Piano 66

A Roland baby grand captured in a rather pleasant lounge area attached to the subsidiary bar at the Cadogan Hall.

Checking with reference 2, it seems that Roland, who also sell things like drums and synthesisers, only sell digital pianos. A pity I did not take a proper picture, but I think this one is one of the two sorts of baby grand that they sell, possibly the GP-6. And depending on how much you want to pay, they will go to a lot of trouble to make the keys and pedals feel and generally behave very much like what you might get on a mechanical piano. 

What I am not clear about is what the point of a digital grand piano is. If it is all electrical, why do you want a big box? Is the box mainly loudspeakers, cunningly organised to bounce the sound off the raised lid in the way of a mechanical? Or is it just a matter of the look of the thing: the proud owner wants his guests to think that it is mechanical, that is to say the real thing.

A more respectable reason comes from those pianists who use mechanical pianos for concerts but find digital convenient for practise and rehearsal. This might be a matter of money, with the former costing a lot more than the latter. In any event, they will want the two to feel and sound as nearly the same as possible.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2023/02/piano-66.html. Don't be fooled by the address, the result of clerical error followed by proof reading error during the drafting process.

Reference 2: https://www.roland.com/uk/categories/pianos/.

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