Welcome to the forum! If you're going to take lessons I would suggest you get a piano... Granted keyboards are nice with all the toys they come with, if you're going to learn piano you might as well do it right.. You'll need the full 88 keys that are weighted.. What you might want to consider too is a nice digital piano... Yamaha has a nice one out that's just over $1000. I think it's the YP121 or something like that.. It has fully weighted keys, 3 pedals.. It looks, plays and feels like a real piano... Plus you'll never have to pay to have it tuned! It will always sound nice..

Squeak