the speakers seem to crackle a bit.Bare in mind that the speaker system is not the same over here in Europe.

Owners of this model have you noticed your key surface to mark easy and what do you think at higher volume settings.

hp207 is about $1000 more than hp203. Is it worth it?. opinions?

HP-207 vs HP-203? When I bought the 207 I was interested in only the piano basics: The ivory-surface keys, the ability to permanently save custom settings (touch, equalizer, etc), and the way the controls are set back from the keys and hidden by the key cover in mid-position (with my old digital piano, I'd accidentally hit the buttons while playing).

These were worth the $$ to me, since they improved the every-day playing experience and made the digital seem more like a real piano.

HP207 wins.
My wife convinced me to get a console piano rather than a stage piano for home. this Piano is heavy, but worth every penny. My kids who I originally bought it for them been on it every day since I got it a week ago. Hopefully it will continue to attract them. sound and feel are amazing. I have a question tho. I connected my laptop to it and it works great. Do I need a CD drive or a floppy drive anymore, since I can play and record from/to the laptop?. is there any other use for the other equipment or is it a waste of money?.

Hi all,

I'm new here.

I just bought HP 207e ELA (light oak version) two days ago. The piano both looks and sounds beautiful. The sound is rich and powerful, however I need to spend some time adjusting it to fit my rather small room and to find the tone and touch i like the best.

I just want to thank you for the opinions, discussions which guided me to this choice.

I see it is a great forum, and probably it won't be my last post here

Greg

Greg,
Congratulations. I've had mine almost a month and am still discovering new things every day. I also hope it helps me become a better pianist.

hi

I just got my HP207
I noticed that certain keys esp Ab5,if you strike it fairly hard and esp staccato, there is an
unpleasant sound accompanying the note -difficult to describe,like an echo
This also occurs with headphone but only with the 3D on otherwise with headphone the sound is not there, but without headphone it is there whether
3D is on or off.I was wondering if this could be
due to resonant effect since the room I placed the piano is quite small
Anyone of you notice this?

Thats it I made my mind up now and swapped my Hp-107 for the 207 and got a good deal,will be getting it on friday so I cant wait.
I played the clp-280 and the Hp-207 side by side in the same shop and went back on several ocasions and today I decided on the roland.

Regards
Daz