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Casio PX-S1100 Privia 88-Key Slim Digital Stage Piano
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Check YouTube for Casio flawed action. This affects the PX-S1000 series and PX-S3000 series. They shortened the keybed so that the keyboard depth is tiny, but in doing so, they changed the leverage point and made the tops of the keys way harder to press than the bottoms. Worse, to try and cope with that, they made the black keys lighter to press than the white keys. Content creators that have pointed this out have been harassed, and you'll find a bunch of shills on YouTube who say how great the piano is, including a few overproduced videos by literal virtuosos who would make any keyboard sound good. But in my experience, the action really is flawed.
I ignored this, and didn't think I'd feel the difference; I reasoned that I don't usually hit the tops of the keys with my fingers, and that this guy was being picky. I got the PX-S3000 and LOVED the sounds. Almost every single sound on that board is amazing. After a while I noticed regular chords were harder to play, and realized that I actually do touch the tops of the keys more than I realized. Had a heck of a time trying to resell it and took a big loss selling it back on eBay.
Casio's previous keyboards never had this issue, and have been some of my favorite action on a piano style keyboard. There's always some level of compromise that digital keyboard manufacturers have to go through, in order for a keyboard with less than a foot depth feel like a real piano. Keybeds on a real piano extend way back, and this is why you'll never feel the difference playing the tips of the keys vs the tops of the keys. The fulcrum of the key is like a foot back. The only keyboard I've seen that replicates this is the 1985 Kurzweil Midiboard. These are amazing, but super heavy, and the 32 note polyphony will cut off even the most basic arpeggios if you are using the the sustain pedal.
In short, I'd avoid these until they fix the issue in a new series. I believe they know this is an issue but need to quietly sell off the remaining boards in this series.
There is one thing that might irritate more advanced players - pressing the keys closer to the 'fallboard' has much more resistance - think 75g vs 50g near the tips of the keys.Trying to play very fast, complex pieces may be challenging. This would only be an issue for 1-2% of the piano playing population I'd imagine - and these kind of pieces aren't great on any digital piano to begin with anyway.
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There is one thing that might irritate more advanced players - pressing the keys closer to the 'fallboard' has much more resistance - think 75g vs 50g near the tips of the keys.Trying to play very fast, complex pieces may be challenging. This would only be an issue for 1-2% of the piano playing population I'd imagine - and these kind of pieces aren't great on any digital piano to begin with anyway.
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There is one thing that might irritate more advanced players - pressing the keys closer to the 'fallboard' has much more resistance - think 75g vs 50g near the tips of the keys.Trying to play very fast, complex pieces may be challenging. This would only be an issue for 1-2% of the piano playing population I'd imagine - and these kind of pieces aren't great on any digital piano to begin with anyway.
Check YouTube for Casio flawed action. This affects the PX-S1000 series and PX-S3000 series. They shortened the keybed so that the keyboard depth is tiny, but in doing so, they changed the leverage point and made the tops of the keys way harder to press than the bottoms. Worse, to try and cope with that, they made the black keys lighter to press than the white keys. Content creators that have pointed this out have been harassed, and you'll find a bunch of shills on YouTube who say how great the piano is, including a few overproduced videos by literal virtuosos who would make any keyboard sound good. But in my experience, the action really is flawed.
I ignored this, and didn't think I'd feel the difference; I reasoned that I don't usually hit the tops of the keys with my fingers, and that this guy was being picky. I got the PX-S3000 and LOVED the sounds. Almost every single sound on that board is amazing. After a while I noticed regular chords were harder to play, and realized that I actually do touch the tops of the keys more than I realized. Had a heck of a time trying to resell it and took a big loss selling it back on eBay.
Casio's previous keyboards never had this issue, and have been some of my favorite action on a piano style keyboard. There's always some level of compromise that digital keyboard manufacturers have to go through, in order for a keyboard with less than a foot depth feel like a real piano. Keybeds on a real piano extend way back, and this is why you'll never feel the difference playing the tips of the keys vs the tops of the keys. The fulcrum of the key is like a foot back. The only keyboard I've seen that replicates this is the 1985 Kurzweil Midiboard. These are amazing, but super heavy, and the 32 note polyphony will cut off even the most basic arpeggios if you are using the the sustain pedal.
In short, I'd avoid these until they fix the issue in a new series. I believe they know this is an issue but need to quietly sell off the remaining boards in this series.
I especially like the portability of this. Light weight, works with AA batteries. Duet mode also sounded like a great feature (not sure if they all have it)
I especially like the portability of this. Light weight, works with AA batteries. Duet mode also sounded like a great feature (not sure if they all have it)
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