From jake92028@yahoo.com Mon Jan 03 04:37:19 2005
Subject:Re: OT? speaking of "feel"


Thanks for all the responses and info per hammer action pianos. I'm
looking hard at all the Yamahas. I also had a "disclaimer" in my
original post concerning weight:

I try to keep my gear at an under-40-lbs-per-item cutoff
due to "Hammond Back"..

So I'm still limiting choices to under 40 lbs. I am even interested
in the Casio Privia PX-300 which is just under 28 lbs with something
like a graded hammer action. It gets pretty good reviews on Harmony
Central, sells for $599 with free stand and headphones at Musicians
Buy online, but I haven't found one to play. Has anyone tried one of
these? It seems like Casio is trying hard to put out more bang for
the buck and raise quality the last several years. I'm sure one would
want to take it easier with one of these than with the Yamaha
keyboards.

Per semi-weighted: At the moment I'm really bummed out with my Fantom
X7.. did a few moderate pressure one-finger glisses up the keyboard
to C-7 and it pivoted on its axis and is now stuck turned partway to
the right and lower than the other keys. I'm not a key hammerer and
almost can't believe this happened to a Roland keyboard. I looked at
my A70 and its white keys are a similar shape but significantly
deeper from top to bottom on the sides moving from the fronts toward
the black keys than the Fantom's. This would seem to provide more
side-to-side support; I barely touched the Fantom's key! Unless this
was just a fluke I'm fixing and selling it. Anyone heard of this with
Fantoms?
TIA again ~ Walter