<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="76">1:16</a> What is a hybrid piano? <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="102">1:42</a> True digital hybrids <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="263">4:23</a> True acoustic hybrids <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="370">6:10</a> Silent pianos <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="481">8:01</a> Hybrid action digital

NV5 for me all day.. I was also pleasantly surprised by the N1X, mainly with the action.

Thanks for the in-depth video!

Love the channel! Really great content.

Thanks - very helpful to have some of the jargon cleared up.

Great info, this channel is super informative. Many music store product videos here on YT are from a salesman who happens to work at a piano store; this channel gives actual knowledge I feel I can trust.

Thanks for clarifying the various technologies available!

Thanks Stu for another great video. Does the action on a novus or an avantgrand need regulating? At the end of the day, a wood action is what it is, whether the hammers strike strings or trigger sensors, so I have a feeling that they do.

Great Video, very informative, Thank You

Hi everyone! So the Casio GP510 and GP310 models could definitely have been mentioned as a Hybrid Action Digital. Although the video wasn't intended as an exhaustive list of specific models, (but rather a review of what I saw was the different categories of the hybrids), I definitely didn't mean for a prominent brand/model to be omitted with intent. A few have commented on this, so let's just be up front with this - The Casio Hybrids definitely would fall squarely in the Hybrid Action Digital category. Thanks everyone!! - Stu

I learned something new today.

Excellent - strikes me you could buy a decent acoustic and a hybrid digital action for the price of a true acoustic hybrid, which might be a better choice for some - you get 2 pianos for a start which is excellent for teaching....

Wish to share that few years back, my Yamaha U1 SH (silent model) cost a lot more than Yamaha U1. I recall i can at least get a U3 if i dont need the Silent system of U1. By the way, good video!

Very nice sum up ! Definitely waiting for the NV20 to come out: ideally the grand action of the nv10, a soundboard like nv5, and perhaps a grand cabinet like the N3X 🤩.

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My one concern would be the inevitable technological obsolescence of these fully digital hybrids: further down-the-road improvements and refinements will eventually render these current offerings obsolete. Yamaha has already done so with the N1X and N3X replacing former models in their Avantgrand line. These big ticket products aren't easily upgradeable items like mobile phones or tablets. Many consider an instrument to be a family heirloom to be passed down from one generation to the next. In three or four decades, will your grandchildren want to play on what will then be technological dinosaurs from the early years of the 21st century?

I'm waiting for an acoustic hybrid with the sound of a Nord Stage :-D

Very good and informative, however it would have been much better if you could show the mechanims of hammer action on each category while you were explaining them.

Does the NV hammers hitting still feel real at low volume ? Ive tried a hybrid Casio & the action is nice at medium or high volume but at low volume feels fake / doesn’t match! “The hammers is too hard or have too much swing” wondering should we just get a CA79 or 99 ?

Any idea what the Casio GP-310 falls under? Like what category? Appreciate any reply!

What is the life expectancy of a digital piano. How do they depreciate in value in five or ten years? What is the trade-in value in five to ten years? Can they be leased, something like a car? Before you could rent an acoustic piano and felt somewhat protected.

The Royal Conservatory of Music requirements for online practical exams through Zoom are as follows: a.) Preparatory to Level 8 - a tuned acoustic piano or a 76- or 88-key weighted electronic keyboard (ie. a digital piano) b.) Level 9 to Licentiate - a tuned acoustic is required Would anyone know if a Kawai NV-5 or NV-10 hybrid would be acceptable for an RCM practical exam at a Level 9 to Licentiate?

Today, do you find easy hybrides pianos ???? In France with thé crise it s no possible.

Is there any digital piano with an extended range? Something like the Bosendorfer Imperial?

The video mentions that a "silent piano" costs just a few thousand dollars more than the acoustic version. I wonder how the digital component in question compares to a standalone digital piano available at the same price e.g. what's likely better : a three-four thousand dollar standalone digital or a silent component in an acoustic ? Curious because a decent acoustic lasts 50 years or more whereas digital components likely become obsolete in less than a decade. Would it not make more sense to keep the digital aspect separate if it's only required once in a while and you have room ?

Just asking if no need to tune with the acoustic action-ed piano when moving to a different place?

i would add casio GP510 and GP310 range in to the Hybrid Action Digitals area.

What Piano stool is this on <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="56">0:56</a>? Can you please tell me. it´s great in my Opinion.

I am going to buy a digital piano but I am confused between Roland rp501 and Yamaha clp625 which should I buy. Please tell🙏🙏.

What category would Yamaha's CLP series fall into?

Hi there, great video! Does anyone know the name of the song at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="65">1:05</a>? Thanks everyone

I heard that silent piano systems in a fully acoustic piano can hurt the action over time because the hammer is artificially barred from hitting the strings causing the resulting force misalign things over time.

