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 - Excellent keyboard for the price.I took piano (on an upright piano) for about seven years before I went to college. I got this keyboard as a birthday present in February 2007 (I had done the research and found it). It has lived in my college's on-campus apartment since then, and in a storage unit over the summer, and has experienced no problems. In the past year of use, it's been a great tool. Pros: Very nice, sleek look. Enough choices to have fun - different tones, recorded songs + songbook, etc - while still "professional". Pretty easy to adjust to weighted keys. Good sound. Comes with a free pedal! Cons: The sound of keys is very apparent while playing. You can solve this by using headphones or turning the sound up a bit. A bit weighty - I don't know what keyboardists lug around, but this one's hard to move around casually. Overall, I'd highly recommend it! A great value for the price. Rating: - Great Value!I was looking for a basic electric piano with a realistic keyboard feel that would allow me to easily transfer to an acoustic piano. The weighted keys on this model are very good, especially for the price. The piano sound is excellent. There are many other models that have more bells and whistles, but my skill level is not at the point where I would use or appreciate the features not included in this piano. I tried many more expensive models in a music store, and you have to spend a lot more to get something better than this one. It compares well to electric pianos costing several hundred more. Rating:  - Decent keyboardBought this for our son for C'mas -- he had another keyboard, but wanted 88 keys, and we didn't want to get a piano (no room and too much $$$), so we found this. First of all, we couldn't believe how QUICKLY we received it! (Less than a week!) The only thing was that someone had to be home to sign for its delivery, but it was a huge time range. That's good, I guess (so no one would steal it), and we were lucky the day it was delivered because my hubby was home. The only problem we had was when we opened it, there were about 5 or so keys that didn't work. We were sooooo disappointed because it was a C'mas gift and my son openened it on C'mas day (and we didn't want to deal with shipping it back b/c of the size!) BUT my wonderful, smart hubby figured out how to fix them! He had to open the back and they just needed to be "pushed" in or "locked" in place. Whew! So, my son loves it. The only problems are: 1) the earphone jack is in the back, and that's a pain because you can't sit it flush to the wall (it's on a stand). 2) there is someway to record your songs, and are suppose to be able to transfer them to your computer, but it's not easy and we still haven't figured it out! I don't know if we need to buy a certain cable for it or what, but they should really make this an easier feature. Plus, it looks like you'd have to have the keyboard really close to your computer to do this, which, obviously, isn't very convenient. grrrr. We'd still recommend it to others though, because, overall, good keyboard. *forgot to mention that it's close to feeling like a real piano: weighted keys and foot pedal. Rating: - You checked all the rest, now it's time to buy the best!I did several weeks worth of shopping in stores and online, and I came to the conclusion that for $399, this digital piano was the most bang for the buck. If you're looking for a straight digital piano with realistic sound and hammer action, then this is it. If you want a keyboard for hooking up to a computer and making funky beats and sounds, then I would suggest something more tailored for that kind of use. This is a digital piano, a realistic alternative to the real acoustic thing. I see they raised the price a bit, but I think for under $500, you can't go wrong with the Casio Privia PX110. I also highly suggest you purchase the stand as well. It's built for this digital piano, and easily assemble to become one sturdy and aesthetically pleasing unit. Go for it. Rating: - Portable with a heavy touchI love it! I needed a portable keyboard that fit in my small car, but wasn't satisfied with 61 keys. This 88-key model (and a gig bag I bought for it) fits in the back seat. Its built in speakers are good enough that I don't need to bring my amp with me at some places. More importantly, this is one of the few keyboards I've seen without a lot of useless gimmicks. (Really, who needs demo songs like "Camptown Races" or built-in cha-cha-cha beats, anyway?) It will allow for a realistic sounding piano and string bass, by using the split feature, and it has a transpose function for the lazy, like Irving Berlin and me. (Irving Berlin played everything in F#, a key which I still avoid)
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