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Originally Posted by FredAt
Hello All,
I would rate myself as a fairly accomplished ex-musician having at one time spent a lot of time learning, playing and enjoying the classical guitar and the flute along with a brief, though very enjoyable, flirtation with the piano.
And then... life took its toll. I was too busy studying, chasing girls, working... and the music fell by the way side. I now want to seriously start playing music again and have settled for the idea of getting a Yamaha/Casio piano both for myself and also in the hope of giving my 6 year old son an early start.
I have found that there are instruments that look reasonably serious available starting at around the £700 mark and then scaling the heights all the way up to 5 figures. I guess my own budget, to stay within reason, would be around the £1000 mark.
I should add that what interests me is classical music. I am posting here since I have no way of knowing
- How much I need to spend in order to get an instrument that can make music rather than just being a toy.
- What features I should look out for whilst making a choice.
I hope that someone here will be able to give me a few useful pointers. |
It sounds like you're putting a lot of opinion in this. I use a Yamaha and I think its fine. The sound on an actual piano is obviously better, but the food in my stomach is better than a good sounding pinao.
Furthermore, you can always buy a decent piano once you're making money with it. To learn the muscle memory of a song, you just need a tuned, piano-sounding instrument.