Does anyone think playing a good digital piano (to practice with at home) is just as productive, in terms of development of playing both technically and musically, as a real acoustic piano?

Or do you think a real piano is the only way in which a proffesional standard can be reached.

Please send some replies.

sure, thats fine i think. but there is nothing better than acoustic so if you can get your hands on one do it.one thing i dont like about digitals is that the stands are shaky and when i play one i feel like i will break the stand but thats just me.

I recently bought a Yamaha P-90 digital, and I couldn`t be happier with my purchase. It feels more like a real piano than every other brand, with the exception a few high-end Kawaii`s. I can tell you from experience that your playing/practicing will suffer very little, if at all, when using a digital. Plus, you can put headphones on and bang away in the middle of the night without waking the dead!

Good digital pianos can be pretty close to a real piano. Of course, with anything besides the real thing, your development will suffer.

Three-legged digital pianos don`t shake as much as two-legged ones.

digital will never replicate the unique sensation of an acoustic piano. digital is good in that it may keep a consistent action for longer and always be in tune, but you will not get overtones and musicality if you don`t practice on an acoustic from time to time.