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88-key Stage/Studio Digital Piano/Synth with Kawai Responsive Hammer Keybed, 120-voice Polyphony, Triple Pedal, and Onboard Effects
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The Nord Grand

The Swedish company's iconic red keyboards have long graced top-line tour rigs, stages, and studios worldwide. Now, the Nord Grand raises the bar for digital pianos once again. Featuring Kawai's premium Responsive Hammer keybed with Ivory Touch and advanced triple sensors that capture hammer movements with extraordinary precision, the Nord Grand provides the flawless feel of an acoustic grand piano. Sonically, the Nord Grand's Advanced String Resonance delivers the real deal, serving up a banquet of rich-sounding Grand and Upright, as well as Electric and Digital pianos from the acclaimed Nord Piano Library. The Sample Synth section includes a broad palette of Strings, Brass, Synths, Choirs, and many other high-quality sounds
. With its advanced performance features, natural piano feel, stellar sounds, intuitive, hands-on controls, studio-grade effects, and lightweight, roadworthy, chassis, Sweetwater considers the Nord Grand a formidable contender for "ultimate stage piano."

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Delivers the grand experience

Nord's first stage piano to feature triple sensors that track hammer movements rather than the keys, the Nord Grand offers the smooth, dynamic playing feel of a real acoustic grand. Since what you hear affects what you play, generous 120-voice polyphony ensures that each note played — and sustained — will be heard, giving you a natural acoustic piano playing experience. Your playing technique will also benefit from the uncanny realism of the included 
Nord Triple Pedal with Dynamic Pedal Noise.

Kawai Responsive Hammer keybed with Ivory Touch

The Nord Grand's beautifully balanced and ultra-responsive triple-sensor Kawai keybed features a state-of-the-art mechanism that provides amazing control when you are playing percussively or pianissimo with fluent repetitions, where you're re-triggering without completely lifting the virtual hammers. The addition of Ivory Touch textured key surfaces gives the keyboard the authentic feel of an acoustic concert grand piano.

The piano section

The Nord Grand factory bank gives you a breathtaking collection of 10 Grands, nine Uprights, 10 Enhanced Electric Pianos, plus Clavinet, a selection of Digital Pianos, and more from the world-class Nord Piano Library — each instrument hand-selected for its unique sonic characteristics. Nord’s cutting-edge sampling techniques capture the nuances and character of these extraordinary instruments with stunning realism. You can replace any and all of the sounds via the Nord Sound Manager. Nord's exclusive Piano Library is continually being updated with unique new premium sounds, and they are always freely available.

Advanced String Resonance

Enhancing the Grand and Upright piano sounds, Nord's proprietary Advanced String Resonance reproduces the intricate interaction of piano strings resonating at their fundamental and harmonic frequencies when other notes are played. Advanced String Resonance also perfectly reproduces the mellifluous resonant ambience of a real piano when playing with the sustain pedal engaged.

Triple Pedal with Dynamic Pedal Noise

The Nord Grand ships with the amazing Nord Triple Pedal, which features soft and sostenuto pedals in addition to a unique Dynamic Sustain pedal. The Triple Pedal also enables Nord's amazingly realistic Pedal 
Noise, which dynamically simulates the mechanical sounds of lifting and releasing the damper mechanism of an acoustic grand piano.

The Sample Synth section

The Nord Grand's Sample Synth section includes a broad palette of Strings, Brass, Synths, Choirs, and many other high-quality sounds from the Nord Sample Library 3.0. 
This extensive selection includes the exclusively licensed sounds of the historic Mellotron and Chamberlin tape-based keyboard instruments. As with the piano section, all sounds can easily be replaced via Nord Sound Manager. 
The Sample Synth engine is equipped with essential controls for attack, decay/release, and
 dynamics (filter/velocity); while dedicated Category buttons allow for quick navigation and patch selection. You can even create your own samples using free Nord Sample
 Editor software for Mac and Windows.

Powerful Effects section

The Nord Grand Effect section gives you a broad range of instantly adjustable, studio-grade stereo effects modeled on coveted vintage stompboxes, plus Tremolo, Phaser, Chorus, Pan, Wah, RM, Flanger, Vibe, EQ, Delay, and Reverb. All effects can be freely assigned to the Piano or Sample Synth section. 
The Reverb effect has three different types: Hall, Stage, and Room, each with an optional Bright mode.

