Casio LK 43

Advantages: Good features and playability for the money
Disadvantages: No pitch bend, aftertouch, low polyphony

...I have been playing the keyboard for years, since I was five. However most of the keyboards I owned were toy like. They might have had lots of features but they all felt plasticy and felt really bad to play compared to a piano. The keys were expressionless and the sound, although it has improved in many keyboard models over the years, has never been close to the real thing. In total I must have owned ten keyboards but they have mostly been aimed at the lower end of the market. Now I thought it was time I upgraded again, but to get the 88 key fully weighted digital piano I dreamed of I was expecting to pay £1000. I was wrong. I came across a new set of digital pianos made by the notorious toy piano company, Casio. Now I have owned two Casio keyboards in my time and whilst they are full of features, the sound sets and quality was... Read review

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Advantages: Good sound quality, full size keys, good for practicing when people are sleeping!
Disadvantages: Keys are very light, but it depends what you are looking for.

...pitch, a damper pedal socket, a line out socket and a 12 Volts dc socket. All of these are located at the back of the keyboard. 8) The digital piano comes with a music stand that looks like a bracket which locates in two holes near the back of the digital piano. 9) The colour of the digital piano is black with the keys being black and white in the traditional fashion. My experience of the Casio CPS-700 Digital Piano It is a beautiful looking instrument. Before I got this keyboard, I was thinking about buying a keyboard at some point and then I never bothered because I didn't think I would use it often enough to justify the cost of one. However, a work colleage at the time (2001) told me his sister had a keyboard and wasn't using it. He asked if I was interested in having it. I said yes. He gave... Read review

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Advantages: its better than a toy one
Disadvantages: tinny sound, not 88 keys, no weighted keys, hard to get technical support

...I bought this keyboard around 7 years ago. I was not happy with from the start. After one month a couple of the keys didnt work. Casio was not helpful on the phone, and after a lot of persisting they promised to pick the piano up and repair it. Seven years later I am still waiting (This happened in Spain where I live). The sound is not very good, and I now know that tinny sound is a general trademark of Casio. Also is only has 76 keys, which at the time may seem not important, and then it really is. The lack of weight in keys is probably the worst feature of all. I dont know what possessed me to buy it, but I would be happy if I helped anyone else not to make the same mistake. If you are looking for a digital piano, go for weighted keys, hammeraction if possible, and all 88 keys.... Read review

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