At 4:24 PM -0600 11/16/03, rich northouse wrote: > >Like Vince, Er, Sam was doing the asking... > I too am considering doing music on my Mac. The little woman is >also interested in playing the piano, again (she took lessons in >High school). I don't know shit about keyboards, but I saw a Yamaha >keyboard ( Sx500 ??), with midi interface ability mounted on a smart >looking oak frame with a matching bench seat for $550 at Sam's Club. >It includes a floppy disk. I have found good value at Sam's Club on >most items. But I am outside my knowledge base on this one. I have no idea what's suitable for her but I'd suggest browsing before purchasing. Just as an example, I see a $200 item at Sam Ash <http://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?ItemID=23252&TempID=0&departmentid=3>. I don't know if it's any good, I just wanted to get yet another "Sam" into the post <g>. Check SweetWater also: <http://www.sweetwater.com/store/category/c59/cp9/>. And Musician's Friend: <http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=031117134826066088240158819118/g=key/search/c=4697> -- Rather than learning to write a report using sentences, children are being taught how to formulate client pitches and infomercials. - Edward Tufte