<p>Hi, I'm not planning to major in music during college, and I actually used to play piano a lot when I was little until I kinda just quit during high school altogether, but recently I've started to take a few piano classes for fun and ended up liking it so much that I wanted to get back into making piano a serious hobby for me. I know I won't be able to practice it as much as a music major, but I still want to be able to improve enough to play with some friends.
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Because I'm planning to move off campus to a nearby apartment next semester and none of my roommates have cars, I may not be able to just waltz into our school's practice rooms as much as I want to, so I'm thinking of investing in a keyboard for me to play in my room that is small enough where I can fly it back home in my check in luggage without being charged for oversized luggage, but big enough that I can play a lot of stuff on it. Somewhere around 76 keys is good for me because I can't do as much with a 61-key keyboard. No need for a full 88 keys yet. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what model(s) might be good for me or is there really no model small enough for flying with? Or would it just be a better investment for me to just keep using the school practice rooms?</p>
<p>I don’t have any suggestions for models since mine is over 10 years old, but I think it’s a great idea to get your own keyboard. Unless the practice room is open 24/7, it would be easier to just have one in your room/apartment- that way you can play anytime day or night.</p>
<p>if you’re going to have that somewhere where you live with other people, just make sure it has good headphones…</p>
<p>personally I don’t like digital/electronic pianos…I’m a piano performance major, so I play on quality grand pianos like 24/7, I have an electronic one as well but I only use it for certain types of things at home, I maybe use it once a month when I’m actually home.</p>