Tiggs

i am looking to buy a piano for my seven year old, me and (when they are older) the younger kids.

my kid is a beginer and im as good as (sat grade 1 20 years ago!) so there will be lots of practice. this makes me think i should get a digital as i can use headphones.....i can see it being a problem if i want to practice when i get home late and the kids our in bed. our house is a modern one so the dinning room (with piano) is hardly soundproofed from the lounge or the kids rooms upstairs.

but.....is a digital a daft idea because its not a "real" piano ans i should compromise on practice time ahead of compromising on a pretned piano?

budget is 1000-1500 for either.

any thoughts?

T

ps- anyone else learn as an adult? my target is to get good enough to play modern stuff- elton john, bettles, etc- to a standard that allows me to enjoy what im doing- i dont want to turn pro!

carl

I'm not a piano player, but I think the way to go is one of those "hammer action" Yamaha digital pianos. Don't know how much they are though...

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

We have a Piano and no bugger bothers with it !

Cupramax

Yamaha stuff is top notch. Well within your price range plus with a digital clav you can get away with no noise using headphones.

I use http://www.starland.co.uk/pages/kd/Welcome.html for my keyboards. Excellent prices, expertise and service.

Ian Griffiths

Is this a daft suggestion, 700 quid on both?

I'm sure you'd do that if you had room for it. Headphones for practise and the proper things for, well, playing properly!

spufus

iTrader: (2)

If you are serious get a real piano - totally different to a keyboard.
If you really need the headphones, make sure you get an electric one with weighted keys - this will give the feel of a real piano

Andy486

Been thinking of doing the same myself. Went across to a good music shop in Guildford (Andersons I think but it's in the yellow pages) which has a good range of electric pianos. Cheap ones started at about £800 but the keys felt a bit soft. Was recommended a Roland at £1500 or a Yamaha at £2000. Maybe I'll take up the guitar instead ...

MrDBM

I started to play a while back, using a Yamaha digital piano - I'm by no means an expert but it does sound fantastic. Space and convenience was my issue, so digital was the only way to go.

I was surprised at how easy to play it was really, coming from eights years of Strat playing. I reckon it makes much more sense than a guitar in terms of musical theory. (flamesuit on?)

Let me know if you need any good sheet music links

Tiggs

sounds like digital it is then....prob look for a used yam clav around the 1k mark