In a real piano if you don't like the stretch tuning your piano tuner did in the piano, you can have it redone or changed, or just hire another tuner to do it differently so it sounds better to you. In the Roland FP-30X as it was in the former FP-30, the stretch tuning mode is permanent and cannot be shut off.and that's not a good thing in my opinion. Unfortunately there are a few items that did not get changed that I was hoping to see, so I am disappointed in that way. So at first I was impressed and it even seemed to be more expressive with a greater range of dynamics and musical colors than the previous FP-30 model. I definitely had high expectations for this new piano because the previous one had been about 6 years so I was looking to see if Roland had upgraded and corrected certain things from that model on this new FP-30X.

It had a responsive key action, big, full piano sound coming out of its powerful internal speaker system, a wide and expressive dynamic piano tonal range from mellow to bright depending on how hard you strike the keys, and had long, lush sustain and decay time when using the sustain pedal or holding down a key. At first I thought I liked this piano overall and for its $749 price it was definitely competitive in this price range. After playing this new model for many hours (yes, I have actually played it unlike most other reviewers out there who rarely ever play what they talk about because they just make stuff up) I came away from it with a few immediate impressions as compared to the previous model FP-30 (no X).

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