Korg LP-380 88-Keys Grand Digital Piano (Rosewood Black) Expired

This seems as low as it's been getting. there's a slight possibility we see a glimmer on some other model near BF , or CybMon, it might get lower, but not that much lower. Bu everyone seems to be looking for that Snipe this year.

For a piano with a stand and Dust Cover, it's between this Korg at 800 and the Kawai KDP75 that has come up at 700.

The Kawai has the Shigeru EX samples from kawai's concert grand

The Korg here is using a Steinway Sample set.

The Sk EX Kawai sounds very similar to the Steinway because they use very similar overall design. Speakers on the Korg is slightly better and projects better, but the improvement will be slight, it's not night and day.

Action side of things, this Korg RH3 action is a heavier touch action than the Kawai RHC in the kdp75. Falls under preference, since beginners don't have a preference, one can get either, people with smaller hands would prefer the Kawai, lighter actions will be more comfortable to play.


Don't underestimate the dust cover, it's very convenient. you always want a dust cover for pianos, if alot of dust lands on the keys and gets inside, it gets sucked in under the sensor contacts and you get intermittent notes.

Keep it far away from the kitchen as well, because greasy air from cooking will coat the contacts and you get a similar intermittent problem over time.

These problems are user addressable. All digital pianos will develop problems over time, many similar videos on youtube thankfully.


The drawback to a furniture style piano is you can not get it to the absolute perfect height for your usage, whereas with a slab style piano, you can use an adjustable z-stand and get it exactly right. There is a limit to what an adjustable piano bench will do, it works fine, but is less versatile.

Digital pianos are not like acoustic pianos in that they can not be repaired 5-10 years down the road when there's a good chance the repair bill exceeds the value of the unit. I have a hard time recommending anyone spend over $1500 on a digital piano. Just don't do it. They're really not that special.

Having said that, I don't recommend most people buy acoustic pianos AT ALL until they're very sure they want to play piano seriously. If you want the acoustic piano to function well and play dynamically, it requires an expensive action regulation process, $500-3000, every 2-5 years. This is ontop of 1 to 2 tunings a year, $150-250 each. If you don't get the servicing, the action will become unresponsive and the friction eats up all your dynamic control. The components in the action become compressed over time, so the parts are not moving in proper alignment, and you'll also have to fight the friction which builds up.

Acoustic pianos are very impractical machines in terms of ownership. Most owners have never even heard of action regulation, and their brand new pianos play poorly 2-3 years after delivery. The salesmen no doubt tells them about it, but they think it's just a plot to make money, it's not, it's the equivalent to an oil change, and pianos need ALOT of these, on their thousands of tiny moving parts.