check this out http://azpianonews.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-kawai-ce220-digital-piano.html This may well be exactly what you are really wanting. The key action may very well be the best you could hope for as well as superb piano sound for the less than $2000 price.

Well, at long last, I made my decision and my purchase.









I bought it from Pierre's Fine Pianos in LA last weekend, and went by Home Depot to pick up the parts for the stand I designed for it. I couldn't be happier! I love the action, the sound, and it sounds like a dream in my Sennheisers.

My next step is to run it into my PC to record. I'm not on a mac, so I'm just starting with Audacity for now. The cabling I'd need would be a 1/4" male to male mono cord with a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter for the PC side, is that correct? (Like this) Or would I want something like this? Not necessarily those in particular, but that basic idea?

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks for all the help thus far!

-roki

Congrats Roki!

Just out of curiosity, may I ask what was the deciding factor in convincing you to purchase the MP10?

The stand/table looks very solid - how is the playing height?

Regarding recording, it depends on the audio in connector on your PC. Assuming it's a 1/8" stereo jack the second Amazon link should do the job: Left+Right from the MP10 to Stereo into the computer.

Cheers,
James
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Absolutely. It was the action, really. With the FP7-F, I liked the action a lot, and the sound was great. But I was always completely aware that I was playing a digital piano. When I sat down at the MP10, though, and after about 10 minutes of playing through my headphones and I nearly lost track that I was playing a digital piano. The design of that action truly is impressive. Also, I played both instruments while they were off, too, and the Roland's audible "thunk" was enough to make me fear potential domestic problems if I played too late!

The stand is extremely sturdy. I looked at different stands for purchase, and they were either way too flimsy for me to feel safe about putting such an expensive piece of equipment on, or else they were way too expensive. I build the whole thing out of redwood 2x4s and 3 inch screws. There's a 2x4 support beam running the full 55" length directly under the tabletop. The top itself is cut out of a 24x60 sheet of laminated pine, that I ripped 7" off and cut down to two pieces: 7"x55" and 17"55", with the former being a sheer piece across the back for added support. I have a 6'x2' strip of felt on order from amazon I'm going to cut to size just to protect the bottom of the keyboard and to line the bottom of the legs with. I measured the tabletop to 25" off the ground, with the MP10 being 3.5" from the bottom of the board to the top of the keys. This matches up basically with the 28.5" average piano key height (I think Steinway uses 28.75"). All in all, I think the stand cost me about $60 and about 6 hours of my time. Can't beat that!

-roki

Oh, and the chair is just a chair from my table set, while I decide what kind of chair/bench/stool I want!

I plan to stain the whole thing too, but I ran out of weekend!

I think the stand/table looks terrific, $60 on materials? Definitely money well spent - good job.

James
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Congrats. Impressed with the stand too.

Yeah, the stand was only that costly because I went with premium cut redwood. If you went with Douglas Fir or something, you could do it for about $30. You can build the thing perfectly out of 3 2"x4"x8' boards that run $3 a piece at Home Depot (or $8 for the redwood) and a $20 pine tabletop, plus screws.

Also, thanks for the info on the cables, James. It is 1/8th in input into my PC, so I'll pick up that split cable and should be good to go!

That's a great stand ...$60 !!! total bargain