Who writes the guidesMeet our editors
Three people write and edit everything on Best Digital Pianos. The work is reading the exact listings, spec sheets, manuals, warranty terms and owner reviews, lining models up side by side, and updating the rankings when prices or models change. Every guide names the person who wrote it and the person who edited it.
Senior editor
Allison is the senior editor of Best Digital Pianos. She decides which pianos make the three rankings, reads every listing for the exact key-action wording and goes through owner reviews for the complaints that keep coming back. Her fixed idea: the keyboard action is the one part you can't upgrade later, so it comes before speakers, rhythms and bundle extras.
- Choosing a first 88-key piano
- Key action: weighted, graded, hammer
- Quiet practice with headphones
- Keeping the three rankings current
Buying-guide writer
Gavin writes the practical guides: console or portable, how much wall a piano and bench really take, what a bundle actually puts in the box, and how to move a piano without regretting it. He reads the dimensions table before anything else, and he's the one who checks whether the "complete kit" includes a stand.
- Console or portable: picking the format
- Room space, stands and bench height
- What a bundle really puts in the box
- Moving, cases and everyday care
Specs & sound editor
Ruth is the specs and sound editor. She reads the parts of a manual most people skip: the polyphony figure, the pedal jack and whether it supports half-pedalling, the difference between USB-MIDI and USB audio. When a listing says "256-note polyphony" or "Bluetooth", she checks what that really covers before it goes into a guide or a ranking.
- Polyphony and sound specs, read properly
- Pedals: sustain, half-pedal, three-pedal units
- USB-MIDI, USB audio and Bluetooth
- Jacks, outputs and what plugs into what