Hi I am in Ireland and have the job of buying (and then performing on) a grand piano for a restaurant. It looks as though I will buy from England.
As it needs to play classical, light Jazz n pop during dinner; and then in the later hours have the potential to be a rip roaring piano bar, I feel switching from acoustic to electronic is the way forward.
I'm thinking yamaha C3LS. Or C5LS.
1. Will it do the (double) job? (I heard it on headphones but never thru a sound system)
2. Could I risk buying this without playing it? (they don't seem to be on shop floors).
3. Is it a good model (other reviews rate the C3 or C5 highly- is the C3LS basically a C3) ?
Any thoughts (or by the ways) would be really appreciated.
Many thanks!
Eamo
ps I'm a piano player for the last 35 years and only found this site tonight. And feel I've sort of come home! What a treasure of interesting information!
Silent Grand Yamaha (Dual purpose) Am I on the right track?
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Either will be a brilliant piano.
Don't forget that as long as the tuning's done properly you'll be able to combine the acoustic sound with the amplified digital sound through your PA system for a real blast. The C5 is fairly meaty sounding on its own!
You could go the whole hog and buy a Silent Disklavier and still have a working piano on the pianist's nights off as long as you get him to record a few discs for you! The latest series also have provision for MIDI orchestral backing sounds, but it can start to get cheesy!
Don't forget that as long as the tuning's done properly you'll be able to combine the acoustic sound with the amplified digital sound through your PA system for a real blast. The C5 is fairly meaty sounding on its own!
You could go the whole hog and buy a Silent Disklavier and still have a working piano on the pianist's nights off as long as you get him to record a few discs for you! The latest series also have provision for MIDI orchestral backing sounds, but it can start to get cheesy!