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Date Posted: 13:16:39 03/28/00 Tue
Author: Mark Mars
Author Host/IP: gateway3.srp.gov / 148.126.100.111
Subject: Expert help

I'm looking at getting a digital keyboard (Hopefully for my birthday). I played a little when I was young and got away from it. My mom has a 66 key Yamajha for the boat and I got to noodle a little over Christmas, and now have a bug to pick it up again.

Knowing that quite a few posters on the board play musical instruments, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. I would definitely like to stay under $1,000 US, but I would like to get a nice sounding keyboard with a decent feel to it. Also, I was wondering how important is it to have the full 88 keys versus 66 or 71 keys, ie. how much music requires 88 keys. My nephew was playing one piece and he had to pretend to be hitting some of the notes.

Any suggestions on Keys, Manufacturers or specific products and such?

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[> Re: Expert help -- Tales, 13:55:33 03/28/00 Tue [1] (mail.spartan.ab.ca/139.142.1.42)

I'd definitely go with an 88 key unit if possible. Oddly enough, I find it more useful for the lower notes than upper unless I'm doing Jerry Lee Lewis. However, many of the 5 octave units out there have a shift function, so you can shift the range of the keyboard to accommodate whatever you're playing. I have a Roland DP-5500, full 88 keys with 8 preset sounds (3 pianos, 2 electric pianos, clavinet, harpsichord and vibes) and a couple of on-board effects: transpose, vibrato & chorus. It's MIDI compatible so I can hook it up to all manner of sound modules, sequencers, samplers etc. It also has weighted keys, which is really nice for a real piano feel. Many of the smaller keyboards have touch-sensitive keys but they aren't weighted like a real piano. This one cost me $1,200 used about 9 years ago. A keyboard of similar vintage could probably be found for under $1,000 now. Newer ones will probably cost you a lot more. One thing that's really nice, they never need tuning! I've used mine for gigs and it's been bumped and abused a lot getting thrown into the van and hauled out again, and it just keeps on ticking. It ain't much to look at any more, but it's been surprisingly robust.


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[> [> Re: Expert help -- Mark Mars, 17:26:36 03/28/00 Tue [1] (gateway3.srp.gov/148.126.100.111)

I found a Roland EP-90 for $960 with stand. It's a digital 88 key piano with weighted keys. Obviously, model numbers have changed since you purchased yours. During the search I found a Yamaha p80 digital keyboard for a little under $1,000 and a Korg AP 100 88 keyboard for a couple hundred less. From what I've seen, it seems to get 88 keys, you must get around the $900 level.

Any comments on Yamaha or Korg?


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