This is not your grandmother's piano lesson. Picture instead a classroom at Stiern Middle School in east Bakersfield, filled with 26 Yamaha piano keyboards and nearly that many students hunched over ...

The keyboard features 88 weighted keys with Yamaha’s GH3 (Graded Hammer 3) action, replicating the feel of an acoustic grand piano with a heavier touch in the lower register and a lighter feel in the ...

filled with 26 Yamaha piano keyboards and nearly that many students hunched over the black-and-white keys. Reporter Steven Mayer can be reached at 661-395-7353.

and the effective Play for Keeps Yamaha keyboard course, which also teaches piano skills. Even if you don't win, if you have shared this with someone who does, they will be very grateful!