Nord Grand Premium Weighted 88 Key Stage Piano

Description

The Nord Grand Premium Weighted 88 Key Stage Piano is New Delivered to all areas of the UK using our roadie delivery service.

Nord are among the leading brands in the stage piano and keyboard category. Adding to their already diverse range of digital & stage pianos is the impressive Grand, a full-range instrument designed to provide you with a jaw-dropping authentic grand piano experience.

Notable features such as a Kawai hammer-action keybed, 2GB piano library and luxurious cherry-coloured wooden frame set it apart from their range. While their piano offerings have always been top-class, the Grand proudly represents Nord's first foray into grand piano-style design – and boy, does it deliver!

Please note: This piano does not come with an included stand.

Key Features

• 88-note Kawai hammer action keybed with ivory touch keys
• Advanced triple sensors for accurate hammer response and dynamics
• Cherry-red wood-style enclosure for subtle vintage aesthetic
• Slanted control panel for easy real-time tweaking
• Includes stunning sounds from Nord’s Piano Library and Nord Sample Library 3.0

The newest of the bunch, you’d be forgiven for wondering what the Grand could possibly add to Nord’s already-impressive piano line up. The Grand demonstrates a fairly drastic redesign by Nord’s standards; it’s out with the flat red enclosure and in with an alluring cherry-red frame and slanted user interface.

They’ve also streamlined the Piano Library sound selection for the Grand; 2GB of piano-dedicated memory offers 29 carefully-selected piano sounds with 120-voice polyphony. Adding dedicated filters, dynamic curves, advanced string resonance to the mix (plus much more) helps the Grand deliver what is arguably Nord’s finest acoustic piano replication yet.

Despite the fresh design and jaw-dropping sound, we think it’s fair to say that the headline feature here is the keybed. The Grand uses an 88-note Kawai hammer action keyboard with advanced triple sensors. Japanese manufacturer Kawai are considered among the cream of the crop when it comes to piano manufacture, both acoustic and digital; rest assured, this keybed is the business.

The triple sensors are designed to track the movement of the hammers rather than the keys, resulting in a highly dynamic, responsive performance that echoes that of an acoustic grand. Finally, ivory touch keys provide that extra subtle layer of pinch-yourself authenticity.

Specifications

Global

• OLED Display
• Seamless Transitions
• Split Point Crossfades
• 16 banks with 25 programs – 400 locations
• Organize functionality for programs
• Live Mode – 5 Live programs
• Global Transpose: +/- 6 semitones
• Program Transpose: +/- 6 semitones
• Fine-tune: +/- 50 Cents
• Kbd Touch: 3 velocity response curves
• 88-note Kawai Responsive Hammer keybed with Advanced Triple Sensors
• Split functionality with selectable split point and LED indication
• Optional Split crossfade
• Layer functionality
• Panel Lock option
• Mono Output option
• Dynamic Sustain Pedal action with the included Nord Triple Pedal
• USB-MIDI
• Free OS updates

Piano Section

• 6 types – Grand, Upright, Electric Pianos, Clavinet, Digital and Misc.
• Each category can contain up to 20 different models.
• 120 Voice Polyphony (stereo/mono pianos)
• Piano Timbre/EQ settings (Soft, Mid, Bright) with dedicated Electric Piano filters (Soft, Mid, Bright, Dyno 1 and Dyno 2).
• Advanced String Resonance (Generation 2) – adjustable amount
• Selectable Soft Release for Grand, Upright, Electric Pianos and Harpsichord
• Selectable Pedal Noise for Grand, Upright and Electric Pianos 1 – adjustable amount
• Octave transpose: -1/+1 (-6/+6 in Split mode, depending on Split position)

Sample Synth Section

• 46 Voice Polyphony
• Amp envelope with Attack and Decay/Release
• Selectable velocity sensitive low pass filter and dynamic range
• Octave transpose: -1/+1 (-6/+6 in Split mode, depending on Split position)
• Volume controllable with Volume Pedal (not included)

Effects Section 1

• Pan, Tremolo, Wah and Ring Modulator
• Three selectable depths for the Pan and Tremolo, rate controlled with the Effect 1 Rate knob
• Tremolo, Pan, Ring-Mod and Wah can be controlled with Control Pedal

Effects Section 2

• Phaser 1, Phaser 2, Flanger, Chorus 1, Chorus 2 and Vibe
• Two selectable depths for each effect

Amp simulation, Compressor & EQ

• Comp/Amp – three amp/speaker simulations, Tube Overdrive
• Drive/Compression amount controlled with the Drive knob
• Three band EQ, with sweepable mid. +/- 15 dB gain/attenuation

Connectivity

• 2 Audio outputs L & R – ¼", 6.35 mm jacks, unbalanced
• 1 Monitor input – 1/8", 3.5 mm stereo jack
• 1 Headphone output – ¼", 6.35 mm stereo jack
• 1 Piano pedal input – ¼", 6.35 mm jack. Use the included Nord Triple Pedal or a momentary pedal, like e.g, Roland DP-2, DP-6, Yamaha FC-4, FC-5, Fatar VFP1-25 etc
• 1 Volume Pedal input – ¼", 6.35 mm TRS stereo jack. Use a Control/Expression pedal like e.g. Yamaha FC-7, Roland EV-5 etc.
• MIDI In, MIDI Out – 5 pin DIN connectors
• USB – type B connector – for transferring sounds and USB MIDI
• IEC C14 power connector