Good keyboards ?

[Harv]

Had a conversation last night in the chatroom about a keyboard i am looking at for Sash.

She is a grade 6 pianist without a piano

Well suffise to say we cant afford to buy a new upright/grand piano not to mention we have no space to put one, so I wanted to buy a keyboard for her to tickle the ivories of at her leisure.

I have looked at the Yamaha PSR-E303 as one to potentially buy but wondered if anyone had experiance of any better keyboards at around that sort of price and if they could recommend anything else ?

The price i found for the Yamaha was £114 with power adapter.

It has pressure sensitive keys so that the harder you hit/press the stronger the sound ( which is what sash needs if she hasnt got pedals ).

Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.

And a pre-thanks to Stelthio for his input in the chatroom

[Revan]

I posted an article on buying a new keyboard

Yamaha deffinatly seems to have the right idea about keyboards and seem to be the popular choice.

I found this one on sale

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/...se_pid/702211/

and this one has the touch responce

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/...se_pid/707428/

[Harv]

think the psrk1 is discontinued

but that looks like the sort of thing im interested in but then again reading on a bit its " A karaoke-focused keyboard with microphone!"

[Revan]

Originally Posted by Harv

think the psrk1 is discontinued

but that looks like the sort of thing im interested in but then again reading on a bit its " A karaoke-focused keyboard with microphone!"

that basically means its a good stage keyboard, which unlike karaoke is a good thing =]

[Seth]

I'd suggest you take her to a local instrument store are have her try out keyboards and find one she likes then buy it from wherever you like.

Yamaha have always made good keyboards (I've always used them) and I definately think that keyboard you have your eye on is a good one.

[Sash]

Woooohooooo

I got my keyboard thx to my yummy hubby and its fantastic!! It has hundreds of built in pieces both classical and pop, also pieces specifically for piano. It has teaching aids so I can teach the kids (who wont get off it atm argggg ) and I can hook it up to me pc to download more tracks to it! Im in AWE!!!!

Feel like a school kid, all girly and giggly

Now how do you play the thing....




btw Det you need a piano playing smilie

[Seth]

Well come on then, you have to upload a recording for us!