Keyboard

[antoineb7]

Hello, I have a keyboard with 61 keys that are keyboard-like. I'm looking for a high quality keyboard that:

- have 88 keys with the same fell of a normal piano
- around 1200$ or lower
- yamaha look good
- that i can carry it


I really like the p-155 it look awesome and someone recommend the p-80


If you have any suggestion please message me

Thanks

[ryankmfdm]

 I bought one of these a while back: https://www.musiciansfriend.com/keyboards-midi/korg-sp170s-88-key-digital-piano It's held up great so far. I usually play about an hour a day, and that's been for about the past nine months.

 There are some drawbacks, though: (1) It doesn't have an internal metronome, which definitely would have made me re-consider if I had to do it all over again; (2) It sounds better through headphones than it does through the speakers. This isn't too big a deal for me, since I usually practice with headphones on, anyway; and (3) The keys are a bit noisy. Again, since I usually play with (isolation) headphones plugged in, not a huge issue.

 It seems to me that Korg puts out a pretty solid line, though, otherwise. I'm sure you could get something quite fancy for $1,200 (and probably less).

[andrewuk]

The Yamaha P80 isn't manufactured any more, but you might be able to find one second-hand. They are nice instruments, but they have a tendency to develop a problem where notes randomly stick down, so if you do buy one then make sure it doesn't suffer from this, as it makes the piano effectively useless for serious work.

[hfmadopter]

Hello, I have a keyboard with 61 keys that are keyboard-like. I'm looking for a high quality keyboard that:

- have 88 keys with the same fell of a normal piano
- around 1200$ or lower
- yamaha look good
- that i can carry it


I really like the p-155 it look awesome and someone recommend the p-80


If you have any suggestion please message me

Thanks

Have you played the P155 ? If not that would be your next step. I suggest playing several different pianos in your price range though and if the P155 is still the one that stands out then buy it.

In my experience buying a keyboard is about which set of compromises you are will to buy into up to and including the budget.

[andd845]

I had a yamaha p-120, before upgrading to an acoustic. Now that I'd like to practice late in the evening, I regret selling it. From what I remember, (it was some time ago, and much piano experience since) it was pretty good.

Anyway, early this week, and now with many hours on various acoustics and lucky enough to have an Kawai RX-2, I had a go on a P-35, P-105, P-155 and P-255 side by side.

I'd really wanted the P-105 to be good, as I wouldn't be prepared to spend huge amounts, but to be honest it wasn't until the P-155 that the action felt at all like a real piano. I really liked the P-255 action, which I was assured was the same as the P-155 the difference between the two keyboards being 'ivorite' key covers, but which felt much more solid to me.

[indianajo]

I bought one of these a while back: https://www.musiciansfriend.com/keyboards-midi/korg-sp170s-88-key-digital-piano It's held up great so far.
 There are some drawbacks, though:(2) It sounds better through headphones than it does through the speakers. This isn't too big a deal for me, since I usually practice with headphones on, anyway;

It takes a serious sound system to reproduce piano properly.  The keyboard is doing it's job if it sounds okay in the headphones.  The sound system I have now that reproduces piano has two $600 (used) speakers  with 15" woofers and a 1" horn, and an 800 watt low distortion (<.1%) power amp. A  200 watt low distortion amp could be adequate for 101 db@1W speakers like my Peavey SP2-XT's, but my tube amp with 1% distortion sounds funny on high solo notes.  I use a 120 watt SS amp most of the time, but I heavily modified it myself to sound good.  I mostly listen at 1 W average, but piano takes a lot of power to reproduce the hammer strikes accurately.  BTW my speakers weigh 91 lb each, and are on stands on either side and above the Hammond organ, in the end of a long parallelpiped room with heavy damping (bookshelves, stuffed furniture, carpet).

[jimbo320]

I feel very capable in saying that the CP4 Stage is the way to go.