General Keyboard Question

So I've been playing piano for years, and I just moved to college where I can't take my piano. I was wondering what you guys reccomend for a full note keyboard.

My top priorities are:
Sound quality (I only care about a good grand piano sound, none of the extra stuff matters much to me)
Key Quality - Is there any keyboard that uses real piano keys? Or are they all plastic?
Price - I'd like something that just sounds great and feels great.

Thanks in advance!

Look for a Yamaha P-120 or similar if you just need piano sounds and no arranger functions ..(i.e. drums / bass etc.)
Good luck ....
John http://www.johndolan.co.uk/

Hello killinsound, the Yamaha P120 ia a really good digital piano, it has a great sound, but if you are in a tight budget, it's smaller brother, the P60 has graded action, selfcontain speakers, headphone output, midi I/O, and only a handfull of sounds...for under $700.00.....Casio has 2 models, one with no arranger functions, and the other has, one is under $500.00 and the other under $800.00...
I also recomend you to check for descontinued models that a music store may have, like the P80....perhaps a Roland series F ( portable and with beautifull sounds/action),series HP....(the HP is not portable), and probably with an atractive price too. Good luck.

Check out the Yamaha DGX-505 88-Keys Portable Grand. You can buy it at Wal-Mart's Sam's Club. Great KB.

Ron

killinsound,

mdorantes is dead on with his suggestions. Yamaha has the P-120, but if you want to go cheaper and still get great sound with 88 fully weighted graded hammer action keys, the P-60 is also a nice choice.

Casio as stated by another member has the Privia series. Take a look at the PX-100. I can't see you being interested in the PX-300 because all you basically want is 88 weighted keys in a light weight package with good piano sound. I think the Yamaha P-60 or Casio Privia PX-100 will suite you. There's also a significant difference in the price between the Yammaha P-60 and Caiso PX-100.

Squeak