My daughter is an excellent violinist, who is studying violin performance at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She is home for the summer, and she is doing volunteer work at St. Joseph Residence for seniors in Dallas, and we do a one hour set each week. The residence is run by nuns, and takes in low income folks, so I feel it is a very good cause in which volunteer for and hopefully spread a little joy.
For most of her material, I just play piano, but their piano isn't the greatest, so I decided to get an 88 key, fully weighted, hammer action digital piano, with arranger functions. My choices came down to the Yamaha DGX 670, Casio CDP 360, and Korg XE 20.
I am more or less a Yamaha guy, but the DGX was just to heavy and bulky. The Casio felt great but the speakers aren't good, and the styles didn't do much for me. The Korg won for me. The speakers are great, good piano sounds, and the styles are pretty good, and I like how easy it to cut out the harmony parts and just leave the auto bass on and play full piano. My daughter is happy with the additional back up for her country, Latin, Great American Songbook standards, and other non classical songs selections that she performs on her violin. So far I'm enjoying my new keyboard but it's not a very intuitive operation system (for me) I am studying the user manual and making good progress. Wish me luck, we'll performing with the Korg this weekend.
Edited by montunoman (06/19/23 06:45 PM)