Casio GP 500 is 3000 usd, anss it action is great, you have not mention it.

No mention of the Casio hybrids huh.. mind you, those are digital hybrids.. not true hybrids but they feel better to me than any other hybrid I've tried.

What happened with the casio gp 510 grand hybrid??

You say Yamaha and Kawai are the only companies that produce true hybrid pianos. Why would you not include the Casio Grand Hybrid pianos as a true hybrid? In collaboration with C. Bechstein, these pianos use the same materials in their keys (in both their white and black keys) as well as the same length of key that C.Bechstein uses in their acoustic grand pianos. The Casio grand hybrid also uses graded hammer action, and you can actually see the hammer hitting the sensors as you play. Of course, the hammers are hitting sensors and not strings, but neither are the Yamaha and Kawai hybrids hitting strings. I think the name "Casio" faces a bit of snobbery from the traditional piano industry world now including their digital pianos. I think Casio's hybrids meet your definition of hybrid, and C.Bechstein should add some weightiness to their line of hybrid pianos.

Now I'm really confused. We need a chart showing type of hybrid versus features.

This guy saying you would spend $3,000 for a used upright 😂. I paid £300 including shipping for my 1938 Edinburgh built overtrung upright piano. Gloriously rich tone with crisp highs and bassy lows!

Considering I’d spend 10k+ in, let’s say an NV5S, I have certain concerns: Hybrid mechanism and the whole idea of an “analog-digital” correlation is just amazing but is just not at the top of what it should for what u pay (to my own taste) since all u have is a perfectly pitched bunch of pianos that ain’t so far from what u already had 20 years ago with any other brand at more than half the price. In this very case I’m afraid Nord has understood that non-perfect string resonance & pitch plays an important role in therms of realism rather than perfection as a “core” purpose. When u play Nord u can also hear some slightly detuned keys (actually pleasantly detuned nuances) that adds REALISM instead of perfection. I mean, I never expect to have a perfectly tuned “faky” piano sound whenever i visit a studio but an awesome natural sounding piano instead which basically means this hybrid idea is everything else but a real approach to what the actual real deal is like. The idea of downloading any other piano sound you like for free at the Nord’s website is also beyond amazing so paying 10k+ for no more than just a bunch of “fancy-non relevant” sounds seems like a bad deal to me. So here’s another thing… can’t hear or see u could tweak any pedal sound at this hybrid things, I mean, c’mon! There’re some Chinese controllers with built in real acoustic piano shells that you could use with any amazing vsts out there at a su much lower cost with literally dozens of real customizable nuances, so thanks but this hybrid pianos are not for me. I mean, I could buy an NV5S, just not really big fan of that perfect-almost-unrealistic piano sound approach. 😢 Will stick to Nord and VsTs for now.

Can someone tell me if hybrids are "clicky clacky"? The one thing I hate the most about digitals is that you can hear clacking keys even when using headphones, which can be very irritating to people nearby (or sleeping wives!).

I just want a midi controller that plays like an acoustic.

The Hybirds in most cases will sound better than most pure acoustics other than large expensive grands such as the Steinway B or D. As for the Hybrid action, I think it may end up being more trouble than it's worth unless you have a Masters Degree in piano performance. Cateen owns and plays a Casio Priva CX-1000 and a New York Steinway Model B: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bKt3Z86Uq9rXfKc.html In the above video, he's concertizing in Tokyo with his Casio which sounds great, particularly when he's playing it.

Incredible the didn't mention casio grand hybrid....I have appreciate a lot the rational use when analysing, and the objetivity, but not to even mention the grand hybrid, and moreover have got the the extend to mention the ca99 make me feel like this is more an issue of publicity than an objective analysis of the offert available...this channel has let me down...😥

Ahh, a MIDI keyboard is fine 😭

IMHO theonly real Hybrid purely digital at this point is the NV5 the reason being they didnt try to create aGrand but a truly digital upright ,which they did.All other Hybrids are trying to be Grands,starting with the sound.The n they use some form of cabinet with speakers which doesnt make it adigital Grand.A real digital Grand must have aGrand action and a Grrand body with real soundboard with transducers.Anything that doesnt have that cannot be called areal digital Hybrid.So in this sence real Hybrids are only the digital parts of the KAWAI Grands with AUREs systems and the Yamaha Transacoustics,but those are mainly acoustic pianos,so theres really no real digital Grand in existence at this point.

7000 dollars is a lot of money for a superseluxe midi keyboard....

N3X not NX3 :)

So what is a hybrid piano more technically??? You didn't answer the main question.

So basically they’re a digital piano that has fancy sound resonance for the speakers lol. Not worth my money.

Ah!! It's easy. A Hybrid Piano IS NOT A PIANO. Voilà !! Salutations d'Orléans, France !!

Too much talking. Just demonstrate them!