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Mikendher:
My definition is that a musical instrument is anything that makes sound. Yes, this includes walls, electric guitars, lamps, keyboards, acoustic guitars, air, and many other random physical things/sets.  But haven't you ever just banged on a pot before to make a beat? I know I have; and I call that pot an instrument. The sound made can even be discordant, unpleasing, whatever, as long as it's audible.

Addius:
I agree with mechorg, electric piano seems to fit the bill quite nicely.

As with the other part of the discussion, my definition of a "instrument" is something that is made with the intention of making music. Sorry mates but that sorts of rules out most home-appliance drumsets in my book.

Switchblade:
put it this way - if it has strings and hammers, it's a piano.

If it has electronics and keys, (less than a full range), then its a keyboard

if it has electronics, a full range of keys, impact sensitivity and two three built-in pedals and so on, then it's an electric piano.

I define electric pianos as being anything that's roughly equivelant to a Yamaha Clavinova. Anything less than that is just an electric keyboard.

Al of them are intsruments, some of them are just more sophisticated and sound better.

Eectric pianos have a better sound than keyboards, and are more flexible than pianos, but don't have the same quality of tone that a genuine piano does. conrsely, keyboards sound much worse, but are much more versatile than a piano or electric piano in that they can exhibit hundreds of different voices. pianos only have one voice, but htey have an authentic tone.

That's the difference. it isn't really an important one.

KharBevNor:
^ I quite like the sound of a decent keyboard.

I am actually suprised and delighted to know that there are electric guitar equivalents of pianos.

And for my two penn'orth on the original topic, an instrument is anything you use to make music, from a church organ to an AM Radio*.

*Gotta love fifties avant-garde

blindsuperhero:

--- Quote from: Switchblade ---put it this way - if it has strings and hammers, it's a piano.

If it has electronics and keys, (less than a full range), then its a keyboard

if it has electronics, a full range of keys, impact sensitivity and two three built-in pedals and so on, then it's an electric piano.
--- End quote ---


No, that's not it at all. If it has strings, hammers and no electrics, it's a piano (or maybe an 'acoustic piano')

If it has strings (or maybe something like strings, like bells), hammers, and electric amplification, it's an electric piano.

If the sound is created solely by electronics, it's a keyboard or a synthesiser or whatever. There is a big, important difference between electrics and electronics. If something is electronic in nature, I don't see how you could call it an electric piano. Because it wouldn't be.

Edit: Incidentally, Fender Rhodeses do work how I thought they did, they are electric pianos, and they don't really sound much like pianos at all, but it is a very nice, unique, distinctive sound. The Blood Brothers use an electric piano in a bunch of their songs, 'Peacock Skeleton With Crooked Feathers' has it from the start.

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