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Oh boy! now I can learn to play the ukulele like all the cool kids do.
And maybe she will notice me now.
Good grief. Get a strat for cryin' out loud.
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Wow, she's putting "sexy" back in "hurdy gurdy"! 
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A piano key weights much more than a keyboard key. An important aspect of learning how to play involves doing finger exercises to strengthen one's fingers. Practicing those exercises in a keyboard won't be as efficient, and will have an impact in the agility of your son's fingers. That doesn't mean he can't be virtuoso with a keyboard, but it'll be harder. So I would advise against it.
However, I also live in an apartment, so I understand the dilemma. A good compromise (and what I did) is to buy a small electric piano that fits nicely in your living room. Plus, you can wear headphones, should the neighbors complain. The sound won't be as neat as with a normal piano, though. Just make sure that the weight of the keys are close enough to those of a normal piano.
Should you decide for the keyboard, make sure that it has at least seven octaves. The common keyboards have five octaves, making it impossible to play most of the common classical pieces. I did learn in one of those, and it was very frustrating. Seven octaves will cover almost every easy and medium level pieces, and a great deal of the advanced ones.
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THANK YOU thousand times! You explained it very very good! Now, because of the circumstances he most probably needs to decides for a Keyboard... and I have to give away my old piano 
Seven octaves: yep, that was my "biggest" worry, but I googled sevreal and found also several with with 88 keys. So for this we are one the safe side.
Thank you very much again.
Bruno
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"Just make sure that the weight of the keys are close enough to those of a normal piano"
Do you have a Suggestion for a specific brand/model (yahama, roland, ...)? Thank you again.
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The one I have is considered to be a digital piano with semi-weighted keys and I think it feels very close to a real piano. I don't think it's even made any more but I like it. It is an Ensoniq Avista. I would recommend a digital piano for learning in an apartment environment.
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Thank you very much for your Response. "Ensoniq Avista" is very new for me. Because of the background that I'm a Drummer I was searching for Roland. Need to check "Ensoniq Avista."
Thank you, Bruno
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I mostly agree with Fernando's reply, but just wanted to add a few things.
A digital piano (keyboard) is definitely the way to go, but I'd strongly encourage a full 88 key model with weighted keys. It will never need tuning, and has other advantages over an old piano such as MIDI ports which can be used to drive a virtual keyboard/synthesizer on a computer, or to work with learning software...lot's of possibilities. I bought a really nice Yamaha as described for about $450 a few years ago, the prices will be lowest through the holiday season. Good luck! 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Ahahhh, so you're cheating your bass with a Keyboard 
"With weighted keys": What this means exactely?
Thanks, Bruno
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They feel and play pretty much exactly like real piano keys.
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Now, that I'm playing myself piano, until now I never experienced a Keyboard which responds nearly the same as a conventional piano 
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A friend of mine has one with a full 88 weighted, velocity sensitive keys. Sadly, I can't remember the name on it, but it cost about $3,000, 20 years ago.
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Ok, I will Google for this "weightedm velocity sensitive" keys. Thank you.
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At the Moment I think I will go for a "Yamaha YDP-S52WH" (about $1000). Not easy portable, but that is also no Need. Next Weekend I will go to test it. Let's see
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Weighted keys feel much like playing a real piano with all the moving parts...like they have some weight to them and not just cheap plastic. I forgot to mention that the keys should also be velocity sensitive...most of the decent ones are.
Yes I'm cheating on my bass! Thanks for remembering! Lately I've been playing bass lines on an acoustic guitar...put on Pandora Classic Rock and just play along.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I bought myself a Casio CDP-130BKC5 together with a stand three few years ago and have been very happy with it - it's an 88 key piano.
So I would definitely recommend either that particular piano or something similar.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Thank you for this, I will check it.
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I'd recommend a MIDI keyboard (controller), with all 88 keys, connected to a computer. A good one will have weighted keys, and be pressure sensitive, and come with pedals.
I use an older version of this[^] Studiologic controller and am very happy with it.
A good one won't be cheap, but still way less than a piano (assuming you already have something to plug it into).
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Thank you very much.
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The group I am in has been tasked with becoming "more agile." The manager, great guy, but is hardware oriented. Any recommendations for something that would support a gentle introduction to agile project management?
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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"Imagine developing a hardware-chip, but with the customers changing the spec every day".
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I never understood the concept of Agile (big A) Project Management - makes no sense. Agile is based on the Agile Manifesto Manifesto for Agile Software Development. It (Big A) is specifically about software. Take the manifesto and principles, and replace every "software" with "project". Does it make any sense? Project Management is much about planning, formal agreements, estimating, tracking, etc. It less about executing the plan, though many non-PM's think that is all PM is. Tell a real PM that you want him to run a project, but skip the formal processes and documentation, don't bother formalizing an agreement with the customer, and while you're at it, don't bother with a plan. See what they have to say.
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I know what you mean. In practice though, software developers are frequently trying to do Agile in an organisation that still has a very project-oriented mindset. So, unless you're lucky enough to work somewhere where the entire organisation has an Agile mind-set, there are going to have to be compromises, and a good PM who understands Agile can be very helpful to bridge the gap.
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