weighted keys

[SisterCM]

Hi!


What is the different between a piano keyboard with weighted, graded hammer- action keys & piano keyboard with weighted hammer- action keys?  and which is the best?

thanks in advance for your help.

[SoundofJoy]

In my opinion if you're going to play piano then weighted keys are a must. For organ semi-weighted is appropriate. I used to fix Hammond organs with my father years ago and he had to replace the Hammond keys all the time ( a real rough job since you have to remove the manual to replace the key) because musicans would slide accross the keys like a piano and break them. If you want to learn the 'touch" technique for piano you'll need weighted keys.

[SisterCM]

In my opinion if you're going to play piano then weighted keys are a must. For organ semi-weighted is appropriate. I used to fix Hammond organs with my father years ago and he had to replace the Hammond keys all the time ( a real rough job since you have to remove the manual to replace the key) because musicans would slide accross the keys like a piano and break them. If you want to learn the 'touch" technique for piano you'll need weighted keys.

Thanks for the info.  What is graded hammer- action keys?

[sonicfoxbody]

Thanks for the info.  What is graded hammer- action keys?

Here's a good read for you. I hope this helps. http://www.know-your-keyboard-piano.com/HammerVsGradedAction.html

I feel that the answer to your which is better question boils down to personal opinion. I really don't like the feel of fully weighted keys but others love it.......

[SisterCM]

Here's a good read for you. I hope this helps. http://www.know-your-keyboard-piano.com/HammerVsGradedAction.html

I feel that the answer to your which is better question boils down to personal opinion. I really don't like the feel of fully weighted keys but others love it.......

Thanks, this helped a lot.

[T-Block]

I see no one answered the question.

[betnich]

Hi!
What is the different between a piano keyboard with weighted, graded hammer- action keys & piano keyboard with weighted hammer- action keys?  and which is the best?
thanks in advance for your help.

     Okay, this sounds like marketing hype, intended to confuse and bamboozle the uninformed consumer. Went to that site and it did not clearly explain the difference between these two terms. Or maybe I just missed it.

     I know of fully-weighted keys, normal on acoustic pianos (more lightly weighted on cheapo spinets and heavily weighted keys on high-end grands like Steinways and Büsendørfers). I know unweighted, semi-weighted and fully-weighted keys on synths, some with settings that determined different touches. I have even seen real weighted keys with real hammers, strings and actions on old-school Yamaha electronic grands.

But "weighted, graded hammer-action keys???

     The only thing that might make a little sense is if that term referred to how the lowest bass keys hitting the thickest, longest strings have a harder response and thus a heavier feel than the keys on the extreme high range, which hit thinner strings and have perhaps a 'lighter' touch. But still I'm not sure...

If you want piano touch on a keyboard, gotta go for 'fully weighted' - and be SURE to try them out...