Roland MKS-20 Digital Piano

The Roland MKS-20 Digital Piano is a digital rack-mounted synthesizer module, released in 1986, one of the first dedicated to piano and keyboard sounds. It stored 8 different sounds including grand piano, electric piano, harpsichord, vibraphone and clavinet.

Tony Banks' Roland MKS-20 Digital Piano
The MKS-20 module was part of Tony Banks' studio and onstage rig for keyboard sounds from 1986 to 1992 (at least), which he liked the sounds of. He felt the MKS-20 suited some of the sequenced piano parts on Bankstatement, which he couldn't achieve with the Yamaha CP-70. One example of the MKS-20 is the 'frantic' piano part on "Diamonds Are Forever".

Peter Gabriel's Roland MKS-20 Digital Piano
The MKS-20 Digital Piano module is perhaps amongst the least known of Peter Gabriel's gear. He used it to thicken the sound of his Yamaha CP-80 electric grand piano, likely linked via MIDI. The MKS-20 appeared in Peter's racks on the This Way Up tour (1987 concerts only) and during the Secret World tour (1993-94), as well as having been used for occasional studio work during the intervening period.