Roland HP201 Piano with Rosewood Cabinet
The HP201 is the next step up from the Roland's basic RP101 piano. As with the RP101, this piano features Roland's newly designed "PHA Alpha II" keyboard. This 88-note keyboard offers you the authentic feel of an acoustic grand, with what's known as a progressive hammer action: a weightier touch at the lower end, and a lighter touch in the higher registers.
Just like an acoustic piano, the HP201 also features 3 foot pedals: a damper/sustain pedal, a soft pedal and a sostenuto pedal (allowing the user to sustain a chord whilst playing unsustained notes over the top). However, unlike on the RP101, the HP201's damper pedal is "graded", which means that the more the pedal is depressed, the more sustain effect is produced. Ultimately this allows greater control and expression.
The elegantly designed cabinet is also upgraded from the RP101, with added legs at the front for greater stability. This space efficient design also features a smooth sliding key cover to protect the keyboard. Best of all, because it's a digital piano you'll never need to get it retuned!
Upgraded Sound
Unlike the RP101 (which features a grand piano sound that was sampled in octaves and then pitch shifted), the HP201 features a truly multi-sampled sound. This basically means that each note was individually sampled from a grand piano... and not only that, but each note was sampled 4 times at various volumes!
This vastly improves the tonal colour and response of the piano, making it sound much more realistic. Another tonal upgrade from the RP101 is the addition of a full General MIDI sound set. Although this is only available in playback mode, it does allow the HP201 to recreate the full sounds of MIDI backing tracks when connected to a computer. The sounded is boosted through a stereo 25W amplifier and speaker system - more than enough to fill any living room (but don't worry, there's a volume control, and a pair of headphone sockets!)
Great Teaching Facilities
Along with the usual features you'd expect to find on a digital piano, such as a metronome and performance recorder, the RP101 also has a twin piano mode. This mode allows you to split the piano right down the middle, effectively giving you 2 half size keyboards covering the same octaves.
Not only does it split the keyboard, it also splits the pedals giving each section a separate damper pedal. This allows teachers and duet partners to sit next to each other, individually playing the same notes…but on different places on the same piano!
Please note, this is a large and heavy item, so please allow 3-10 days for delivery of this item - some home assembly will also be required...
Alternatively, why not use Roland's Gold delivery service?*
Roland UK can offer a 'Gold delivery service', which means that heavy items such as this one can be personally delivered directly to your home address from Roland's Warehouse.
The Gold Service also includes the un-boxing and setting up of the keyboard in your home - all packaging is removed afterwards. The cost of the Gold service is £100.00 on top of the cost of the piano (and in this case, there will be no Delivery charge from us). If you'd like to take advantage of this service, just contact us via e-mail or telephone after ordering.
*Available for mainland UK only