I have purchased my first digital piano recently. The Roland FP-4 is an excellent keyboard. Full set of 88 weighted keys, in a compact body, that Apple iPod white color, and built in speakers is exactly what I wanted.

In particular, the weighted feel (or the action) is quite nice on the Roland and more of what I wanted, even though it is in a higher price range than a number of other keyboards.

One thing I have to say is that any of the advanced features on the piano do not have an intuitive interface to use them (recording and playback, etc).

The music rest is neat on the white Roland as well. It is a clear fibreglass back with white metal base for the music to sit on.

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I was recently on vacation in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. I was given a handy tip by someone while I was there to find one of the locations for Lost. It is the survivors camp along the ocean. Funny thing is that just 30 yards away is a residential community, yet on the show it seems like it is in total seclusion.

It is on the north side of the island just to the east of the town of Haleiwa. Basically, just as you get out of town you along the Kamehameha Highway you will see a bus stop on the north side of the road just before a horse farm on the right hand side. There is a road that goes north to access the houses along the ocean.

If you drive along it, there will be a little parking spot and a narrow alley that is the public access to the beach. Simply go down to the beach, turn left and follow the beach for a couple hundred yards. You will see the orange plastic fence they have erected to keep people out of the set and there will be a security guard standing there.

Here is a map of the location I did on Google maps.

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