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I don't use my stage piano much at home but chiming about covers. There's a lot of famous art on cloth or design, etc., meant for hanging. Why not buy something like that.

at chummy, I'm not mad..

indonesia was hit badly by covid, they didn't have enough oxygen, medical infrastructure, people dropping in the streets, dying at home, etc. as an empathetic human, I'm not so hardup on the slip in quality, it's a pandemic era product afterall.

es520 is still the only option for me when I looked at all the lineups. the key squeaking issue, let's call it 90%, still a passing grade. I will be opening it soonish to take some photos for you guys as I fix the key.

Hello, may I ask what headphones you're all using with your ES models? I'm looking to upgrade from my trusty but now fairly old closed-back Audio Technica phones. So preferably open-backed, comfortable etc. Cheers

No takers?

I'm not officially an owner but I just placed an order for the ES920 from Musician's Friend. I got their usual discount plus 8% in rewards for future purchases and a set of expensive guitar strings. They quoted me a shipping date of 3/1 which I seriously doubt it, but I'm in no hurry.

I'm an absolute beginner, but didn't want to buy something I outgrow as the ES110 or the FP30X would had been fine. Choices came down to the FP60X and the ES520/ES920 and any one I probably would had been happy with. The FP90X was too big of a price step up to consider although the ES920 compared favorably against it. Today I probably won't notice the difference between these three, but seemed like the ES920 had the best reviews for sub $2000 portable digital pianos with the one major knock being key noise and maybe the plastic build although that was most likely done for weight savings. I got 5% more of a discount on the Es920 over the ES520, so that made the ES920 very attractive compared to the ES520. I initially last year bought a cheap Rock Jam keyboard to help with my singing lessons. I found to my surprised I liked playing the keyboard, and decided to step up to the plate and go further.


Since Covid struck, I've gone down the proverbial musical rat hole. I'm now taking guitar lessons on three different types of guitars (steel streel acoustic, classical and harp) plus singing and keyboard lessons.

No takers?

I guess I won't be a ES920 owner. After the order being pushed 3 consecutive each month to now June, I decided to look at alternatives. I ended up with a P515 is in stock and was around the same discounted price as the ES920 although the ES920 has had a $200 price increase if I placed the order today. Looking at the reviews I'll think be fine with either, and I didn't want for wait for the ES920. Anything will be better than the cheap Rock Jam I'm trying to learn on. LOL

I use Audio Technica Headphones but can vouch for the Beyerdynamic 770 had those beforehand. Go for low resistance like the 80 ohm suggested above me those are better for just playing / monitoring since you get a better bass response - these sound great!. The advantage of the audio technica unlike the 770 is that the cable is detachable so when it goes bad you don't throw the whole thing.