Travel Keyboard
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Claudia B., Maryland
I’ve read in Kat M.’s post about travelling. So, here’s a question to all INTERNATIONALLY travelling teachers. I’m travelling in Europe for a month in the summer and the airline charges an arm and a leg if I took a keyboard. How do you travel with your keyboard? Do you use one specifically for travelling for ease of transporting it? And if so, what do you use. Bernadette Ashby, you mentioned a fold-up keyboard. Is that any good for just playing? I found a brand named Carry-On. Is that any good?
Bernadette A., California
I bought a fold up piano on Amazon. It fits in my luggage so it’s doable. I also bought a piano arm so I could mount my phone or camera above the keyboard. It does take a lot of space in your luggage. The keyboard is sufficient enough to teach with. The greatest struggle is determining whether the Wi-Fi will work well enough when you get to your destination. Make sure you have the right plug if you’re going international.
If you go to Kat ‘s previous post, look in the comic section and you’ll see a picture of how I set it up when I was overseas. It has a picture of the piano on there. You can get it on Amazon for about 20 bucks, I get the one that can accommodate iPads and cell phones
Kat M., California
I have a foldable keyboard that weighs about 4lbs and fits inside my backpack 🙂 you can find it on Amazon, just search for foldable keyboards.
I haven’t heard of the brand carry on. But for foldable keyboards, you can’t really expect the best quality. Mine feels like I’m typing on a really old laptop. 😅
Claudia B., Maryland
Kat M., sounds like that “Carry-On”. 4 lbs. and folds into a quarter of its 88 key length. They call the keyboard “Carry-On”. It’s made by Blackstar. I think I’ll give it a shot.
Kat M., they say the Carry-On is a midi keyboard and can’t do soft or loud. You hit the key and it’s making sounds in the same volume. Nevertheless, better than nothing.
Mark M., New York
(Not very important to the discussion, but FYI, MIDI just means musical information in digital form. MIDI can accommodate volume changes. If that keyboard cannot, that’s a separate choice by the manufacturer, not related to it being a MIDI keyboard.)
Marlene H., California
I found that i can teach without the sound so i use paper
Original discussion started May 24, 2023