Not, not at all, all opinions and advice welcome. I greatly appreciate your help.lawman wrote:I hope I'm not being too pushy about this
At the end of the day I'll make the choice, but I prefer to do that as well informed as possible. As my Wife will tell you "I'm a detail person" !!
Yes, that bothers me a lot.lawman wrote:52 pounds is just too much to be moving around on a regular basis
Her Bedsit is very ergonomic and well laid out, but as such any extra "furniture" is going to be in the way, so its going to be a question of "Want to play, get it out" rather than just "sit at it and play". One semester done, two to go this year, and thereafter she will be in "Digs" (half a dozen of them renting a house), so will then have enough space to leave it set up (and also Digs will be chosen on the basis of having room for Marimba & Xylophone too ...) so not TOO long to compromise until then.
Only other thought is to have a stand with wheels on, but she may not thank me as currently her keyboard (which is rubbish, but all we had available at the time) is lent against the wall rather than pushed against the wall ...
Agree with you about Yamaha P255:
Much lighter
Great action and sound
Same piddling speakers as other keyboards (the FP90 is the only one I've seen with decent onboard AMP/Speakers)
... but maybe "good enough" for solo practising
.. plug in external monitor speakers when flatmates wants a sing-along
FP90 has a much bigger sounds palette
She would probably be happy solo-practising with headphones. (We're back to the Nord I think?!!)
I spoke to a specialist music shop today to see if they could persuade me one way, or the other. They suggested I consider the Kawai ES8 - which wasn't even on my list ...
Watched some YouTubes and read-up about it, and it looks very nice, and a lot of people seem to prefer it.
If anything I think its made my mind up that weight is the most important thing, ease of use probably sensible (impatient daughter), and trade it in in a few years for something more advanced when she has a home for a keyboard that can stay in one place, on a sturdy stand.
23.6kg £1,579 Roland FP90
22.5kg £1,293 Kawai ES8
18.2kg £2,098 Nord Piano 3
17.3kg £1,079 Yamaha P255
11.8kg £478 Yamaha P115
Had crossed the P115 off my list as Touch not good enough ... but maybe that lightweight, and price, make it right for a short-term compromise.
I'd like it to be a surprise, but I expect the shop will do "swap" if it turns out that she disagrees with one of the compromises I decided upon.lawman wrote:Will she have a chance to test-drive these two instruments in advance?