The Italian Fatar acrylic key action that is used in the Ebony NEO is very important because a piano key action is the most important feature that should be considered when shopping for any digital piano. It is designed to primarily be a piano without the need for ever tuning it and yet being able to practice in privacy using stereo headphones or just turning down the volume output with a volume control.all things a regular acoustic piano cannot do. In other words, this piano has a lot to offer but is not for someone who wants extensive instrument sound libraries, drum rhythms, interactive chords, extensive multitrack recording features, or micro editing features. This model is really for people who mainly want to play piano along with having some impressive higher quality instrument sounds (10 total) including strings, organs, choirs, harpsichords, etc, digital recording features, metronome function, splitting and layering any two sounds together or apart, special 24 bit higher quality reverb-echo effects to simulate concert halls, and 135-note polyphony so that you won't run out of notes when playing more complex music. The cabinet looks completely acoustic and authentic and many digital piano shoppers whom I talk with have been asking for a product like this in a reasonable price range (under $5000) for many years and the NEO may be the perfect solution in its price range.Īfter playing this model many times, I found it to be simple to use and has enough features to make it enjoyable to play but keeps its focus on the piano sound, upgraded piano style key action, and pedaling functions. Even the on-off power switch is easily accessed under the piano so that the piano is clear of any indication that it is digital.which many people will appreciate. Unlike some other digital piano brands that have a control panel on the left side of the keyboard, Samick has installed their panel into the Ebony NEO in such a way that they were able to put a hinged lid cover over it so that all of the controls are completely hidden when you look at the piano and you see no buttons at all (the Kawai piano company also has this feature in their CS11 digital piano).
The control panel and buttons are nicely installed in the left side of the keyboard cheek block utilizing an easy to read LED display so the user knows what function they are using.
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The Samick NEO is somewhat unique among other digital upright style pianos because it combines a beautiful authentic polished ebony acoustic piano cabinet (with a full size built-in passive soundboard) made by the Samick factory with a top-of-the-line "Fatar" Italian made quick response piano key action and digital electronics designed in Germany. The Ebony NEO is also known as the "NEO" so I will be referring to it that way. This model is not available for purchase on the internet in the US.
This model is a combination of an upgraded Samick actual acoustic piano cabinet with full size ribbed acoustic type soundboard combined with quality digital piano electronics, and the retail price is $4395US in local piano stores that carry new Samick pianos. Samick is offering a special home digital piano which they call the Ebony NEO hybrid upright style digital piano. Samick who has its international headquarters in South Korea, has been producing acoustic and digital pianos for decades and continues to grow and expand as a piano company. Samick Ebony NEO - Hybrid upright style acoustic-digital piano $4399US Retail Price - The Samick piano company which has its huge US headquarters in Nashville, TN, is a piano producer of well known acoustic piano brands such as Samick, Seiler, Knabe, Kohler, Pramberger, and others. UPDATED REVIEW - J anuary 1, 2019 - This Model is now Discontinued and no longer made.