Hi Guys!

Thanks for the quick responses. I really appreciate it. Well, I told my dad what you said. It seems that any of those would be nice. And yes, I should have considered the Technics too-though I've never seen one in store.

Unfortunately, he's decide on get a lower end casio :-( keyboard and wait for better financial conditions, and maybe better keyboards-none of those we discussed here is actually available in local stores. yet.

Personally, I would have gone for a much better keyboard, but I can see that 1/5 to 1/10 the cost of the higher end stuff is attractive. After all, it's his money. I'm sure he'll have fun with it, but then again, you only live once. I hoped would go for something better.

Anyway, as has been seen in many threads here, the diverse choices can make it difficult.

Thanks for the help.

ell