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  2. Electronic keyboard - Wikipedia

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    Weighted keyboards indicate that some kind of effort has been made to give the keyboard more resistance and responsive feel similar to that of an acoustic piano. Semi-weighted keys is a term applied to keyboards with spring action like a non-weighted keyboard but that have extra weight added to the keys to give them more resistance and ...

  3. Stage piano - Wikipedia

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    Most digital stage pianos have weighted keys or semi-weighted keys. Fully weighted keys are designed to replicate the weight and playing action of acoustic piano hammer-action keys. They have a piano-like feel and better touch control. Semi-weighted keys are lighter and cheaper to manufacture than fully weighted keys. They give less control and ...

  4. Roland XP-80 - Wikipedia

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    The XP-80 has a 76-key semi-weighted keyboard. A smaller 61-key variant, the XP-60 was introduced shortly afterward. The synthesis engine is capable of 64-voice polyphony and 16-part multi-timbrality.

  5. Action (piano) - Wikipedia

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    The piano action mechanism [1] (also known as the key action mechanism [2] or simply the action) of a piano or other musical keyboard is the mechanical assembly which translates the depression of the keys into rapid motion of a hammer, which creates sound by striking the strings.

  6. Kurzweil Music Systems - Wikipedia

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    K2500S - 76 note semi-weighted keyboard with sampling; K2500XS - 88 note weighted action keyboard with sampling; K2500AES - Audio Elite System, Limited Release (6 Units) 88 note weighted action keyboard with sampling, KDFX effects engine, all available upgrade options, and an extensive sample library (retail cost, $20,000.00).

  7. Piano - Wikipedia

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    Piano Grand piano Upright piano Keyboard instrument Hornbostel–Sachs classification 314.122-4-8 (Simple chordophone with keyboard sounded by hammers) Inventor(s) Bartolomeo Cristofori Developed Early 18th century Playing range The Well-Tempered Clavier, first prelude of Book I Played by Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka Problems playing this file? See media help. A piano is a keyboard instrument that ...

  8. Nord Electro - Wikipedia

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    The original Nord Electro was released in 2001. It contained emulations of a Hammond B3 as well as samples of a Rhodes Stage 73, a Wurlitzer electric piano, a Hohner Clavinet and an acoustic grand piano. [1] The Electro was released in 61- and 73-key versions as well as a rack version, which featured all the same controls as the keyboard versions.

  9. Yamaha S90 - Wikipedia

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    The S90 provides 88 fully weighted keys, the number equivalent to a standard piano, emulating the pianistic mechanism. [5] The keyboard naturally provides initial touch, but also aftertouch response and has a 64-note polyphony [6] with 16 multitimbral parts providing a maximum of 4 performance parts.