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

[Rick]

I actually do have a Yamaha PSR-420.   I like 
it!!   But it really doesn't sound like the 
Roland, which is touch Sensitive.

Rick

On 1/10/2011 10:05 AM, dwlit at cpcug.org wrote:
> 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
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