Roland HP203 - Dark Rosewood

A great family piano for beginners or advanced players. The Roland HP203 digital piano has everything you needm, including a great piano sound, realistic touch and hundreds of instrument sounds to play around with - all at a reasonable price. The Roland HP203 comes in two colours: dark rosewood (HP203 ERW) and maple (HP203 EMP).

(Covers UK and Europe)

The Roland HP203 is discontinued. Check out the new model HP302

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You also get:

 30 day money back guarantee
 3 year UK and European warranty (any faults will be repaired in your home or the piano collected and replaced. Read more...)
 Free delivery

Please note: prices are subject to change. You can check out Thomann's latest deal on the Roland HP203 here.

Specifications:

Roland HP203 ERW (rosewood) and HP203 EMP (maple) digital piano. New PHA-II keyboard, 88 touch sensitive piano keys, graded hammer action, 306 sounds, 128 voice polyphony, LED-display, transposer, dual function, split function, reverb, string resonance, damper resonance, 3 track recorder with a 30,000 note memory, internal song memory for ca 99 songs midifile format 0, wave player from external memory, metronome 65 internal songs, V-Link, 3 pedals, Line IN on the frontside and backside, Line-OUT, Midi IN/OUT, 2 headphone jacks, USB to device jack, USB to host jack, 2x30 Watt speakers, dimensions L x D x H in mm: 1387 x 422 x 1036. Weight: 56kg, colour: dark rosewood.

Delivery

Free delivery to UK, Ireland and most European Countries.

Assembly

The piano comes flat-packed and is very easy to assemble. The electronics and keyboard are fixed in - all you have to do is assemble the stand. There are only 4 screws that fix the stand to the keyboard and 4 more to fix the stand together.

I do advise two people to do the job though - purely because of the keyboard's weight - It is heavy and safer to have a helping hand when lifting it on to the stand.

Other finishes

The Roland HP203 maple is discontinued. Check out the new model Roland HP302

Roland HP203 Reviews

The sound quality is warm and full on all the main instrumental sounds (I haven't played about with the other 200 or so) and I felt that the sound on the HP203 was better than the Yamaha models costing four times as much.  I felt they lacked a natural, emotional sound (they seemed too perfect and manufactured a little).

The keys feel nicely weighted and are responsive and accurate to play.  They do not feel exactly like a 'real' piano but I've yet to play a digital that does.
The pedals have good feel and are not too strenuous on your ankles although I felt that when you release the pedal the sound can sometimes stop a little abruptly (cancelling the illusion of an acoustic sound).

I have been learning a slow(ish) piece by Japanese composer/performer Tempei Nakamura called 'Ichigo Ichie' and through the Roland it sounds even more emotive than when I play it on the acoustic pianos at my schools (although most of them are quite old and not expertly cared for).

In conclusion, I would like to say that I am thoroughly satisfied by my choice of piano and am glad that I did not just go for the Yamaha because it was a Yamaha.  Having said that, my review is purely personal so the next person who plays it might hate the sound of the Roland completely.
I hope this is of some help to someone.

Thanks for your assistance in the matter Mr Howard.  I had a good read through your check list etc before going to music shop.

D. Park BEd(hons) music.

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Testimonials

"I am delighted today as I took delivery for my brand new digital piano. I did not go for the Celviano or the Privia. I played them both and although I am sure they are good choices for some people, their affordable price was the only appeal to me. Harsh but fair I am afraid.

Therefore, after playing it again and enjoying the experience so much, I ordered my Roland HP203 from Thomann less than a week ago, and it's already set up in my living room. The finances are going to suffer, but it's definitely worth it at the end of the day."

Best regards,

David

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