考試是可以用數碼鋼琴的,以下節錄自 ABRSM Piano Syllabus
Instruments
ABRSM Public Venues provide a piano suitable for exam purposes. The piano will be upright or grand. Practice before the exam cannot be arranged, but examiners will recognise that the instrument may be one that candidates are unfamiliar with. When exams are held at Private Visits (i.e. premises provided and overseen by the Visit Organiser and visited by the examiner), a suitable piano must be provided. A digital piano may be used, provided it has a clearly recognisable piano tone, a touch-sensitive keyboard with full-size weighted keys, and an action, compass and facilities that match those of a conventional acoustic piano, including a sustaining pedal.
其實 數碼琴VS真鋼琴 爭論多10000次都爭論不完,但我個人意見是中、高階的數碼 (過萬一台的)是足夠供初學者用好多年。我強調是"足夠",無話是"最好"。如果空間及金錢不是問題,我相信家有一台 Steinway and Sons Model D 加一台 Yamaha N3X 數碼鋼琴 是接近完美,但對大部份人來講這是不切實際。