In Search Of -- Electronic Keyboard

I guess I'm a piano player. I took lessons for 7 years. I hated the lessons when I took them. But I adore a beautiful piano. And I love to play. It's relaxing. It's soothing. It's theraputic.

My mom has an old upright. Think 1907 or something early like that. Real ivory keys even. Manufactured by a company that went out of business long before the roaring 20's ever started. I learned how to play on it. It's out of tune. In fact, without a complete makeover, the old girl will never play a proper song.

I used to own an electronic keyboard. In my stupid teen years, I sort of gave it away. And it was a nice keyboard. Not some crappy little learners keyboard, but a REAL keyboard. But, I gave it away to someone who was playing music at the time -- whereas in my possession it was something to set a cold soda on.

Now, I'm almost 30. I have this itch to relearn what I was taught, maybe even learn a bit more, and play again. The kids like to play too. They pound away on my mom's old upright anytime they can. And now I've got nothing.

I went on a search tonight and found an older keyboard, maybe a 54 key {which is NOT big enough at all}, listed for free on Craigslist. I emailed within 10 minutes of it being listed and it was already gone. I'm totally bummed. The keyboard I want, a full 88 key Yamaha, over $800. Nice. Real nice. But definitely not happening.

So, I'm looking at 61 key models. And I'm not terribly impressed. Yamaha or Casio is my preferred brand -- because I know they are worth the money.

I guess I just keep searching until I find something I can afford that will let me take up my playing again. But boy do I miss it.