I like to give shout outs to companies and people who are doing unique work.
Sampleson® have developed and are selling two spectral modeled electric piano VST instruments:
They are modestly priced and I recommend giving them a listen.
Spectral modeling came into light through the Yamaha CP1/CP40 and the Yamaha Reface CP. Spectral modeling admits a nice continuous controlability without audible velocity switch points. A lot of folks would love to see Yamaha Spectral Component Modeling (SCM) electric pianos in their synth and arranger products. SCM includes spectral modeling, of course, as well as Virtual Component Modeling (VCM) effects.
Spectral modeling breaks a sound down to its harmonic components. The “sample size” is insanely small by modern standards. The Reed200 is just 30MBytes and the Markus88 is 25MBytes. I like the modeling approach because I really don’t want to deal with gobs and gobs (gigs and gigs!) of sample data. I’m currently using AAS Lounge Lizard EP-4 for that reason alone.
If you’re interested in spectral modeling, please read this short summary.
Additionally, Sampleson have a number of inexpensive recreations: Electrix EP (Hohner Electra T), Melox PRO (Melodica), etc. $20 USD a shot! The Melodica demo is totally Stevie…
Sampleson offer a free Dyno MOD effect (“Dyno my Rhodes piano”) which you can add to your signal chain. Download it here.