The $20,000 Yamaha AvantGrand N3 Is One Digital Piano Worth Taking a Look At

AvantGrand N3

At $20,000 dollars Yamaha’s AvantGrand N3 Digital Piano is their flagship piano, and it is certainly not a child’s toy or a simple keyboard by any means. Out of all the various instruments that Yamaha produces, I would say that their pianos and keyboards are their best. Real pianos are pretty expensive, and with the cost of this piano being so high, you could easily purchase a real, used baby grand piano. Surprisingly however, it probably will not sounds as nice.

The first interesting thing that you will notice about the AvantGrand N3 is that it sort of looks like a real piano, yet obviously much smaller. Well in actuality this digital piano is a hybrid piano that combines the best features of both a real and digital piano. The advantages of a digital piano is that it can reproduce a variety of sounds for the fraction of the cost of a real piano, and you never have to worry about tuning it. However, they do not sound nearly as good as a high-end wooden piano. Well this is why Yamaha designed this piano to use both. This piano has various acoustic piano sounds that are then pushed through the pianos acoustic soundboard resonator. Essentially the piano is designed to improve the digital sound with real wood and wooden chambers found within the piano. Additionally, the piano has a variety of vibration samples from real pianos that it can emulate. You would be surprised how rich music sounds coming from this piano. Put that all together and the result is a terrific sounding instrument that, while it is expensive, can produce sounds closer to pianos that cost much more.

There really are no other digital pianos out on the market quite like the Yamaha AvantGrand N3; it is a really unique instrument. While it lacks many of the various features that come with other digital pianos, no other digital or electric pianos can touch the N3 in terms of sound quality. You get the sound of an expensive concert quality grand piano for a fraction of the cost. While $20,000 dollars is still a lot of money, it is certainly less than some Steinway pianos that can easily cost over $140,000 dollars for example.

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Written by Sebastian Hensiek

From Philadelphia, Sebastian is a fan of music, writing, art, and entertainment.