Piano originated from the clavichord. The clavichord is plucked with an animal feather tube, and the timbre is not round enough, the sound is weak and lifeless, and there is no dynamic change. 1709, Italian musical instrument producer Bartholo O 'Christofory made the prototype of modern piano on the basis of ancient piano, and it was perfected with the continuous efforts of Christoph, Tefried Silbermann and others. Compared with the classical piano, the biggest change of the piano is the ability to play. The English name of piano "Piano-forte" means "weak-strong", that is, the sound intensity has the characteristics of strong and weak changes. Modern pianos are generally divided into upright pianos and grand piano.
The electronic organ originated from the organ and can be said to be the oldest keyboard instrument with a history of more than 300 years. In religious activities, organs and choirs are generally used to play music. Organ is a kind of architectural musical instrument, which is bulky and has no mobility. In the process of the gradual spread of religion, this problem has been puzzling people. Until the 1930s, with the progress of electronic technology, Lawrence Harmon, an American, specially made the first electronic organ in 1934 to replace the huge organ, which was further developed by the Japanese after the 1950s. The English full name of electronic organ is electronic-organ, that is, electronic organ.
The early electronic organ simulated sound through electronic oscillators, filters and other devices, and the timbre was not realistic and beautiful enough. Until the perfection of modern digital technology, electronic organ is more realistic when simulating other musical instruments through digital sampling and digital conversion.
Because the electronic organ is generated by digital means, it has the function of simulating various musical instruments. Therefore, in the development process, not only has the function of playing the organ, but also the function of simulating the piano is loved by people. And gradually developed some products specially made for simulated pianos. By simulating the feel of the piano's hammer and keyboard, sampling the piano timbre with different volumes, the piano's strong sound, weak sound and sustain pedal in layers, and replacing the inconvenient piano with them, this electronic piano was given an independent name "Electric Piano".
In fact, the electronic organ is easy to carry and good at imitation, and it also has various other functions, such as an electronic pipe blower that imitates wind instruments, a light touch device that controls the volume, and a pulley that imitates the sliding sound of strings and saxophones.
In a narrow sense, according to different uses, electronic organ can be subdivided into electronic synthesizer, electronic piano and so on. Its connotation is electronic music, and according to different uses, the external playing methods are also different. Broadly speaking, the electronic organ is now a performance tool of electronic music. In essence, it is a different electronic music input method from electronic drums, electronic violins and electronic erhu. Modern music studios use electronic musical instruments as their main tools.
For you, your main concern may be the difference between an electronic piano and a piano. Because the electronic organ aims at simulating the piano, it can only approach the timbre of the piano with the same price infinitely (in fact, the timbre of the high-end electronic organ is better than that of the low-end one). The electronic organ has the characteristics of metronome, changeable rhythm and timbre, which is more flexible to use, easy to carry and suitable for playing. Moreover, the electric piano can be connected to the computer through midi interface, which is convenient for music creation and post-processing.