Nord Grand Stage Piano Features:

  • 88-note Kawai Responsive Hammer action with advanced triple sensors
  • 120-voice polyphony
  • 2GB memory for Nord Piano Library 

  • 
Advanced String Resonance
  • 
Nord Triple Pedal with Dynamic Pedal Noise
  • 
Creative Piano Filters 

  • 3 Dynamic Curves from Light to Heavy 

  • Soft Release 

  • All sounds easily replaceable via Nord Sound Manager
  • Compatible with optional Nord Piano Monitors
  • Handcrafted in Sweden

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Tech Specs

  • Sound Engine: Nord Piano Engine, Nord Sample Synth Engine
  • Number of Keys: 88
  • Type of Keys: Kawai Hammer Action, Advanced Triple Sensors
  • Touch Sensitivity: Light, Normal, Heavy
  • Polyphony: 120 Voice
  • Presets: 2GB Nord Piano Library, 16 global banks, 6 x Piano Types; Grand, Upright, Electric Piano, Clavinet, Digital
  • Effects: Phaser, Flanger, Chorus, Vibe, Pan, Tremolo, Wah, Stereo Delay with Tap Tempo, Reverb, Distortion, Compressor
  • Audio Inputs: 1 x 1/8" (aux in)
  • Audio Outputs: 2 x 1/4" (L/R)
  • Headphones: 1 x 1/4"
  • USB: 1 x Type B
  • MIDI I/O: In/Out
  • Pedal Inputs: 1 x 1/4" (volume), 1 x 1/4" (sustain)
  • Pedal Included: Triple Pedal
  • Expansion: 512MB memory for Nord Sample Library 3.0
  • Software: Nord Sound Manager (download)
  • Power Supply: Standard IEC AC cable
  • Height: 6.6"
  • Width: 50.7"
  • Depth: 15.2"
  • Weight: 46 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: AMS-NGRAND

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I'm not a pro player. I've never made a dollar from playing and have no ambition to do so. I play. For fun. For myself.

For several years I've used higher end yet still consumer grade digital pianos. I wanted to move (back) to a real piano. But looking at the eye watering prices and space requirements and even availability of pianos, I decided to look for a better digital piano.

The Nord Grand fit the bill. The keybed feels to my (again, amateur) senses almost exactly like a piano. It's astounding. The controls are easy to learn although about all I use is the instrument list dial and master volume.

The cabinet looks fantastic although it may not be to everyone's taste. The flat top is great for a slim keyboard and trackpad. The triple pedal is responsive and feels good.

I also picked up the Piano Monitors which look and sound great and keep the footprint small.

In full disclosure, I did have some problems out of the box, which Sweetwater quickly rectified.

All around, thanks to Mark @ SW for smooth purchase.
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Music background: Amateur hobbyist

Live up to the legend!

I studied and studied all keyboards available..and kept coming up with this keyboard as my choice. So I came to Sweetwater and I bought one. I simply can't say enough good about it...

As a super discriminating pianist, This fills the bill. It looks great in my home and sounds even better! Not quite as satisfying as my Baldwin SD-10 but an excellent choice for a practice piano. Has great nearfield sound and the sennheiser HD 800S headphones are just ear candy!
by Peter Joseph Porciello from MI on
Music background: Artist in Residence, Williamston, Mi, professional pianist, and church organist

The Nord Grand, and honest review from a piano purist and gigging musician.

As far as I know, this is the only keyboard in the world with this action and this sensor setup and these sounds. It's a home-run on all that it sets out to do. But each of us puts a different weight on how important action is. (Pun intended!) And frankly, Nord knows this and have asked us to give up a lot in exchange for this action. So if you are used to the flexibility of a Stage 3, you might be disappointed in the Grand. But, if great action is very important to you (as it is with me) you will be highly satisfied with the action while also mildly disappointed in flexibility and lack of an organ section. Hopefully you will have already thought about how you are going to use this instrument perhaps in combination with others to make sure you've got all your bases covered. This strikes me as a true instrument more than a toy, like most all other keyboards. Frankly, for the price, I do think they should have included an organ section. I think they should have allowed more flexibility with effects routing. I think there should be 4 outputs too. This would allow stage performers to use this fantastic action without supplementing it with an organ clone or other keyboard. I'll be using this for home recording, local gigs and sessions. I have a different rig on the road. The Kawai MP7SE has this same action, but a different sensor setup, for much less. But that was not a good option because I don't care for the Kawai sounds as much, and I was curious how the Nord Grand's sensor setup performed. And it performs beautifully. I am excited about having this Grand and I hope this review helps you make a good choice. I expect to be making music on it for a long time. My personal conclusion is that it was the right choice for me. It brings out everything in my playing that real piano does with a crisp, detailed response. I jotted down some random thoughts and I'll put them below. This is pure honesty:

