Roli Lumi review: a portable keyboard that lights the way for first-time musicians
The Lumi is currently selling as a $299 bundle, which includes a carrying case and discounted subscription for extra content like songs and lessons. | Image: Roli Piano lessons for me as a child meant sitting down every Tuesday at a shiny black Yamaha upright, looking up at shelves laden with tributes to my piano teacher's twin obsessions: busts of classical greats like Beethoven and Chopin, and copies of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, to which he contributed every year. I'd sit and play; he'd sit and criticize. And over the course of a torturous six-year education, my teacher, Mr Dyson, instilled in my grumpy teenage self a love of music I can never adequately thank him for. I did my grades, paid my dues, and I've played more or less ever since.
All this is perhaps why the Lumi keyboard - the slickest, most intriguing piece of musical hardware I've come across in recent years - appalls and...