Keyboard For A Young Beginner Options

[Aquarelle]

I've done a search on the forums and I've tried various websites but can't find the information I need. I don't have any local shops where I could go and look. Maybe someone would be kind enough to point me in the right direction.

A nine year old girl who has been in a recorder group this year wants to learn to play the piano. She often goes to the piano and tinkers a bit and I think she probably is motivated. However, her parents are far from well off and count every euro. They obviously want to be sure she is motivated before they invest in a piano - there is no question of them spending a lot of money on an instrument at the moment. In the past I have had children start on a sythesiser and graduate to a piano later but I am hopelessly out of date on what sort of small keyboards are around now for a very reasonable price.

I would like something which wll stand her in reasonable stead up to about Grade 1.

[JohnS]

Yamaha do a whole range of PSR keyboards which are good.

Here's the French Yamaha PSR site for you to investigate. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Aquarelle]

Thanks JohnS. Since you say their range is good I have asked for their catalogue in the hope that it will give some idea of prices as online they don't seem to say.

[JohnS]

You could look at the specification for each keyboard to see which is best for your pupil and then use a search engine to find a retailer in your region that sells it at an attractive price. There are some good deals about in this country with Yamaha keyboards, probably the same is true in France.