The top is flat. I am typing this on a keyboard atop the Grand. It's a little to short to fit a mouse pad on and have full usage of it. But that's what I'm doing anyway and it works okay.

The action does not feel graded. All the keys are the same weight. Not a big deal to me once I realized how it was affecting my playing. I was avoiding the high notes. Once I intentionally made myself play up there for awhile, this was not an issue. Apparently, my hands enjoy the break on the higher notes on a graded action. So, no breaks.

I was considering a Kawai VPC1 and to this day, I've never put my hands on one. But it weighs 65 pounds. The top is curved. It has no sounds. It is intended to control piano software. It may feel better but it would be impossible for me to transport this. However, the Nord Grand gives me great control over Pianoteq for instance. So I have the best of both worlds.

The instrument is causing me to do great things musically. I don't know why, maybe the action plus the detailed samples… but it does bring out some curiosity that my Steinway also brings out. You may call it a waste of time, but for instance, if I play a root position C triad, it makes me want to bring out the E. Then bring out the G. It responds to voicing a chord extremely well. It's inspiring to write on. I wrote a couple songs last week with it. First time in a long time.

I have yet to accidentally change a patch while playing. So far, I don't need the panel lock. I've read that the panel lock does not entirely lock you out though. If you really want to change something, with a few functions, you can just hold those buttons longer and it'll change.

The velocity labels seem backwards to me. "Heavy" seems like if I play lightly, it will sound like I'm playing heavy. But what it really means is if I play heavy, it won't sound like I'm playing that heavy. So the label does not mean how I am playing… it means how the keyboard is responding. So if I play lightly and it sounds anemic, put it on "light" and it'll sound like I'm digging in more than I actually am. I'm also finding that different pianos seem to want a different velocity setting. I'm a fairly light player but I do dig in at times. Generally speaking, Medium works for most things.

Timbre button in the piano section is a little redundant for piano sounds because I can get the same sound using the Equalizer section. But it does come in handy in certain situations I'll address later. The Dyno 1 and 2 are super fun for Electric piano sounds though.

Soft release is really interesting and I'll have to play with it more. It's very subtle. I'm actually considering using it most of the time because it seems more natural.

The string resonance is just incredible. It sounds perfect to me.

The pedal noise also seems spot-on. I'll probably turn this down or off for sessions with bands, but for solo piano, I love it.

You can assign a pedal to control the wah effect if you want. For Clav this is great.

The Sample Synth section is great for me. I don't do a lot of sound design and there are a few easy tweaks I can make to any sample to adjust basic parameters. It also has a button where you can make any sample respond to velocity, and you can make it so a filter opens up more depending on how hard you hit it. Very cool.

There is a transpose button and I don't like this. This is the purist in me. It may be useful to others. But really? Maybe I'll use it one day and eat my words. But I would think most people buying this can play in all keys and transpose with their brains. The good news is, if you do transpose, the LED comes on so maybe that'll help you remember to un-transpose before the piano intro to the next song. Not that this has ever happened to me.

The effects… if you have a Nord you already know these and they are all great. The ones that are new to me: There are now 3 tremolo effects. Each one seems a little deeper and slightly different in some other way. Maybe EQ. There are also 3 Pan effects. The third one is my favorite.

The EQ is great and I'll be using that a lot for sessions and gigs.

The Delay… Well I'm a little confused. It works fine. But if I'm using any delay, I need to set it in relation to the song tempo. Well, I can't. It goes up in increments of 2 or 3 BPM. And sometimes it jumps up to 750 when I'm scrolling around trying to set it. But if a song is at 147, too bad. I can do 146 or 148. Hopefully this will be addressed in a later update.

