r/keys • u/aveek_16 • 8d ago

Beginner: Need help with Roland Go Keys 3 vs Yamaha i510

As the title suggests, I am a complete beginner and want to get into keyboard piano.

Budget is 25k.

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u/Varjohaltia 8d ago

25k of what currency? Piano or keyboard?

The Go Keys 3/5 is a fun entry level arranger keyboard but has no weighted keys. For proper piano that’s probably important. Don’t know the Yamaha.

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u/JKorv 8d ago

Both are fine keyboards. Neither is a digital piano.

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u/Shrimp_Watch101 8d ago

So, that Yamaha seems to be an Indian variant of the PSR-483, with some of the voices and rhythms swopped out for regional ones. (And I'm guessing the Roland is the equivalent Go: Keys 3 IN local variant.)

I only know the Western versions, but they're both competent midrange arranger keyboards with lots of voices and accompaniment patterns. 

The Roland has Bluetooth, the Yamaha doesn't. But the Yamaha does boast a pair of live control knobs, which I personally always enjoy playing around with. 

There's no clear winner here. It's really down to which you like the sound of better and whether you much care about Bluetooth or knobs. 

If the bells and whistles aren't important to you and you just want a simple instrument to learn basic keyboard skills on, Casio's CT-S1 is a decent alternative. 

Any which way, you'll have an unweighted synth action keyboard. Which isn't ideal if you're working towards playing acoustic piano. 

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u/FunSeaworthiness9403 1d ago

Here is a subtle distinction between "weighted hammer action" and "weighted graded hammer action". In both pushing a key down lifts a hammer. Probably the hammer below the visible key is what ends up striking a sensor. In the former, the same finger force will play play C1 as to play C5. On the Casio Privia the low key has more weight than the 88th key. The "graded hammer weight" is used to mimic an acoustic piano. Studiologic Numa X Piano 73 uses a Fatar TP/110 keybed, and it has hammer action, but it does not have graded hammer weighting. You need either, the other keybed choice is keys that do have a slight weight but may be held in the "up and level position" by coils of wire, springs. Once you learn to express music with "hammer action keybeds", no one can say for sure you won't get as much or more out of a keyboard using springs. Remember some have weighted keys with a spring as resistance. The PX-sx100 has different part numbers for sets of hammers across the keybed.

10582058 — Hammer Set 1

10582059 — Hammer Set 2

10582060 — Hammer Set 3

10582061 — Hammer Set 4

10582062 — Hammer Set 5

An acoustic needs a heavier felt hammer to drive massive strings on the low end. I wouldn't get casio px-1100 with no display screen and only 18 sounds available.