[Dixielandjazz] [Tradjazz] It's bigger than you think

[dwlit at cpcug.org]

Try a Yamaha P-85--30 lbs, 88 keys, a few stops, cheap (ca. $700), has
internal speakers that shut off when you connect to an amp.

Certainly a good "OKOM band" piano, sound probably enhanced by a good amp.
I so rarely play/hear a real piano that I wouldn't be confident in opining
on its suitability for solo gigs.

--Sheik

> It's too bad so many are using Fender Rhodes
> Pianos.   That's sort of a Ray Charles sound.
>
> My son -- Tim Zahn (Colorado Springs) has a big
> 88-key Roland that really sounds like a piano.
> Heavy as hell, in a big hard roller case that he
> can hardly lift.
>
> It doesn't sound like a Steinway, or even like a
> good old upright, but it doesn't sound electronic.
>
> Thanks for the note on the festival.  Good to know
> if I'm ever stuck up east in January.
>
> Rick Jolley