Roland HP 137 Manual page 3

Roland
HP-137
HP 3] Roland Digital Piano
Owner's Manual
Thank you for purchasing a Roland HP-137 Digital Piano. The HP-137 is the new entry-level model of Roland's HP
series Digital Pianos. As such, it comes with all the benefits: a weighted Hammer-Action keyboard, vibrant sounds and
a number of useful functions.
Authentic piano performances
High-quality concert grand piano sounds, and a key-
board that's a true pleasure to play assure an even
more realistic piano-playing experience. Thanks to its
Hammer-Action keyboard, the HP-137 faithfully
reproduces the feel of an acoustic piano with minute
control over the sound.
Captures the brilliant resonance
The sound of a grand piano has a brilliant timbre
because the sound of a grand piano contains a greater
amount of high-frequency components. The HP-137
reproduces this characteristic of the grand piano.
Extended high-frequency response
One of the features of an acoustic piano is that for the
strings of the highest 1 1/2 octaves, there is no
damper to restrict the vibration of the strings, irre-
spective of whether or not the damper pedal is used.
Since this also allows these strings to vibrate sympa-
thetically with other strings, they can sometimes be
heard sounding independently from the low and mid-
dle-register strings.
The HP-137 faithfully simulates these characteristics
of the acoustic piano (being a digital instrument, the
HP-137 contains no strings).
Four Tones for a wide variety of musical genres
The HP-137 comes with four sounds (called "Tones").
That way, you can also use your instrument for play-
ing harpsichord, organ, and pop/jazz music.
Before using this instrument, carefully read the sec-
tions on pages 2 and 4. They provide important infor-
mation concerning the proper operation of the
HP-137.
To get the most out of the HP-137 and to ensure
many years of trouble-free service, we urge you to
read through this Owner's Manual thoroughly.
To avoid confusion, let's agree to use the word "but-
ton" for all keys on the front panel, and only use "key
when referring to the HP-137's keyboard.
Copyright © 1999 ROLAND EUROPE. All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Roland Europe s.p.a.
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