I will be shortly needing an 88 key weighted piano. This Casio has brought me back into piano playing though in splendid style.

Sound
The Casio WK Series boards are a giant leap forward in technology. The excellent inbuilt speaker system combined with Casio's ZPI sound source means that when you play Grand Piano on DSP setting you get quite an incredible sound and depth of tone over the 6 octaves.

Features
Features? You don't have enough space here! The organ electronic tonewheel features will satisfy anyone who does not have access to (or the money to buy) a Hammond. It lacks Hammond's depth and ultimate tone, but it comes amazingly close. The Keyboard action lets the instrument down. It's noisy and does not have the precise feel of Yamahas even from the 1990s. But don't let this put you off. You get used to it.

Quality
The quality is in keeping with the price. It is a very complex product and reliability issues have been a factor, hence the numbers of re-conditioned WK's around. If you are going to gig with it then you can't just throw it into the back of a van with amps., guitar cases and drumkits. It simply would not survive. Used with care it would be just fine for restaurant, wedding piano etc. use.

Value
I appreciate I'm reviewing on a USA site here. The prices you can get these for are amazing. Even in 'rip-off' Britain they are a huge bang for your… read more buck!

Manufacturer Support
Have had no reason to contact Casio UK.

The Wow Factor
At this price it's simply a must for any keyboard player. You'll still love your Yamaha, Roland or whatever, but you'll have a respect for the Casio brand that you've not had for many years.

Musical Background:
Ex. pro. pianist coming back into music.

Musical Style:
Classical, jazz, ragtime. read less