Howdy!

[WilsonC]

Ok, I suppose I will do one of these introductions. I'm Chris from California. Been learning piano for the last 3 years, and loving it! Wish I did it sooner! I'm primarily a church player, although I'm usually on electric guitar there. I do like the challenge of attempting classical pieces as well. And I'm hoping to expand my "musical mojo" by learning new styles, and challenging myself to grow. Its a lot of fun, and I doubt I will ever stop learning

Thanks for hosting these cool forums!

 

[CowboyNQ]

Welcome!

 

[SeaGtGruff]

Welcome, Wilson! Are you playing on an acoustic piano, or a digital piano?

 

[Rayblewit]

I do like the challenge of attempting classical pieces as well. And I'm hoping to expand my "musical mojo" by learning new styles, and challenging myself to grow. Its a lot of fun, and I doubt I will ever stop learning

Good for you! Keyboard challenges are endless. Just keep on enjoying the challenge. Outcomes are mostly positive and often exhilarating. That is what I have experienced.
Cheers.
Love music / Love life -ray

 

[Fred Coulter]

Welcome to the group. What keyboard to you have at home?

 

[Becky]

Hello and welcome aboard

 

[WilsonC]

Welcome, Wilson! Are you playing on an acoustic piano, or a digital piano?

Digital. I started off playing on a Kurzweil sp76. Then I purchased an Alesis Q88 controller to use with Mirolslav Philharmonik and SampleTank VSTi's, I really like the flexibility of the midi setups and basically endless sounds. Then I found my really old Yamaha PF80 that has been in my family since the 80's. I set that up as a midi controller and I really liked it because of the weighted keys. It actually has lead weights inside, and I ended up disassembling the board to clean the keys, they were getting stuck. Also had to re-solder the heat sinks inside the unit because it would randomly turn off. Luckily that fixed it, it had been dropped over 10 feet onto a concrete floor when my idiot cousin decided to store it in the rafters in his garage. It still worked minus the solder problem! I recently bought a Yamaha DGX660, and I'm loving it.

Would love an upright or small grand piano. But I don't own the house where I live and I'm not excited by the idea of moving one. I do have access to a baby grand at my church though.

 

[SeaGtGruff]

It sounds like you can service your own keyboards in a pinch, which is a very handy skill to have! Not that I would know much about that, since I don't have that skill myself.

 

[WilsonC]

It wasn't too scary since it was almost useless in the condition it was in. Plus I figured after over 30 years it was probably not under Yamaha's warranty anymore. Haha!

 

[WilsonC]

Here's a few pictures of the internals of a PF80 keyboard, in case you were curious.

 

[Robert A. Blacker]

good pics