Looking for a Good Practice Keyboard...

I am currently looking into purchasing the best "bang for my buck" practice keyboard. I'm interested in ordering something with full-sized weighted keys, good scaled-hammer action, and maybe some decent touch sensitivity. Obviously I would want the closest to 88 keys that I can get.

The weight of the keyboard isn't that important as I won't be carrying it around that much. I also don't care about how many instruments it has, so long as the original piano tone has a good sound.

This is only a temporary practice piano until I can save up for the amazing piano that I've always wanted. As such I wouldn't want to spend more than 1,000 bucks on it.

Any pianists out there that have any recommendations?

Alesis Fusion

Thanks Minstrel. The Alesis Fusion looks pretty damn sweet...

Any more reccomeneneddiaations?

I went to a thrift store and got an old casio 61 key (with 100 beats and 100 sounds) for 4 dollars, thats pretty good bang for the buck

Yamaha YDP213 from zZounds.com! (http://www.zzounds.com/item--YAMYDP213)

Yamaha P140 from zZounds.com! (http://www.zzounds.com/item--YAMP140)

I have always liked yamaha digital pianos, personally if I were you though I would seek out a GREAT piano controller that plugs in USB/firewire to your computer... then look at getting a program like Reason for your computer and changing the samples... This stays extremely useful even after you get a kickass piano as it is perfect for recording and sampling over the computer. A digital piano does offer the same flexibility normally however most aren't USB and must go into your computer through midi ports which can be a whole other hassle in itself.

Here is some reason sampling

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most usb controllers have shit for action. You need a fully weighted keyboard

Get the Yamaha P90, i have that digital piano & love it.

if you want to hear what it sounds like, go to my bands site & listen to The Infinite Procession

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I'm going to just go ahead and agree with Alvarez's first suggestion. If you're interested in something that sort of almost approximates a piano (it doesn't), you're probably going to want a console digi-piano with the pedals and everything.

I have a Yamaha Clavinova CLP-230 with the new GH3 hammer action in addition to a Steinway M grand piano. When it's too late to use the Steinway, the Clavinova is just fine.

I managed to get it for $1700 from the local dealer through heavy haggling and bringing in web addresses that showed people getting them for roughly the same price.

The YDP213 that Alvarez linked to is a nice budget digipiano, using the predecessor to the current hammer action, and the difference isn't that great. For the price, it's a great tool to have. I think you will generally be disappointed in just keyboards, however, if you ever intend to do anything truly, uh, "pianistic" on your instrument.