Keyboard for Street Performance

[eddtheguy]

Hi,

I've been playing piano for a few years (amateur) and I think it possible for me to be able to earn a little bit of money by playing on the street. I've found a suitable, quiet yet popular area where I am permitted to make my racket so got everything except the piano.

I've been looking around and I've seen all these keyboards that can play organ or strings and "voices" (whatever that is) but I don't want anything fancy. Just a very portable 88 key electric keyboard that will give me a good sound, the feel is important but if it is'nt top then I'l be able to live with it. I can see why these keyboards have all these "extra" feautures i learned piano so i could play it not so i could play the drum kit, but hey i won't be pushing my Blüthner down Times Square anytime soon  

So basically i need:

good sound
okay-good feel
portable so as i can carry it down the street
pedals (sustain)

now onto price, this may be a little hard to get but im looking to spend about 50 pounds or less. I suppose maybe without all the extra stuff like recording etc i may be able to find one. The truth is I don't need or want it so why pay for it? I can understand mixers and maybe even D.J's using them and it is fun to play around with but not for my situation.

Any suggestions then? any help would be greatly appreciated,

Edd

[richard black]

this may be a little hard to get but im looking to spend about 50 pounds or less.

To be brutally honest, in that sort of price bracket you're going to be taking whatever you find on eBay, Craig's List, or your local stolen goods store....

[Petter]

Casio Rapman, https://www.synthmania.com/rapman.htm
Don´t leave home without it.

[alpacinator1]

50 pounds is like 80 bucks, you can't get an 88-key for that much. If you want an 88-key you're gonna have to spend at least 500 bucks (or like 300 pounds).

I have a nice 76-key Casio that was 300 dollars, kinda low-end but it works and has some good features. You could get a lower-end 76-key Casio for maybe 200 or 250...


(that's all in american dollars)

If you want a real nice keyboard (higher-end Yamahas, Rolands, Alesis, Korg, Nord, etc. you're gonna have to pay a LOT more. The Roland Fantom x8 is a real nice portable (yet quite heavy) 88-key wih lots of features and is 3 grand (but would be AWESOME), and you can spend up to 8 grand on a really nice Korg...