Hi. I like playing music. I played the piano growing up  It's an acoustic stringed instrument invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Italy in 1700
What are your favorite songs to play on the piano?
I like most kinds. There are different elements such as pitch, rhythm and
What is a good type of piano for beginners to practice playing?
The first were called fortepianos and had a quiter sound and range. an acoustic might be good
Do you recommend any brands of synthesizers?
Digital synthesizer
A digital synthesizer is a synthesizer that uses digital signal processing (DSP) techniques to make musical sounds. This in contrast to older analog synthesizers, which produce music using analog electronics, and samplers, which play back digital recordings of acoustic, electric, or electronic instruments. Some digital synthesizers emulate analog synthesizers; others include sampling capability in addition to digital synthesis.
History.
The very earliest digital synthesis experiments were made with computers, as part of academic research into sound generation. In 1973, the
Piano
The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings. 
The word piano is a shortened form of "pianoforte", the Italian term for the early 1700s versions