Electronic piano

                         

Electronic piano was also the trade name used for Wurlitzer's popular line of electronic piano , which were produced from the 1950s to the 1980s , although this was not actually what is now commonly known as an electronic piano . Electronic piano works similarly to analog synthesizers in that they generate their tones through oscillators , whereas electric pianos are mechanical their sound being electrified by a pickup and then amplified through an internal or external amplifier. The first electronic piano date from the 1970s and were mostly made in Italy . Although similar models were made in Japan . An exception is the range of instruments made by RMI in the USA .