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[KeyBoardKal]

My Yamaha psr s775 is too heavy for a 84 yr old to lug around.is there
one with just piano. that would be lighter? Small gigs,Jam sessions.

 

[happyrat1]

Studiologic Numa Compact 2X

 

[Biggles]

Your S775 is 25 1/4 lbs.

If the Arranger features are important then you will struggle with what is available and what there is will be a downgrade.

A Yamaha PSR E473 is 15 1/2 libs and £343.

the Studiologic Numa Compact 2X is a good lightweight board but it is not just a piano it is a drawbar organ as well, the piano version is the Compact 2

Both have been superseded by the SE and XSE versions, with the SE being piano @ £475 and the XSE @ £677 both are c15 1/2 lbs.

There may be some Compact 2 and X2 still in stock.

Off the wall suggestion.

A Casio CT S500 is only 10 1/4 lbs in weight, it has some arranger features and costs only £250. I have no idea what it is like to play but a member or two here have them. I am suggesting it purely on the grounds of its weight, the only keyboards at this weight is the Korg Kross 2 and Roland Juno DS, both of which are substantially more expensive and capable but do not have arranger features.

 

[TedS]

If you need a fully-featured arranger, lighter choices would be Yamaha's own PSR-SX600 or perhaps the Roland E-A7 or prior model, the BK-5. If you don't need on-board speakers, the Roland GW-8 is an arranger masquerading as a synth workstation and weighs just 13 lbs. I have a hard time recommending the Casio CT-X series because of the tiny display and keybed action. For a short time Korg made a "MicroArranger" but it had mini keys. If you can live without a lot of features, the CT-S500 is lighter and much more complete than the PSR-E473, but IMO neither of those has a feature set comparable to your -S775. My $.02.

 

[happyrat1]

The Numa is simply a good, and light 88 keyboard with quality bread and butter sounds, covering pianos, organs, orchestral and synth sounds without any bells or whistles. No arps, no loopers, no sequencers, its basically a pro quality stage piano in a lightweight and economical package.

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[Biggles]

Another pair to consider.

Roland Go Keys 5 and Roland Go Piano.

11 lbs in weight and the Go Keys 5 has Accompaniment Styles and costs c£410

 

[amwilburn]

If you don't need line outputs, mic input, or style creating/importing, the GoKeys3 is even more budget friendly; but keep in mind both the Gokeys 3/5 are very, very modern and limted when it comes to styles. But they do sound really good.

If you don't need arrangers at all Casio actually makes an 88 key stage piano (PXS1100) that's only 23 lbs (but that's only 2 lbs less than your s770). They also make arranger 88keys that are the same weight, PXS3100 and CDPS360.

But if you just want piano, nothing else? Without line outputs, the CTS1k (9.8 lbs) has 40 'bread and butter' sounds. no arranger. But for $30cdn more (about $20usd more) you can get the same thing with an arranger, the CTS400. The CTS500 above adds line outs and filter knobs.

The PSRsx600 mentioned above is only 18 lbs, and covers a *lot* of what the s775 can do.

Finally, Yamaha themselves has lighter NP series, NP15 and 35, that are 61 key and 76 key boards with only 10 sounds. However, the choice to put the speakers on the sides instead of above or even underneath, makes them both much wider than you'd expect (their 76key is about the same size as the Casio 88, and the 61key Np15 is roughly the same width as a PSRE400/410/425

Mark

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[Skyjumper]

My Yamaha psr s775 is too heavy for a 84 yr old to lug around.is there
one with just piano. that would be lighter? Small gigs,Jam sessions.

I just got the Roland VR-730. Light, action is great, semi weighted, good piano and organ sound. A live performance board. If you dont need 73 keys the VR-09 is the 60 key version. Way lighter than my Fantom G7.

 

[Biggles]

I just got the Roland VR-730. Light, action is great, semi weighted, good piano and organ sound. A live performance board. If you dont need 73 keys the VR-09 is the 60 key version. Way lighter than my Fantom G7.

But it is still 22 lbs, and weight is an issue as he is having trouble carrying his 25 lb keyboard.

A Juno DS 61 is just under 12 lbs

 

[amwilburn]

But it is still 22 lbs, and weight is an issue as he is having trouble carrying his 25 lb keyboard.

A Juno DS 61 is just under 12 lbs

True; hopefully he doesn't need to carry a speaker around though, because the lightest keyboard amp is about 30 lbs

The only things lighter with built in speakers.. I mean the CTS1 casio is 10 lbs? And the Korg EK50 16.5lbs

Do you need built in speakers, Kal?

Mark

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[happyrat1]

Numa Compact 2X. HAS built in speakers

 

[Biggles]

Absolutely the lightest combination is:-

A Korg Kross 2, it is battery powered as well as mains and less than 9 lbs

Plus a Boss Katana Mini Amp, also battery powered and less than 1 lb

Methinks that the Op now needs to write responses.

 

[amwilburn]

Numastage does sound like a good idea. Please be careful and don't put a keyboard into the *guitar input* of a guitar amp (you will slowly fry it). However, putting it into the *Aux in* (minipin jack) is perfeclty fine though!

There's also the Yamaha CK61, simple, built in speakers, great sounds. 12.4 lbs

I once (back in HS) put my strat into a Boss DS1, then into the *mic* input of an old hi-fi that I was going to chuck out (There was no recycling in HK in the 80s). Knowing that it would likely catch fire, I did this in the concrete open area in our parking garage.

It was spectacular. You could hear the chord for about 2 seconds, after which fire starting shooting out of the amp. It did not send me flying like in Back to the Future, though. Too bad there were no cell phone cameras back then

Mark

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