Keyboard checklist for Pianoforall

Last updated: November 10, 2026

This page collects the instrument advice published on Pianoforall’s official site, so you can check a keyboard before you buy a course — or before you buy an instrument. It is a reading of that public advice, checked on November 10, 2026. We have not tested keyboards, and we do not sell them. For the full review, see our Pianoforall review.

Where we are: Keys for Grown-Ups is run from Brazil. Who this guide is for: adult learners in the US, UK, Canada and Australia; prices elsewhere on this site are shown in US dollars as charged by ClickBank.

What the official site recommends

You do not need an 88-key piano to start. The official site says a keyboard is fine, and recommends:

  • at least 61 full-size keys;
  • touch-sensitive action (the volume responds to how hard you play);
  • a socket for a sustain pedal.

Weighted keys, or 76 or 88 keys, are described as better if you have the space and budget. An acoustic or digital piano also works. Mini-keys make it harder to move later to a full-size instrument. Use those three points as the filter until you know you will keep playing.

Why this matters for this course

Pianoforall is a chord-and-rhythm path first, with reading later. Full-size keys and a sustain pedal matter because the early lessons have you play chord shapes and left-hand patterns; cramped mini-keys and the lack of a pedal tend to get in the way of those habits. Touch sensitivity matters once you start to control volume in a phrase. None of that requires an 88-key acoustic piano on day one.

If you already have a suitable keyboard, you do not need to buy another one to try the course. If you do not, it is reasonable to get a 61-key, touch-sensitive instrument with a pedal jack first, and only spend more if you stay with the instrument. That is our reading of the vendor’s public minimums, not a shopping endorsement.

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