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88 Key Keyboard – Cost Effective Alternative To A Piano

88 key keyboard - If you are inclined towards classical music, a cost-effective option would be to go in for an 88 keys keyboard.


88 Key Keyboard

88-Key Digital Piano Reviews


Setting your eyes on an 88 key piano keyboard? A digital piano-keyboard with 88 keys can be an alternative to a piano because you do get graded hammer action keys nowadays.

Certain musical pieces, especially in classical music, need a keyboard with more than 61 piano keys.

So if you are more inclined towards classical music, the best option would be to go in for an electronic keyboard with 88 keys.


Authentic Piano Feel

Although a 76 key keyboard can be lighter and portable, the keys of most of these keyboards with 88 keys have that authentic piano touch.

In their quest to get that perfect piano touch in a portable keyboard, most of these keyboards tend to be heavy.

But then an 88-key keyboard is the best alternative to an acoustic piano, both in terms of the sound quality as well as the touch.


Realistic Sounds

88 key electronic keyboards generally use the best piano samples and built-in amplifiers so the sounds produced by these keyboards are just too good.

Lot of these models are targeted towards the gigging artist so these are packed in with a lot of power.

You may or may not get built-in musical styles depending on the model that you have chosen.

Read here for a complete coverage of 88-key digital piano reviews...

Accessories

To make them lighter and portable, some of the 88 key keyboards may not come with built-in speakers so you will need to buy external speakers to play them.

Other piano accessories like Adapters, Stands, Cases, Headphones and Pedals are available, which you will need to make your piano playing more enjoyable.

Since these keyboards are comparatively heavier, the normal soft cases will not be good enough. You will need to consider the rigid cases which are specially meant for such keyboards.

Digital Piano Stands for Your 88-Key Piano
Headphones for Your 88-Key Piano
Piano Bench for your digital Piano

Various Brands

There are a lot of manufacturers in the market who make keyboards with 88 keys.

These 88 key keyboards are also known by a lot of other names such as stage pianos, portable pianos, and piano keyboards.

Almost all the big players in the market manufacture them. Yamaha piano keyboards, Casio piano keyboards, Korg keyboards, Roland keyboards, Kawai are just few of the brands which you can explore.

The cost of these piano keyboards will differ based on the features offered, the quality of the sound, and the piano key action.

An 88 key keyboard is also known as a piano length keyboard since an acoustic piano has 88 keys. It is also known as 7 and a half Octave keyboard. One octave contains 12 keys (7 white plus 5 black) so this makes it basically a 7 and a half Octave keyboard.

Read here for a complete coverage of 88-key digital piano reviews...


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