Panasonic’s new line of PianoDesk pianos have some interesting gimmicks: a slide-out keyboard which saves space, the ability to record to popular music file formats, a USB port, and “give an e-mail recital” (which appears to be marketing-speak for “send the recorded files to your friends and family”). I’ve seriously considered getting a Yamaha Silent Violin so that I can practice without disturbing anyone (actually it’s less disturbing to me when I know no one is listening!). I don’t have room for even a space saving piano, though.