Casio PX-100 Privia 88-Key Digital Piano

I love this piano. It has a beautiful, real sounding tone, and the keys are weighted perfectly. It was a great value! It doesn't have a lot of features (some of the keyboards now days are more like computers than instruments) which is part of the reason I wanted it. I just wanted a piano - and this is extremely close to the real thing at a fraction of the price.

I bought this item & the transpose function didn't work - might be a problem w/ the product - I know someone else who has the same problem. So, I sent it in for repair per their instructions. But, Casio repair service is the worst I've ever seen. They're even worse than Best Buy & that's pretty bad. They rec'd my item for warranty work on 11/23/04. At first I was told the turnaround for the repair was 5-10 business days. Then I was told that starts from the log date. THEN, I was told that it's 10-15 business days from the log date!!! They didn't even get around to logging it in until 12/7/04!!! They had the product 9 business days prior to even logging it in!!! I may never see my product again. So beware, if you purchase something from them, I hope you never have to have it repaired!

Positives: If weighted keys are important to you, this is an excellent step up from a keyboard without weighted keys (especially if you originally learned how to play on a real piano like myself). I live in a small dorm room and this piano tucks neatly into the corner having a width of less than a foot. The included sustain pedal also works very well. This piano comes with a wonderful music book with the music for 29 classic piano songs and some fun songs to play or listen to. These songs are already built in to the piano and sound like they were recorded by a real musician. It is wonderful to be able to see the beat displayed and be able to slow or speed the tempo of these songs in order to learn them and play along with them. The easily recognizable songs are Beethoven's Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata, Bach's Menuet, Debussy's Arabesque, and Satie's Gymnopedies. Also the demos but not sheet music are provided for Over the Rainbow, Let it be, Happy Birthday, and a few other modern songs. My favorite out of them all and a real challenge is Chopin's Fantaise-Impromptu. Negatives: It is a step down with features though as this keyboard only has a few. There are only 8 tones, but the grand piano tone, which is really the only necessary one, is excellent. Many of the features are utilized by the control key and depressing different notes on the keyboard to change things like Piano Key (F# to C to F), keyboard touch (Off, weak, normal, strong), chord mode, reverb type and chorus type. There is a handy quick quide sheet for this and is not too big of a deal. The only major negative I would give this piano is the speakers which are not quite powerful enough and don't produce too great of a sound. They are sufficient though. To make up for that the keyboard can easily be plugged into any speakers through the convenience of having two headphone jacks. The biggest positive which was not mentioned above is the price which easily justifies all the negatives making this a superb value. If you need a small, 88-key, piano-like keyboard for the lowest price, this is the product you are looking for.

It's a great digital piano. Though it does not have more bells and whistles, it serves the purpose. My seven year daughter uses this piano. She liked that. Her piano teacher is savvy about the pianos. She also liked the quality of this piano. It's a great product.

I am very happy with this product. It fits easily in the corner of my tiny dorm room and stores easily under my bed. The key action is great, and the sound is high quality. The "split" feature is perfect for jazz pianists; you can walk the bass guitar with your left hand, and play with your right. The pedal is a little flimsy, but serves it's purpose. This piano is easy to move, easy to store, and fun to play. (not to mention it's VERY cheap)

The Action on this keyboard is like silk on the fingertips. Its versatile. MDIDI in/out port .. portable .. descent sound. No reservations... You'll love this thing.

I love this digital piano. Unlike my electronic keyboard, when I play the Privia it feels and sounds just like a real piano. It has other tones, of course, including a beautiful strings section sound. But if you want to play a piano, expressing yourself in each note, then this is an excellent way to go. My only complaint is the power converter. You're supposed to unplug it when the piano is off. It apparently draws power from your AC even when the piano itself is turned off. And that's a nuisance. So I've got the converter plugged into a power panel that has an on-off switch. That seems to do the trick.

I only wanted a basic piano (no special features) but good quality and as close to a real piano as possible. I read the reviews and bought this over the 500 or other models and am pleased. The 'casio' pedals aren't very big but they do the job. The casio stand and pedals would work best on tile or some hard flooring (I only have carpet in my appartment). I only mark this 4 stars because I don't have any other keyboards to compare to.

for what I paid for it and the fact its second hand it is great.