Electric Piano Keyboard

I have a very old upright acoustic piano in my house, Yamaha U1, which i think is from around 25 years ago. It was in a very bad condition, it didn’t sound right and I had asked a piano tuner to tune it for me. Now it sounds like a decent piano but it is very hard to produce soft sound with it.

Whenever I try to produce soft sound it either just sound fairly loud, or when I try to press it really really softly it didn’t sound at all. This is not about how my finger movement. I have a Yamaha P-140 electric piano and I can alternate between loud and soft sound just fine. Also sometimes when I play I notice that the note is doubled, it sounds twice even though I just pressed the key once.

Is this problem normal for old pianos? can this be fixed? Also which part is most probably causing this? I want to try to call for a piano service but I don’t want to do it without knowing anything or they would probably try to replace everything..

Thanks in advance guys, I appreciate your answers

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I’m in the Market for a new electric piano/ keyboard but I’m undecided on which to buy. Currently I play a electric piano but the sound is off and the keys are loose making it hard to play.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to buy with this criteria…
-it has to be electric as I like to play with earphones in.
- preferable yamaha or another well know brand.
- by price is up to £500, but i would prefer something a little cheaper

Any help would be great

i have been playing piano for awhile, so I am about intermediate level. Which of the following would be best to buy? (please don’t tell me to buy a yamaha, korg, casio, etc. They are too expensive)

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2——- http://cgi.ebay.com/HUNTINGTON-61-Key-Silver-Digital-Music-Keyboard-Piano-/320602123932?pt=Keyboards_MIDI&hash=item4aa5602e9c

3——- http://cgi.ebay.com/BLACK-61-Key-Electronic-Music-Keyboard-Electric-Piano-/280567715410?pt=Keyboards_MIDI&hash=item4153239652

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My 6 year old has started piano lessons recently. Her teacher uses an upright piano and she practices on a friends upright piano. Thing is, I don’t want to invest thousands buying a proper piano just yet. I don’t know whether to buy her a cheap(ish) electric keyboard, an electric piano (with keys like a real piano) or a second-hand cheaper piano?

The teacher said she will be teaching her the basics for the first year before she thinks about exams and at that stage I will have to choose whether she will do her exams in "keyboard" or "piano" I’m a total novice at all this stuff so I don’t know where to start but I wstartt like to spend any more than €1000 right now on something that she can practice on each day. I want it to look well in our living room and also sound good and be suitable for her to practice without learning bad habits etc.

I would like to have a proper piano in the house eventually as I will be learning along with my daughter as she learns, I’ve always liked tinkling on a piano every now and then but never had any training. Basically, whatever I buy won’t go to waste but I don’t want to spend (or have to spend!!) thousands at the moment.

Does anyone have any advice?

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I am fairly advanced, and my keyboard is kind of broken. What keyboard would be the best that has sounds like hammond organ, synth, bass/guitar, electric piano, distorted electric piano like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGx0la0FlpU and other rock keyboard sounds. i would like if it has two keyboards like above link. but that is expensive. i want the keyboard to have split sounds (one side is one sound, other side is different sound) and 350$ maximum.

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