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Digital keyboard advice please

Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:31 pm

A bit late in the day we have decided to buy my granddaughter a keyboard for Christmas.

She is a beginner, although she has studied piano at school for the last year and a bit.

Going from my son's experience when he studied keyboard, I don't want anything too basic as he had outgrown the Yamaha we bought him within 18 months.

We are therefore looking at the Casio CTK 7200 which we can get for about £199 and the Yamaha PSRE 443 for around the same price.

There is also the Casio WK 7600 which seems much the same as the 7200 but has 76 keys not 61 and is nearly £100 dearer!!, or the CTK 6200 which is 50 less.

A few years ago, I would probably have gone for the Yamaha,but looking at various reviews of both suggest that at the same price the Casio 7200 is the best of the two.

Anybody with more knowledge than me got any views please???

I have to order tomorrow to get it for Xmas.

Thanks people.

Re: Digital keyboard advice please

Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:39 pm

Incidentally,sorry if it is in the wrong place,but I need a response urgently and I am more used to Mike's board where most stuff goes on the main board..

Doesnt really seem to be a forum that it first in anyway.

Perhaps we need a general advice forum.

Re: Digital keyboard advice please

Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:52 am

Not sure this would be much use to you but I have the Casio WK3000. It's over ten years old now but it is a great bit of kit with sounds and samples to match alot of high end keyboards. Even reviews have stated that the organ patches are on par if not better than the korgs and Roland's. I use my keyboard for synths and piano and the sounds are great. You can customise sounds and even create your own as well as record backing tracks. As I said my Casio is over ten years old now so I can only imagine that the latest WK series blow mins out of the water. Hope this helps.