This is a sponsored post created in conjunction with KORG and Quality Blue.  As always, all opinions expressed here are entirely my own.

Valentine’s Day

February 2000 marked Michael’s and my first Valentine’s Day together.  Now, my hubby is a musician.  He sings, he’s a fabulous choir director, and he’s a great instrumentalist.  (He plays a bunch of instruments.)  But one of his greatest musical strengths, in my opinion, is writing and arranging.  His gift to me that year – the only year we’ve ever celebrated Valentine’s Day, incidentally – was a song he wrote for me.  He recorded it on a digital/electric piano.

Well, not on a digital piano, exactly.  On a computer.  But the input method for the music itself was a digital piano.  (Owned by our music-major friend whose primary instrument at university was piano.  So if that gives you an idea of the quality…)

Benefits of a Digital Piano

I wasn’t there – obviously, or it would have ruined the surprise! – but I’m guessing that the way the guys piped the music into the computer was through the headphone jack.  That’s a huge advantage of electric pianos, in my opinion – headphone jacks.  Not just because you can hook them into your computer for recording, although that’s a nice perk.  But because if my children are practicing the piano, it might be nice to not always have to hear it.  (If you have kids who take music lessons you probably know what I mean!)  It’s not that they’re bad; it’s just that hearing that same boring song (you know they’re boring songs in the beginning) over and over and over… can sometimes make you want to pull your hair out.  Even though you know they need the repetition.  With a headphone jack, they can hear it, but you don’t necessarily have to.

(There’s also the option of allowing student and teacher to both use headphones, which might also come in handy if someone is having a piano lesson while someone else is still finishing math.)

They’re also just nice to look at!  Personally, I love the bright, shiny red you see at the top of the post!  But most of you will probably want something a little more neutral, and KORG has that, too.  If I remember correctly, Patrick’s piano was white, and it was beautiful!  The pianos’ slim design will blend in with any décor.  And you get to decide how much space you want it to take up, because you have options.  Just a tabletop model, to really save space?  Legs?  With a full keyboard cover so it just looks like “regular” furniture when not in use?  It’s totally up to you!