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I play the piano for about ten years, but stopped three or four years ago. My club of the school plans to start visiting the senior center next month, and we need people to run. Since I left home to study, I have the keyboard in my apartment, to replace a real instrument in practice.
Pro:
1) I love the sound. It is absolutely beautiful.
2) The response is very sensitive. It gets louder when pressed harder, and vice versa.
3) It's an affordable weight for a 110lb girl to carry around. The nicer keyboards with hammer aaction would have been too heavy for me.
4) It didnt come with a headphone, but the volume is good for apartment lifestyle (not too loud).
5) The price is good. The nicer keyboards with hammer action is not a good investment when I only plan to practice at my apartment.
Con:
1) The keys are lighter and slightly smaller than the real piano. The feeling of the keys is no comparsion to the real piano. The plastic key's cracking sound makes me somewhat frustrated when I have the wooden key movement on a real piano in my mind. Again, it's only a "cheap" keyboard. It's already the best in similar price range.
Conclusion:
Well, I say it's good enough for practice. After all, it's only a 300 buck keyboard.
It's affordable and adequate for my needs.
By Lucy Chiang (Irvine, CA USA)
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