Casio CDP100 Reviews

“This piano fulfills my needs as a pro. musician”

Light but Full weighted keyboard with a few basic piano sounds (good for teaching or to use at home in accompaniement tasks) and MIDI in/out.
I was looking for a replacement of an older Yamaha p70 since after a few years of pro use we found here at home that the keys made a lot of clicking ‘noise’ by themselves (meaning f.e. when a headphone was used) … with heavy playing, like scales and exercises the noise of the keys alone was enough to wake up a person sleeping on a higher floor…

On reviewing the shops (because you cannot hear how the keys without the sounds sound on internet) I was surprised to find out that most D. pianos, including expensive ones, make a lot of noise… Exceptions to this was one Roland fp7f in one shop (while another one in another shop was noisy) and a yamaha DGX 640. The latter got disqualified because of no midi-out (it only connects via USB which makes it impossible to connect directly to synth racks – a feature I rely on)…
So I extended my research into the next shop where, to my big surprise, I found Casio 88 keys fully weighted keyboards for a fraction of the price of the other ones. There was a casio cdp-200 that was on its way to my house until I discovered that also that piano didn’t have the classical MIDI in and out bus. Since the cheaper CDP-100 dit have midi in and out and by the way seemed to be less noisy than the cdp-200… the descision was an instant no-brainer to me.

This piano fulfills my needs as a pro. musician admirably : it”s got a nice touch, a sound that is good enough for rehearsals and accompniment at home (or at somebody else’s home without having to carry anything else than the piano) and a midi connection when better sound quality is required. it’s a featherweight (as far as pianos are concerned), fits on the backseat of the car…
Excellent value for money.

Review by Serge Lippens, Brussels, Belgium

 

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