"I am obsessed with this keyboard. Why? Because it's the first one that I've seen and played so far that has PERFECT weighting on the keys, beautiful sound, and a GREAT price. The keys are weighted properly, they spring back like they should, and the weight is ranged just right - the lower keys are just the slightest bit heavier than the higher end. This thing is a DREAM to play!" - actual user review of the Casio PX-100 Privia on Amazon.com
The Casio PX100 Privia, which drew such a rave review for its scaled hammer action, opens the Privia line. This is essentially a straightforward piano for beginners. Does it sound as good as it feels? You bet! Its New Sound Source feature provides beautiful grand piano sounds. What else can it do? For starters, the Auto Accompaniment feature gives you exciting and realistic background arrangements for pop, rock, jazz, and other genres. You can even have complete orchestral accompaniment with pipes, strings, organs and other tones. The Split feature lets you split the keyboard between two different tones for variety, while the Layer feature allows the simultaneous play of two tones for a richer sound.
Next in line is the trendy and stylish Casio PX120 for intermediate-level players. It has all the features of the earlier PX100 plus more. It comes with the Acoustic Intelligent Filter sound source. This filter system produces naturally modulated sound each time you strike a key. Its tri-element feature enables three different wave forms for each note, so the version you hear depends on the amount of pressure you put on the key. The 128-note polyphony lets notes reverberate naturally without being cut off. These combine to give an authentic grand piano effect! In addition, two Piano Settings options allow you to choose between the softer "classic" or the brighter "modern" piano modes. What's more, the unique Duet function splits the keyboard into two areas, allowing two people to play parallel to each other.
The Casio PX320 may be a bit too complicated for beginners, but it's guaranteed to please stage and studio musicians. If you enjoy playing the piano together with other instruments, you'll love the vast inventory of 202 sounds that include performance-level acoustic and electric pianos, rock and jazz organs, mallets, drum sounds, and so forth. This model has all the features of its earlier Privia siblings, with the addition of the Registration Memory. This feature lets you record up to 96 set-ups that you can recall whenever you need them. An expandable memory further enables you to download songs to a computer and then transfer up to 10 of them to digital piano memory. All in all, it's a fully-loaded workstation with an unbelievably low price tag!
