Casio PX130

Description

Availability: Discontinued June 2011, check out new model PX135

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Description

With the Casio PX130 digital piano, you can experience the joy of having complete musical expressiveness at your fingertips. It realistically reproduces the fine nuances of everything from lilting pianissimos to powerful fortissimos. The new Casio PX130 digital piano features a new Linear Morphing AIF Sound Source, based on detailed analysis of the acoustics of a grand piano.

The damper pedal adds acoustic resonance, which is similar to that produced by the vibration of strings in a grand piano. The result is richer, more acoustically natural sound. A USB port is provided for easy connection to a computer.

True and smooth grand piano level key action is reproduced using the actual weight of the hammer, without relying on springs. A new keyboard structure dramatically improves the playability of successive notes, for touch that is even closer to that of a grand piano than ever before. In addition, low notes play heavier and higher notes play lighter, similar to an acoustic grand.

Great deals in the UK for the Casio PX130. Read reviews, comparisons, up-to-date specifications, and loads of information. The PX130 is one of Casio’s most popular digital pianos.

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Features:

88 keys with Touch Response (3 sensitivity levels, off)
Linear Morphing AIF Sound Source
Tri-sensor Scaled Hammer Action Keyboard
128-note polyphony (maximam)
Tones: 16 built-in tones Grand Piano (Modern, Classic, Variation), Elec Piano, FM E. Piano, 60’s E. Piano, Harpsichord, Vibraphone, Pipe Organ, Jazz Organ, Elec Organ 1, Elec Organ 2, Strings 1, Strings 2, Bass 1, Bass 2
Layer / Split
Digital Effects: Reverb (4 types), Chorus (4 types),
Brilliance, DSP (preset for some tones)
Acoustic Resonance System
Built-in Songs: 60 Music Library tunes
Lesson Function: Part ON / OFF
Duet Mode
Metronome
Recorder: 2 tracks, 1 song, approximately 5,000 notes
Pedals: Included 3 pedals (damper, soft, sostenuto)
Half-pedal Operation (damper) (with optional SP-32 3-pedal unit)
Key Transpose: 25 steps (-12 semitones to +12 semitones)
Tuning Control: A4=440Hz ±99 cents
This product is not equipped with MIDI terminals. MIDI communication between the product and a computer is performed using the USB port
USB
Dimensions 132.2 (W) 27.8 (D) 13.4 (H) cm (52 1/16 W 10 15/16 D 5 1/4 H inch)
Weight Approximately 11.4 kg (25.1 lbs)

 

Casio PX130 Reviews

After reading your bookletI went to try the CASIOs, which I hadn’t thought
to try before, and found that in price-quality terms they are pretty much
unbeatable. I purchased the PX130 (I live in Israel).

I am playing it for two weeks now, and as time goes by I like the sound of
it less and less. Plugging it to a good stereo/amps doesn’t help – the
samples are just bad. E.g., the area around 1.5 octaves below the middle is
very strident. Also certain combinations are highly dissonant – for example,
the Bb which is about an octave below the middle C together with the D an
octave above the middle C sound horrible together, but taking both down half
a step (that is to A and C#) sounds ok.

Also it seems (to my ears) that every 3 consecutive half-steps use the same sample,
and since the samples are quite different, when playing a chromatic scale at an
even pace and dynamics you hear triplets which aren’t really there…

HOWEVER… I am very pleased with the purchase! This is since the mechanism
is excellent for the price (it has a better piano-feel than YAMAHA twice the
price I tried, e.g. P85), and what I wanted was the cheapest way to practice
until I get myself a decent piano (and even after that, I can use it to
practice at night!). That it accomplishes extremely well, and the bad sound
is something I can live with for the excellent savings (I bought it at a
sale for 2290 NIS, which is about 380 GBP!).

So overall, I am very happy with your recommendation and my purchase.

Thank you,
Ori Parzanchevski, Israel

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Assembly

The piano comes flat-packed and is very easy to assemble. The electronics and keyboard are fixed in.

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