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I'm a huge fan of modern keyboards. Please take the time to read WHY this might be your best investment in an instrument. It's your choice, of course, and no matter which instrument you buy it should be one which provides you with intense enjoyment. I hope you will take lessons with me, but even if you don't, just reading the list below will help ensure you spend your money wisely. After reading please use the links on the previous page to learn about lessons on your chosen instrument. You can also contact me FREE (phone number and email address is above) to discuss your purchase. I also know where to buy each kind of instrument.

Acoustic Pianos and Electronic

 Keyboards: Pros and Cons

Defintions

• Acoustic Piano (“Piano'): Two types, “upright” and grand, actually have strings.

• Electronic Keyboard (“Keyboard”): Many types: digital pianos, portable keyboards, synthesizers, all of make sounds via electronics and plug into the wall.

Pros of BOTH instruments

• Can be enjoyed as a hobby for a lifetime

• Keeps the mind sharp and hands “supple” via reading music, practicing, and performing

• Provides excellent background in understanding music which makes other instruments easier

Cons of BOTH instruments

• Solitary - no social interaction

• Although it can teach reading keyboard music it won't teach you how to find notes on other instruments

• More difficult than most other instruments to master

Pros of Pianos - (things that ONLY a Piano  can provide)

• Traditional - pianos have been around for centuries and played by the best people

• Very durable furniture so holds resale value, especially grand pianos

• Perfect for classical music, the music written on and for the acoustic piano

Cons of Pianos

• Large and heavy

• Expensive

• Only provides a single sound, no matter how good that sound

Pros of Keyboards

• Cheap, relative to piano

• Plug in headphones so no one else can hear and you hear no one else

• Does many things via learning a single instrument so can prove more interesting to students

Cons of Keyboards

• Not traditional yet

• May not sound or feel as a trained pianist likes or expects

• Usually must be replaced as student improves

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