From luigi@nc.rr.com Mon Oct 28 13:25:41 2013
Subject:RE: Off topic, Inexpensive electric paino

I'm a lifelong organ player who also wanted to have a weighted action piano keyboard. A few years back, I bought a Casio CDP-100. The current model is the CDP-120, currently on sale at Musicians Friend for $350.



My CDP100 has five built-in sounds (count 'em, FIVE), but I use it as a MIDI controller and run it into an Alesis NanoPiano synth module, which has some decent (to my ear) piano sounds. I bought the NanoPiano on Ebay for around $100. I think this combination offers great sound for the money, and would do it again.


Lou



---In clonewheel@yahoogroups.com, wrote:

Weighted is important, graded not so much.


The actions in the current Casios are quite nice (PX-150, PX-350, PX-5S). You might also look at Yamaha (P-35, P-105), though if your concern is primarily the action, I would lean toward the Casios.


---In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, wrote:

Hi gang,

I swallowed my pride and started to take piano lessons a few months. The problem I have run into is that all my current keyboards have unweighted keys. Every time I go to my lesson I play an upright piano and I feel like a fish out of water. Does anybody in the group own a Casio Privia piano they seem to be pretty and decent and cost-effective. Are there other companies and models I should consider that won't break the bank? They must have graded keys.


Thanks,


David