Piano Octave Switch and Clavinet Short Decay

[rensvandermeer]

Hi everyone,

I just bought a Clavia Nord Stage EX 76. It is all great, but I have two questions about it...

- 1. It seems that, with the Octave Switch in the Piano, I cannot play the higher than a G.. So i miss the 4 highest notes of a normal acoustic piano. Why can't I switch the octave to +1 ?

- 2. On a real Hohner Clavinet there is a slider on the right side to change the decay time of played notes. Is this possible on the Nord Stage?

Thanks everyone,

Regards, Rens

[Johannes]

Hi,
indeed the Pianos allow Octave Swith only 0 or -1 so since the COMPACT has 73 Keys and one octave switch this seems to imply that some keys on top are missing. But if you need a more real piano, the 76 or 88 with their weighted keys give you the full range. But I agree, its kind of weird that they just don't allow more. In particular the hight notes of the Piano are rather easy to replicte, but personally, I don't use them often anyways.

With regards to the Clavinet, this has not been replicated, possible can play around with FX (in particular WahWah I guess)??

[rensvandermeer]

Thanks for your reply!

I figured out a way to play the piano 4 keys higher than the highest G on my Stage EX 76. You can do that by splitting the keyboard into 2 zones, with the splitpoint on the highest B. Now you can transpose the piano on the lower part of the keyboard one octave up (+1). And reach to the highest B on the piano!

By the way: that new Upright Piano is fantastic, isn't it?

Regards, Rens