What’s the difference between Casio's digital pianos? In this guide, we’ll explore the main features of each range to help you find the perfect piano for you – whether you’re a beginner, a professional or anything in between.
Guide to Casio Digital Pianos
Introduction
Casio delivers accessible, high-quality electronic musical instruments with decades of engineering innovation. Known for breakthrough sound engines and portability, Casio bridges the gap between beginner-friendly affordability and advanced expression. Their pianos span from ultra-slim stage keyboards to luxurious grand-hybrid hybrids, all designed to deliver responsive touch, rich tone, and seamless modern connectivity.
With a heritage in digital sound innovation, Casio focuses on design practicality, slim frames, premium touch response actions, and versatile feature sets, making their instruments ideal for learning, composing, performing, and quiet practice.
CDP Series
The CDP Series features compact, lightweight 88-key digital pianos with full-size weighted keys in a minimalist chassis. Designed for players needing portability without compromising touch, CDP models offer a fine balance of piano feel and space-saving style.
With Scaled Hammer Action Keyboard II, even the slimmest models deliver expressive dynamic control in a chassis slim enough to fit on a desk or be battery-powered for mobile use. Sound quality includes a suite of essential piano tones augmented by electric piano and harpsichord voice options.
Ideal for students, hobbyists, and buskers, the CDP Series brings authentic hammer-action playing at entry-level prices, without the bulk of larger digital pianos, and simplicity that fits modern compact living.
Key Features:
- Scaled Hammer Action Keyboard II for realistic weighted touch in a slim profile
- Runs on AC or batteries and weighs around 10 kg—ultimate portability
- Essential tone set (grand piano, electric piano, harpsichord), duet mode, metronome, and internal MIDI recorder
Casio CDP Range
aP Series
The AP Series represents Casio’s furniture-style upright digital pianos, offering the look and feel of a traditional instrument combined with advanced digital mechanics. Models such as AP-S200, AP-300, AP-470, AP-550, and AP-S450 deliver graded touch and immersive sound in elegant cabinetry.
These instruments employ Tri Sensor Scaled Hammer Action for acoustic-like touch and are complemented by powerful multi-speaker sound systems and resonance modelling for depth. They also deliver full pedal systems, adjustable tone options, and features that support both serious learners and home performers.
Perfect for families or studios wanting a refined appearance and expressive tone without acoustic maintenance, the AP Series combines tradition with digital flexibility and space-saving design.
Key Features:
- Tri Sensor Scaled Hammer Action for realistic, graded keyboard touch.
- Elegant upright cabinet with sliding cover and triple pedal system.
- Rich piano voice, resonance modelling, internal learning features, and multi-speaker output.
CASIO AP Range
Privia Series
Privia digital pianos focus on portability and modern design without sacrificing acoustic piano feel. Slim yet full-sized, Privia models (such as PX-S1100, PX-S3100, PX 770, PX-S5000, PX-S7000) integrate Casio’s AiR sound engine or newer hybrid hammer actions.
These pianos use Tri Sensor Scaled Hammer Action II (or Smart/Hybrid Hammer Action on newer models), delivering nuanced dynamic control and expressive feedback. Privia instruments support Bluetooth MIDI/audio, app integration, and high polyphony sound engines with concert grand samples for rich tonal output.
Ideal for home, stage, or studio use, Privia blends sleek minimalist aesthetics with premium touch and sound features in compact, lightweight form.
Key Features:
- Tri Sensor or Smart/Hybrid Hammer Action keys for authentic piano touch.
- AiR Sound Engine with multi-layer sampling and high polyphony for expressive tone.
- Ultra slim, lightweight design with Bluetooth audio/MIDI and app compatibility.
Casio Privia range
GP Series
Casio’s GP Series, referred to as the Celviano Grand Hybrid, ushers in a premium-tier digital piano experience by merging acoustic grand craftsmanship with digital innovation. These models (GP-310, GP-510) were co-developed with C. Bechstein and feature full-length wooden keys and hammer actions matched to grand piano mechanics.
GP instruments deliver world class grand piano tones, natural pedal response, and deep resonance captured through advanced sound modeling. The sound engines utilize samples from three famous grand pianos and replicate acoustic behavior including string resonance and hammer response.
Equipped with elegant, grand-format cabinetry and high-fidelity speaker systems, the GP Series offers the prestige and expressiveness of acoustic grand pianos, with digital flexibility and zero maintenance. It’s ideal for advanced players, studios, and luxury living or teaching spaces.
Key Features:
- Full length wooden keys with hammer action modelled on C. Bechstein grand piano mechanics.
- Sound engines created in collaboration with C. Bechstein using multiple concert grand samples and acoustic modelling.
- Rich immersive speaker system and grand-piano format cabinet for luxury presence and performance depth.