NAMM 2017 took place in Anaheim again keeping its status of the most valuable venue in the world of music gear. Tens of thousands visitors familiarized themselves with all the synths, pianos, guitars, drums, studio and DJ equipment and might have already fallen in love with them and some of them might become legendary. Some day.

Roland’s digital stage piano surely hit the first day of NAMM 2017. Roland entitled it a “Stage Revolution” and we’ll try to find out whether it’s something new or the modification of something familiar and most important whether there is any point for Kurzweil to panic about its Artis/Forte series.

Yamaha CP1 is great for its price, but Roland V-Piano gives even more asking the same money – each time it’s a unique technology and this time it’s the first modeled acoustic piano. Kurzweil keeps on attracting with its unfailing sound making the Forte model even better if it’s possible the functionality of which is as stunning. But Kawai offers MP11 which is so marvelous that $3000 seem to be a generous move. Read what we think of it and choose your dream stage piano.

The fact that Roland, Kurzweil, Yamaha and Kawai can’t afford ignoring the mid-range segment (they smart enough to know that it would be foolish of them) and even more – they treat it with care and attention – is proven by the attractive quality of their stage pianos: RD-800, Artis, CP4 and probably the most stunning among them MP7 tempting with its impressive functionality. A professional pianist would agree to perform having any of them (at least once, but would anyway). These compact digital instruments include a big choice of key sounds and can be easily taken in tour. Here we’ll review a few most catching models and the full list is always ready at hand – just click our catalogue.