expirediconian | Staff posted Nov 07, 2025 09:36 PM
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expirediconian | Staff posted Nov 07, 2025 09:36 PM
Casio PX-5S Privia 88-Key Professional Digital Stage Piano/Keyboard
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I haven't tried this specific Casio keyboard. It's a bit of an older model (2013) so not sure how good the key action is. Older Casios generally don't have the best reputation when it comes to their actions. The Casio PX-5S does have synthesizer features if that is important though.
While I did end up returning the older version of the Costco Roland FRP bundle, I would still recommend this bundle to beginners. I believe the bundle is built around Roland's FP-10 model. The key action was good. The keys are obviously plastic, but you likely won't get wood keys around that price point. Plus the Costco bundle comes with the bench, stand, and 3 pedals. The updated pedals resolves my main complaint with the previous version of this bundle.
The second is because this keyboard was introduced in 2013 and Casio has pretty much given up on professional-grade keyboards like this one. It was designed for gigging musicians and had a bit of a cult following for a while, but Casio doesn't have the same prestige that Yamaha, Roland and Nord enjoy.
It also has a terrible user interface. There are knobs which can be assigned to do any number of things, and sliders which can do other things, but making them do those things requires diving into a hard-to-follow menu on a very small screen. Oddly enough, the features that should be easily accessed - split mode and dual voice mode, as examples - are mostly inaccessible unless you program them as a part of a "Stage Setting". Each Stage Setting recalls the sounds, layers and parameters, effects, attacks, delays, etc. It's a lot to deal with. I sold my PX-5s years ago - I could never really wrap my head around the programming of it, and getting the right sound of it.
To its credit, though, the Casio PX-5S has an amazing keybed. This was one of the first to have textured keys instead of the usual white glossy plastic ones, too. Casio doesn't do a lot of things right, but they nailed it with that keybed.
The Roland Nuvola from Costco comes with a stand, has built-in speakers, is far newer and a much better choice for beginner or experienced pianists.
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I haven't tried this specific Casio keyboard. It's a bit of an older model (2013) so not sure how good the key action is. Older Casios generally don't have the best reputation when it comes to their actions. The Casio PX-5S does have synthesizer features if that is important though.
While I did end up returning the older version of the Costco Roland FRP bundle, I would still recommend this bundle to beginners. I believe the bundle is built around Roland's FP-10 model. The key action was good. The keys are obviously plastic, but you likely won't get wood keys around that price point. Plus the Costco bundle comes with the bench, stand, and 3 pedals. The updated pedals resolves my main complaint with the previous version of this bundle.
The Rolands also have midi features, just not as extensive as the Casio
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The second is because this keyboard was introduced in 2013 and Casio has pretty much given up on professional-grade keyboards like this one. It was designed for gigging musicians and had a bit of a cult following for a while, but Casio doesn't have the same prestige that Yamaha, Roland and Nord enjoy.
It also has a terrible user interface. There are knobs which can be assigned to do any number of things, and sliders which can do other things, but making them do those things requires diving into a hard-to-follow menu on a very small screen. Oddly enough, the features that should be easily accessed - split mode and dual voice mode, as examples - are mostly inaccessible unless you program them as a part of a "Stage Setting". Each Stage Setting recalls the sounds, layers and parameters, effects, attacks, delays, etc. It's a lot to deal with. I sold my PX-5s years ago - I could never really wrap my head around the programming of it, and getting the right sound of it.
To its credit, though, the Casio PX-5S has an amazing keybed. This was one of the first to have textured keys instead of the usual white glossy plastic ones, too. Casio doesn't do a lot of things right, but they nailed it with that keybed.
The Roland Nuvola from Costco comes with a stand, has built-in speakers, is far newer and a much better choice for beginner or experienced pianists.
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