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This article is from the Digital Pianos FAQ, by Isako Hoshino rmmpfaq@yahoo.com with numerous contributions by others.

1] What are the differences between "acoustic", "digital", "electric" and "electronic" pianos?

An "acoustic" piano is the traditional piano everybody is
familiar with, that produces sounds by means of hammers
striking strings. It is generally referred to as "the
piano." The term "acoustic" is usually used when
specifically making a distinction between other various forms
of piano (digital, electric, etc.)

A "digital" piano is an instrument which does its best to
duplicate the sound and feel of playing an acoustic piano.
It uses digitally sampled sounds, amplifiers and speakers
instead of strings and hammers to produce the piano-like
sound. They have weighted key action to imitate the action
of an acoustic piano.

An "electric" piano is an electro-acoustic instrument
analogous to an electric guitar. It has a real action, some
sort of metal tine or string which vibrates, and pickups to
detect the audio signal for subsequent amplification.

An "electronic" piano, better referred to as an "electronic
keyboard" is an instrument with a keyboard, but usually
without the weighted key action or velocity sensitivity, and
the sound is usually generated through synthesizers
(computer-generated); however, some may have sampled sounds.
This type of keyboard is the one you see most in bands
playing popular music.

 

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