The Source buttons for the effects, eq, delay, amp/comp sections can only process either the piano section OR the Sample Synth section. Not both. And certainly not both, with different settings. At least not that I can find. So if I have a piano/strings layer and I want to brighten both up I could not do this with the EQ alone. What I'd have to do is brighten the piano with the Timbre button in the piano section. Then send the strings to the EQ. So, it's a work-around.

The reverb, however, is global. But here, if you wanted reverb on the piano but not the strings… you can't do that.

There is no B3 on this keyboard or in the sample library. But I made my own using the sample editor. I sampled my clonewheel at a few of my favorite drawbar settings and transferred them to the grand. I could get through a gig this way, but not a session. So for sessions, I'm bringing the Grand, and my clonewheel.

The bag to put the dust cover in is too small to encourage regular usage.

There is a slight jarring feeling in the action when you hit the bottom of the key travel. And an audible thump. This is when I have to remind myself this is a keyboard, and one I can take to gigs or sessions. So I'm a little disappointed about this, while at the same time, realizing that I can play this keyboard just as well if not better than my real Steinway L. Everything is crisp in the way it sounds and feels. And if it's a little jarring, well, it's a keyboard. So I go in this mental circle a few times and then I'm okay.

The triple pedal: It comes with a rubber mat you can put on if you want to rest your heel on to keep the pedals from running away. This works great once assembled and there are directions and some included screws. You take off a couple of screws from the unit, then you put the mat on with some other screws provided. But they are not phillips-head screws. They also aren't allen wrench screws. I don't know what they are but I ended up stripping out the heads with a phillips head and they are in there pretty good. I'm not very handy and maybe I made a mistake here. Hopefully they'll stay.

I'd recommend getting the soft case that goes with it if you plan on transporting it yourself. I'm glad I did. It's not too bad to pick up and put in the case. I'm 54 and in decent shape. I do have lower back issues from years of picking up keyboards the wrong way. (use your knees!) I'm doing just fine picking this up. The bag is pretty big, so you'll just have to make sure you clear a run-way to get it out of the house and into the car.

Over the years I've had Korgs, Rolands, Yamahas, Kurzweils, Nords, Hammonds, an upright Kawai and a Steinway Grand. And probably a few I forgot about. I love keyboards and pianos. This was a difficult choice for me. The Stage 3 covers more bases for a chunk more. The Piano 5 might have also worked for me. But at this point in my life, I'm just not going to compromise on action anymore. I don't care what a keyboard can do if it feels like mush. The Grand will always feel great and have great sounds. I can bring an organ clone to sessions, or on the road if I want to. If signal routing becomes an issue I can MIDI the Grand to my Electro 4D and use that as a sound source as well. I can't answer your question: "Is the action worth it?" I don't know if you'll love it like I do. And I don't know if your playing would benefit from this action as much as mine has. I can rip off arpeggios on this better than on my Steinway. My guess would be, if you work on your technique a lot because you want to be free physically to pull off whatever you want to do musically… this might be the best keyboard for you. (Or if you just have great facility naturally). But if you can play just about any keyboard and play just as good, you may not need this. I see young kids today playing fantastic music on un-weighted midi controllers. I wish I could do that! But I get a lot of joy in my life from how a piano feels. Thankfully, I can have that in a keyboard for the first time. And I can take it with me.

I included a link to a video. I recorded that into Studio One. I mixed a little bit of the phone audio in there too. There's a little reverb from the Nord Grand. That's it.

Thank you to Delvin Wolfe and Account Coordinator Maya Nicevski for the great communication and service, as always.

Scott Joyce
by Scott Joyce from Nashville TN on
Music background: 30 years of touring and recording.

Purchased for Great Acoustic Sound

Everything I've read about the NG, says it is the best of the best, so I bought one. I also bought the wood stand to mount it on. There was a bit of work involved to mount the keyboard to the stand, but it really looks nice and is the perfect fit in my small house.

The first time I listened to it was through some closed-back headphones and I was not happy with the sound. I purchased a decent pair of open-back headphones and that improved the sound but I was disappointed with the acoustic sounds of the keyboard, regardless which "piano" I was using from the White Grand to a Baby Grand, an Upright...there appear to be a thousand iterations of acoustic pianos at one's disposal with the turn of a knob.

