Korg Poetry Digital Piano

Korg Poetry Digital Piano — A Modern Tribute to Chopin's Sound World

The Korg Poetry is an 88-key digital piano conceived as an homage to Frédéric Chopin, the composer long celebrated as the "Poet of the Piano." Rather than offering a generic library of grand presets, this instrument centers on two carefully recorded piano voices that frame Chopin's musical universe: a rare 1843 PLEYEL, the piano maker Chopin preferred, and a contemporary Italian concert grand favored by many leading pianists. Both voices are delivered with the depth and historical context classical pianists rarely access outside specialist collections.

What Sets This Chopin-Inspired Instrument Apart

Two design choices make this model genuinely unusual in the home-piano category. Sampled from an 1843 instrument painstakingly restored in Japan from its original French state, the PLEYEL voice is tuned to 430 Hz to reproduce the pitch that resonated in Chopin's own hearing. The second signature voice is a contemporary Italian concert grand, favored by many leading pianists. Layered over both is the RH3 weighted-hammer keyboard, manufactured entirely in Japan, with lead-free hammers and five user-selectable touch curves.

Real Hammer Action for Classical Repertoire

For pianists working through Romantic-era literature, the action under the fingers matters as much as the tone. The RH3 mechanism gives a heavier response in the bass and a lighter one in the treble, mirroring the graded feel of an acoustic grand and reproducing rapid repeated notes with reliable velocity even in fast passages.

• Keyboard Technology: Real Hammer Action 3 (RH3) — graded hammer weighting from bass to treble.
• Keys Number: 88 — full concert range for complete Chopin études, ballades, and sonatas.
• Touch Curves: five selectable levels (light, standard, heavy, steady, constant) — match the action to repertoire or hand strength.

Two Signature Piano Voices Plus a Curated Library

Beyond the two headline piano tones, the sound set covers the timbres a Chopin student actually needs — electric pianos, harpsichord, clavinet, vibraphone, guitar, organ, strings, and choir — arranged across three banks of ten sounds each. Generous polyphony keeps dense pedalled chords from cutting off, and the PLEYEL 1843 sound uses 80 sound-producing keys to reflect the original instrument.

• Polyphony: 120 notes — sustains layered pads and pedalled Romantic chords without note stealing.
• Total Sounds: 30 across three banks of ten, anchored by the PLEYEL and Italian grand.
• PLEYEL Tuning: 430 Hz — historical pitch that matches Chopin's era.

Tools for Study, Duet Play, and Wireless Listening

Classical study is built into the control panel: a two-part recorder captures each hand separately, a metronome keeps tempo honest, and Partner Mode splits the keyboard into two identical registers for teacher-and-student play. Bluetooth audio turns the cabinet into a wireless speaker, while MIDI I/O and dual headphone jacks cover silent practice and studio work.

• Recording Capacity: 14,000 notes via the two-part song recorder.
• Metronome: Yes — single-touch on/off for lesson use.
• Layer / Partner Mode: Yes — voice stacking and side-by-side duet play on a divided keyboard.
• Bluetooth Audio: Yes — wireless streaming from phone or tablet.
• Headphone Output: Yes — two mini-stereo jacks for silent practice.
• Built-in Speakers: 2 × 10 cm speakers, 2 × 25 W amplification.

Classical Pianists, Chopin Devotees, and Serious Students

This model is the right choice for classical pianists, Chopin devotees, and serious students of Romantic repertoire who want more than a generic grand-piano preset — players who want direct access to the PLEYEL sound Chopin himself favored, plus the modern Italian concert grand favored by many leading pianists. It suits intermediate and advanced players working through études, nocturnes, and ballades who will appreciate the RH3 graded touch, the 120-note polyphony, and the historical 430 Hz tuning of the PLEYEL voice. The 50 built-in Chopin demos and the included book of 23 sheet-music scores make it equally useful as a self-study instrument at home.

Korg, Chopin, and the PLEYEL Connection

The 1843 PLEYEL at the heart of the instrument was transported from France to Japan and meticulously restored, with non-consumable parts specially ordered from France to preserve the original character. Chopin's own words about the PLEYEL — that he preferred it "when I feel alert, ready to make my fingers work without fatigue" — remain famous to this day.