If you've got arthritic fingers get an easy one. My right small finger is crooked as heck, the end is starting to point in quite a bit. That affects how much pressure before it hurts. My real piano gets less playing as a result, the keyboard more.

Plan to keep it ten years. Thing about those fingers. It won't get easier unless you are under 40 or so.

88 are nice, but it's hard to take with you. My wife has to have 88. Beats me. Too many years of classical lessons I guess.

I think there should be more 4 string guitars for people too. My father in law played only 4 string guitars, he had 10 or so he rebuilt and took off part of the neck and the two 'extra' strings.

Used to be more common 'says he'.


John Conley
Musica est vita