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KEYBOARDS.

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CASIO

Casio CTK3000 61 Key Portable Keyboard  Around $130 A/C adapt extra 

The Casio CTK-3000 musical keyboard is ideal for beginners, children, and adults alike. The CTK-3000 has new built-in tones, including new stereo piano and acoustic instrument tones. The CTK-3000 has 61 touch sensitive piano style keys. Built-in DSP effects add more depth and breadth in your music. Other important features include 400 high quality tones, 150 rhythm patterns, pitch bend wheel, USB port, General MIDI, line inputs for a MP3 player, sampling, and a step up lesson system.  A/C adaptor extra. 

The Casio 61-key CTK-4200 WK, is designed for musicians at various levels who wish to improve their keyboard skills, compose, and realize their music. It features a 5-song/6-track recorder and 600 dynamic, inspirational sounds to choose from, including a stereo grand piano. Built-in reverb and chorus effects add depth and realism to the sounds. Plus, 180 built-in rhythms provide individual drum patterns or a full range of accompaniment, providing a virtual band at your fingertips that follows your chord changes. The CTK-4200 has 1/8" (3.5mm) mini input for connecting external portable MP3 players that transforms the keyboard into a stereo speaker system. A USB port for class-compliant MIDI operation lets you connect to a Mac or PC easily (no drivers needed), giving you access to music education software and the net. Includes an AC power supply, music rest, and music book.  

Casio WK-500 76 Key Keyboard

Around $250 A/C adaptor inc.

The Casio WK-500 is a musical and technological wonder, yet its simplicity and affordability makes it a great deal through and through. It has 76 touch-sensitive, piano-style keys and a healthy 670 tones. The 200 built-in rhythms are ready to go out of the box for auto-accompaniment as well as a songwriting aid, but there are also 10 rhythms that you can edit to your liking. The pitch-bend wheel goes from 0 to 12 semitones. The 48-note polyphony should cover your needs in a full-song performance. There are 10 reverbs and 5 chorus types to choose from, giving your sounds some sparkle and polish.

Casio Privia 88 weighted Key Piano

Around $500  A/C, sustain pedal inc.

Are you in the market for a versatile 88 weighted-key digital piano with feel and realism that won’t leave you longing for your trusted, bulky acoustic grand? Look no further than the Casio Privia PX-130 Digital Piano.With its new high-quality piano sound, a whopping 128-note polyphony, and four piano samples per note, the Casio Privia PX-130 delivers unprecedented realism and expression capabilities. Weighing in at a paltry 25 lbs., it’s easy to transport to the studio or stage without breaking your back. 

The Casio Privia PX-130 has 16 tones with layer and split, 4 types of reverb and 4 types of Chorus effects, Brilliance control, a 2-track/1 song recorder, 180 rhythms for built-in accompaniment, a built-in metronome (practice makes progress), 2 headphone jacks, a pair of built-in 8-watt speakers, and a USB port. You can also take a stereo mini-jack send and return cable, plug it into one of the headphone outputs and send your sound through a PA system or recording studio input(s).

YAMAHA

Yamaha PSR-E333 61-Key Portable Keyboard

around $160 A/C adaptor extra

The Yamaha PSR-E333 Portable Keyboard is a portable keyboard that is perfect for beginners, hobbyists and students of all ages. It’s also a great keyboard for professional players seeking a 2nd keyboard for fun and recreation. It has an extensive set of features including 61 full sized touch-sensitive keys, 497 sounds, built-in effects including reverbs and chorus, auto accompaniment with 106+ styles, easy recording, built-in lessons. It also includes a handy USB port for connectivity to a computer.

 Setting the Yamaha PSR E333 apart from the crowd is a Yamaha exclusive: The Ultra-Wide Stereo DSP button. It creates a 3D sense of space much like that of a top-notch surround system and enables your sounds to seemingly leap out of the built-in speakers.

Yamaha YPG-235 Digital Grand Piano

around $250 A/C adaptor extra

The Yamaha YPG-235 Digital Grand Piano is the perfect choice for the beginning keyboardist or anyone who’d benefit from a 76 key, lightweight, full featured portable keyboard with an impressive acoustic piano sound.

Power up the Yamaha YPG-235 Digital Grand Piano and start playing gorgeous sounding piano immediately! That’s just one of the many things you’ll love about this powerful, portable keyboard with it’s 12 watt, 2-way full-range built-in stereo speaker system. It’s just what you’d come to expect from Yamaha.

 The Yamaha YPG-235’s 76 Graded, Soft Touch keys effortlessly flow up and down the keyboard enabling you to nimbly handle even the most intense musical passages with relative ease. In addition to the Yamaha sampled grand piano, there are a total number of 472 keyboard sounds along with 12 Drum/SFX kits.

Yamaha YPG-535 88-Key Portable Grand

around $500 A/C adaptor inc

The Yamaha YPG-535 Digital Grand Piano is the perfect choice for the beginning keyboardist or anyone who’d benefit from a 88-key, lightweight, full featured portable keyboard with an impressive acoustic piano sound.

 Power up the Yamaha YPG-535 Digital Grand Piano and start playing gorgeous sounding piano immediately! That’s just one of the many things you’ll love about this powerful, portable keyboard with it’s 12 watt, 2-way full-range built-in stereo speaker system. It’s just what you’d come to expect from Yamaha.

 The Yamaha YPG-535’s 88 Graded, Soft Touch keys effortlessly flow up and down the keyboard enabling you to nimbly handle even the most intense musical passages with relative ease. In addition to the Yamaha sampled grand piano, there are a total number of 472 keyboard sounds along with 12 Drum/SFX kits.  

DRUM SETS

Although Pearl Drums are a popular name, they are of poor quality and the hardware is difficult to adjust for student drummers.  I do not recommend Pearl drums.

Most drum kits below the $600 are very cheap and do not hold up to kids "rocking out" on them.  If there is a used kit available over the web, send Duane the link to his email address for evaluation.

Mapex

Voyager Series 5 pc drum set w/ hardware and Mapex cymbals   around $600

TAMA

Imperial Star 5 pc drum set w/ hardware and Meinl cymbals   around $750

LUDWIG

Accent Series 5 pc drum set w/hardware and Ludwig cymbals   around $600

PDP (DW)

Main Series 5 pc drum set w/ hardware and Sabian cymbals   around $700