| An electric piano is, as can be understood by the | | | | Fender Rhodes is a good example. |
| name, an electronic device that can produce sounds | | | | Many electric pianos that are used these days date |
| just like in a piano. It is basically an instrument that looks | | | | back a long long time. These were mostly produced in |
| like a keyboard with the difference that in any | | | | the late seventies and many of the keyboards were |
| electronic keyboard many sounds can be reproduced | | | | designed in Italy. But there is an exception here since |
| among which the piano will be present but in the | | | | the US had produced a few in the year 1967. The RMI |
| electric version, you can play only the sound of the | | | | Company of the US produced these until the 1980's |
| piano. It is specially designed so as to produce only one | | | | and then production stopped. This is because, up until |
| sound. However, nowadays, these instruments can | | | | that time professional musicians used the electric piano |
| also reproduce the sound of an organ too. A | | | | but after the 1980's with the coming of electronic synth |
| harpsichord is another instrument whose sound is | | | | keyboards they were discarded and people took to |
| often produced. | | | | the synthesizers. |
| The name electric piano initially originated from the | | | | However, there were some technical reasons behind |
| trade name, which Wurlitzer used for their instruments | | | | the discarding of the piano. Most of the actual |
| that were run on electricity. However, the electronic | | | | keyboards were not at all sensitive to touch velocity |
| keyboard that we are speaking of is quite different | | | | and modulation of tone was not possible. The |
| from that. These use analog circuits for functioning. To | | | | electronic keyboard on the other hand gave more |
| explain somewhat clearly, there are analog | | | | options and you could change the depth of your note |
| synthesizers present in these keyboards. These then | | | | according to the touch pressure on the keys. |
| produce tones through a range of oscillators. The older | | | | Therefore, electric pianos became obsolete only to be |
| electric piano had a mechanical sometimes-unique | | | | used now and then, but still a great sound. |
| sound and used pickups to produce the sound. A | | | | |