Gear4music electric piano?

[LeadFarmer]

Anyone got any experience of Gear4music and their own brand electric pianos?

My 13yr old lad is getting really good on the Yamaha keyboard I bought him last Xmas, and now he wants an 88 key electric piano for this Xmas. We went to Gear4music shop in York the other day to look at their entry level Casio and Yamaha branded pianos, around £600. But the one he really loved was the Gear4music own brand DP50 piano at £500. He said the bonded ones didn't feel as good, and the pedals were too short.

So, what are peoples opinions of Gear4music own brand instruments?

[LeadFarmer]

I'm still leaning towards a slimmer piano such as the Yamaha P125 or the Casio PX770 as they are much slimmer than most rival models, at about only 30cm deep, space is of a premium as anything deeper will mean rearranging furniture to accommodate it, but these are both current models and not cheap, and hardly any for sale 2nd hand.

Its a compromise as whilst I want a good piano for him, its also going to be a permanent feature wherever we position it. A narrow piano will fit in our hallway without obstructing, a deeper one will have to go in the living room and mean moving chairs around.


Casio PX770




Yamaha P125

[LeadFarmer]

Thanks deckster, I'll give that link a read.

As an update regarding space, I've discussed it with the wife and thrown a tape measure around and she is happy to have one of the deeper 40cm pianos, which opens up the options considerably.

A budget of £600 means I can consider these two...

Yamaha Arius YDP144 £613
Casio Celviano AP270 £569

They are a similar price, I think the YDP is Yamaha's entry range whereas the Celviano is Casios upper range, but I'm not sure how the two models compare?

Edited by LeadFarmer on Thursday 21st November 23:14