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Pulling into their yard, the Pioneer 7 speaker sound in my Pontiac G5 blasted out MP3 from my Amazon downloads, right through the open sunroof. Directly ahead an old lady arranged items in her garage sale while the old man looked on appreciating her efforts. It was yesterday morning, and as old as they are, I'm older.
Her tables had all the usual stuff, figurines from China, VHS Videos, cooking gadgets, old clothes, and ugly old pictures, rusty tools, and pet supplies. Then I saw it! Under the table was a black canvas case of good quality, and with 2 zippered compartments on the outside. Just right for carrying a couple of rifles, or so I thought.
I opened the case to reveal a Yamaha keyboard, something I know nothing about. "How much is this keyboard?", I asked. She said, "$25.00, and $15,00 for the stand over there." The folding stand looked new, but I couldn't use it; because all I wanted was the canvas case for my rifles, and I was going to throw the keyboard away. I don't know anything about making music; I only listen to it.
Well, I bought the keyboard and case, took it home, opened it up for a good look, and found a nearly new looking Yamaha PSR-225GM, with cables, but no book. (I didn't know what I had, but it sort of got me right under the cigarette pack, only I don't smoke anymore.) I knew I was going to turn it on and see what it was all about. Now I'm hooked; I've got to learn how to play it, even though I've never played a musical instrument in my long life. But, I want to.
To me the sound coming from the built in songs is quite marvelous, and I had no idea what I bought until then.
That was yesterday morning, so this morning I went back and the old lady gave me the nice stand. I was lucky that it was still there. Then this morning I went to the Yamaha site and downloaded the manual and a lot of other information.
The keyboard and the case look new, so the rifles will not see the inside of that case, they'll stay leaning up against the wall until I find another one.
So, I surfed onto this nice forum with its tremendous amounts of information and good people. I hope to be a credit to this forum, and provide some information while I learn. It would seem to me that although the keyboard is probably old in years, that it is still good enough to start with, and the price was right. What do you think?
Her tables had all the usual stuff, figurines from China, VHS Videos, cooking gadgets, old clothes, and ugly old pictures, rusty tools, and pet supplies. Then I saw it! Under the table was a black canvas case of good quality, and with 2 zippered compartments on the outside. Just right for carrying a couple of rifles, or so I thought.
I opened the case to reveal a Yamaha keyboard, something I know nothing about. "How much is this keyboard?", I asked. She said, "$25.00, and $15,00 for the stand over there." The folding stand looked new, but I couldn't use it; because all I wanted was the canvas case for my rifles, and I was going to throw the keyboard away. I don't know anything about making music; I only listen to it.
Well, I bought the keyboard and case, took it home, opened it up for a good look, and found a nearly new looking Yamaha PSR-225GM, with cables, but no book. (I didn't know what I had, but it sort of got me right under the cigarette pack, only I don't smoke anymore.) I knew I was going to turn it on and see what it was all about. Now I'm hooked; I've got to learn how to play it, even though I've never played a musical instrument in my long life. But, I want to.
To me the sound coming from the built in songs is quite marvelous, and I had no idea what I bought until then.
That was yesterday morning, so this morning I went back and the old lady gave me the nice stand. I was lucky that it was still there. Then this morning I went to the Yamaha site and downloaded the manual and a lot of other information.
The keyboard and the case look new, so the rifles will not see the inside of that case, they'll stay leaning up against the wall until I find another one.
So, I surfed onto this nice forum with its tremendous amounts of information and good people. I hope to be a credit to this forum, and provide some information while I learn. It would seem to me that although the keyboard is probably old in years, that it is still good enough to start with, and the price was right. What do you think?
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