Hi Musicianswife,
I'd like to second what loungelyzard said. I'd be reading into your posts by thinking he needs 88 weighted keys. If that's the case; An Yamaha Motif ES8 is everything a person could need but it's not light. It's a beast to lug around. I have the ES7 (76 semi-weighted keys) and it's a beast I can only imagine the ES8.

If he's playing mainly piano and needs to tote it around, take a look into what is called "stage pianos". Yamaha, Korg, Roland, etc.. they all make them.

But again back to what loungelyzard said... There's so many different type of keyboards out there.

To name some types;
analog synths
B3 clones
performance synths
workstations
arranger keyboards
digital pianos
stage pianos

It's a really tough call and everyone is looking for something a little different. Best wishes to you and Merry "Christ"mas

Bob
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