To try to determine what might improve the acoustic sound, I consulted a Nord forum of users of all things Nord. One person mentioned that it sounds better through monitors. The Nord monitors are quite a hunk of change and I was not about to take a chance on spending that much money so I searched and read several reviews of near-field monitors and finally purchased the PreSonus Eris 3.5 monitors and some acoustic pucks because I needed these to go on top of the NG...not have separate stands. Small, small space,remember? For me, it is not about volume, but about sound. The monitors work fine but there is only a little improvement in acoustic sound. All the other non-acoustic instruments you can generate on the NG sound fine to my ears. The problem is the "acoustic" piano sound is not where it should be for the cost of this good-looking piece of equipment. Advice: Try before you buy!
by vicki bliss from San Pedro, CA on
Music background: Classical Piano and a dilettante in other instruments

Nord Grand Piano

The Nord Grand Piano has superior action and has a very realistic grand piano feel and very realistic piano sound including pedal noise and projecting realistic echoes that naturally come from the inside of a real acoustic grand piano The Nord Grand Piano is an instrument in a classification by itself just like the invention of the Rhodes Piano and the Clavinet the Nord Grand Piano isn't exactly a grand piano or a Rhodes piano or a Clavinet the Nord Grand Piano is a hybrid of all three instruments in one the Nord Grand Piano is a completely new generation of musical instrument a new type of musical instrument Nord invented a new instrument of its own when they created the Nord Grand Piano if Luke Skywalker played the piano this would definitely be his instrument new owners of the Nord Grand Piano should be aware that if they purchase the pair of mountable monitors that are designed to go with this instrument they do not reproduce the true sound of the instrument as it sounds when digitally recorded especially the White Grand sound to hear this instrument in all its glory you must listen to it though a pair of really high end near field studio monitors to truly hear the quality of sound that is being digitally recorded that being said the pair of monitors produced to be mounted directly on the Nord Grand are very easily mounted and removed as needed and the pair of monitors fit very nicely in the soft carrying case designed to go with them for transport I was also surprised how light weight just the actual keyboard is without all its components making it a excellent choice for setting up and breaking down at performances I was also very impressed with how nicely the soft carrying case is designed to go with the Nord Grand and how snugly the keyboard fits in the case and is well protected for performance applications one would be wise to use a folding metal keyboard stand for performance and only use the factory wooden stand in a permanent space as the wooden stand once assembled is not really intended to be taken back apart and put back together again and it is a very elegant looking instrument when it is put together with all its components including the factory red wooden keyboard stand and red wooden music stand and it's pair of factory red monitors making it an excellent choice to put directly in one's living room looking very nice with decor especially if one wants a red accent piece for their luxury furnished living room it does have quite a few wires necessary for connecting all its components so tying the wires up nice and neatly helps make its appearance in a nicely furnished space a must and the instrument comes with approximately 6 or 7 black Velcro cable control ties it should be noted that with the factory pair of monitors mounted on the Nord Grand the instrument is a bit top heavy and slightly inclined to topple over forwardly so if the configuration of your home space permits especially if the instrument is going to placed permanently in its final position one should place it against a wall to discourage it from toppling over especially if the factory pair of monitors are mounted on it considering how difficult it is for many keyboard players to have a real acoustic grand piano in their home location the Nord Grand Piano is an excellent option and much less expensive than purchasing a real acoustic grand piano this instrument really inspires creativity and freedom of expression of musical ideas and should definitely be considered a brand new type of instrument all of it's own I have never owned a finer more elegant electronic keyboard in all my years as a musician and the Nord Grand Piano is definitely something every virtuoso pianist should own thank you Brook Floyd and thank you Sweetwater for helping me make my dream of freedom of musical expression a reality my life has a musician has been changed forever by the purchase of the Nord Grand Piano Happy Holidays and Happy New Years may 2024 be a year of prosperity health and happiness for all who seek truth freedom and human understanding through musical expression. Dave Soletsky
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Music background: Studied piano and music composition at The Hartt School Of Music West Hartford Connecticut

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After 20 years of studio recording and performing, few products have had a "WOW" factor out of the box like the Nord Grand has when it comes to realistic piano and string sounds and hammer action feel. The keybed is built by Kawai and not only feels great but also has advanced triple sensors so every note registers every time. The included sound library is incredible, from incredible acoustic and electric pianos to beautifully lush string and choir sounds. To top it all off, the built in effects were a real treat and very easy to navigate.
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