A big part of this discussion is how are you planning to use a piano part? Is it solo'd or strictly small band like a trio or 4 piece? Style of music too, is it a lot of guitar based rock or country or is it jazz based with the piano out front?

There's a very interesting thread about this on the Sonikmatter Kurzweil PC3 forum. The question was which of the PC3 pianos is your favorite on stage? There's a bunch of killer grands like the Horowitz, the Standard Grand Studio, The New York Jazz and others but the favorite according to the pol and my favorite also is the 1974 Ken Burns Upright Blues piano. Solo'd it definitely is not as rich as the dedicated studio grands but it just fits in a mix or on stage very well. I find myself playing it a lot. Many times that killer solo grand piano that a lot of piano specific synths use is simply too much for a good mix. It overpowers everything or muddies up your mix. They sound great for a solo recital though. With that in mind I find the Forte DXi piano fits very well in a mix.

Bob

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