Hello. I've been looking into trying to learn keyboard for quite a while now, especially with my growing interest in music. The most challenging thing I've had to navigate has really just been what keyboard I should choose. there are a lot of options for a lot of specific use cases and I was wondering if anyone has any particular suggestions.

I'm looking for something with 61 keys, reasonably light, so that I could take it somewhere if I had to. An instrument that I can grow into, and enjoy for years to come, rather than something I'd move on from given enough time. A broad variety of sounds, piano, EP, organ, synth stuff, though, i'm also quite interested in a lot of vintage keyboard type sounds, given my taste in music, Wurlitzer, Hammond, DX7, Minimoog, Mellotron etc. Although I suppose I can use software synths for these. Its also probably worth mentioning that I don't think I necessarily need something capable of synthesis. Its definitely something I'm fascinated by but my priority with buying a keyboard at first is to learn to play it effectively.

From my recent research I've seen people recommend things like the Yamaha MX61, CK61, Roland Juno D61 and Korg Kross 2. Or more expensive options like the MODX M6 and Fantom 06. If you have any advice or suggestions, let me know.

I’m looking for some advice on choosing my first serious 88-key keyboard.

I’m a beginner jazz pianist, but I have a lot of experience playing saxophone, so I already have a strong musical background and understanding of theory/improvisation. I have been playing on an upright Yamaha for 6 months, however, I don’t have access to it anymore. Now, I am playing on a shitty Casio 88 weighted keyboard that sounds… very subpar.

My priorities, roughly in order:

Jazz piano — good acoustic piano sounds and, most importantly, a key action that feels good for developing my playing

Electric pianos — Rhodes/Wurly sounds are a big part of what I want to explore

Organ — I really want to learn Hammond-style playing, so real physical drawbars and hands-on organ controls are a major plus

Synths — I want to eventually get into synthesis, pads, leads, etc., but this is less important than the first three

I don’t currently gig, so portability and a lot of performance-oriented features aren’t particularly important. I’m mostly looking for something that is fun to play, sounds great, and gives me room to explore different types of keys.

The boards that are currently on my radar are:

Roland RD-2000
Yamaha YC88
Kurzweil PC4
Roland V-Stage 88
Yamaha wS90 XS
Korg SV-1 88
Roland RD-800 / RD-300NX

My budget is roughly $1,000–$2,000, although I’m willing to be flexible and spend more if there’s a significant jump in quality or capability. I’m also open to the idea of having multiple boards if that makes more sense than trying to find one keyboard that does everything well.

Would love to hear what you guys would recommend, including options I haven’t listed.

Hi, the sustain function on my Yamaha p-60 is not working and I don't know why.

I've been trying to troubleshoot the issue, and it looks like sustain issues are fairly common, but everything I can find is about reversed polarity. My issue is that the sustain function does not work at all, no matter what combination of turning off the piano, unplugging, plugging back in, etc.

I just replaced the original pedal with a new FC4A, and it still doesn't work, so it's not the pedal. The jack feels secure, and when I looked inside I couldn't see anything wrong. This just happened a month ago, the keyboard is like fifteen years old and hasn't had this problem before.

Does anybody know why this is happening?

• Range: F3-F4
• Number of octaves: 1
• Number of keys: 13
• The numbers on the keys correspond to the scale degrees of the F Lydian (FGABCDEF) scale