Choosing a Piano or Keyboard
Budget is generally the biggest factor in choosing a piano or keyboard. Personal preferences are also of utmost importance.
Almost all pianos have 88 keys, and have all of the preferred benefits and features. If you are considering a keyboard, use the following guidelines (in order of importance):
• Minimum of 61 regular-sized keys
• If affordable, an 88-key digital piano or keyboard is highly recommended
• A sustain pedal (not a sustain ‘button’)
• Touch sensitive keys
• Weighted keys
Almost all pianos have 88 keys, and have all of the preferred benefits and features. If you are considering a keyboard, use the following guidelines (in order of importance):
• Minimum of 61 regular-sized keys
• If affordable, an 88-key digital piano or keyboard is highly recommended
• A sustain pedal (not a sustain ‘button’)
• Touch sensitive keys
• Weighted keys
Growing numbers of retirees are becoming Simply Music students. Many of them are taking up an endeavor widely known to help maintain healthy brain activity. They are also fulfilling a long-held dream of creative expression. The longer the dream is cocooned, the more profound the experience of finally realizing it.
~ Gordon Harvey, National Manager of Simply Music, Australia and Senior Teacher Trainer
