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#225027 - 02/06/04 04:27 PM
Heading to college - need keyboard + advice
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Junior Member
Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 1
Loc: The Woodlands, Texas
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Piano student of 12 years, finally heading off to college. Unfortunately, I have severe doubts as to the chances of our beautiful Yamaha C7 fitting in my dorm room, so it looks like I'm going to need a digital piano of some sort. I don't really know anything about digital pianos, but I'd like a pretty high quality one that at least somewhat satisfy my piano needs until I can afford (or inherit, whichever comes first) a real piano of my own. My price range will probably be in the 1-2k area. While I do play classic piano pieces, the keyboard will probably be seeing some time on stage a la Ben Folds Five. I'm not too interested in learning features or a huge variety of sounds - if it has a good grand piano sound, it'll probably stay on that for as long as I have it. I've been thinking about a Yamaha P120, but I haven't gotten a chance to play any keyboards yet. It definitely needs to be 88 keys, and since I *will* be living in a dorm, it'll have to be something that can fold up..... Any help is much appreciated, since I've really never looked into digital pianos. Once again, thanks for the help.
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#225028 - 02/06/04 04:37 PM
Re: Heading to college - need keyboard + advice
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6000 Post Club Member
Registered: 05/28/01
Posts: 6213
Loc: Philadelphia/South Jersey
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I have enjoyed some Korg slab units. Nice actions and good piano sounds as well. Try the 200 or 300. I think the prefix was either SP or SG - I don't remember which.
BTW, you may get more response at the digital piano forum.
good luck,
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#225029 - 02/06/04 05:10 PM
Re: Heading to college - need keyboard + advice
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Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Registered: 08/09/01
Posts: 11452
Loc: Okemos, MI
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I like the feel of the Yamahas. P120 ($1100), if you don't need built-in speakers (use headphones), P90 ($1000). If you don't mind sacrificing features, the P60 ($750).
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