Casio CTK-3500 61-Key Touch Sensitive Portable Piano Keyboard with Power Supply

Casio CTK-2550 PPK 61-Key Premium Keyboard Pack: If you're a beginning pianist looking for a great keyboard, here is an option for you. I recently bought the Casio CTK-2550 PPK 61-Key Premium Keyboard Pack with Stand, Headphones & Power Supply and I am truly pleased. I use to take piano lessons as a kid until I was in the 5th grade when I quit, due to people making fun of me saying it wasn't cool. Looking back, I wish I would have never quit. This keyboard however has re-sparked my love for music and I have begun to play again. If you are looking for a keyboard to learn how to play, this is the one! When I first started looking for a keyboard I knew I needed something affordable and compact since I am currently a college student, but I also did not want to sacrifice quality due to price. After looking and talking with my past music teachers, I narrowed it down to this Casio product. Cost Effective: If you want to get the most bang for your buck, but also need something that would benefit you as a beginner level pianist. The Casio CTK-2550 keyboard package is definitely the right choice for you, only costing $125! It is great that it comes with a quality set of headphones because you can play late at night and not disturb others. It's very beneficial by allowing you to set a beat in the background like a metronome to practice along with your sheet music. After having it for a few months I have begun to realize how great of a purchase it was. It was very affordable and produces quality sound with so many different options while you play. For example, you can select over 400 built-in tones to play with, as well as 100 auto-accompanied rhythms. Beginner Goals: This is truly the ideal product for a beginner because it is the perfect size which makes it easy to take on the go and set up anywhere to practice. As a beginner, it is truly important to practice and practice a lot! Since it is such a compacted keyboard it is extremely easy to pack up and travel with. This has been huge for me since I travel a lot between college and home. Being able to pack it up and fit it in my trunk to take home and practice is great. The piano itself is also very durable and has a very beneficial screen in the middle for beginners. The screen itself shows you what note you are playing and in which key. This is a huge asset to a beginner pianist as you learn notes and how they correlate to sheet music. Overall, I am very pleased with my purchase and would gladly buy again.

I love it! I got this for my two kids who just began piano lessons at school. It was purchased as a temporary way to practice before committing to a digital piano once I know that my kids are committed to the instrument, but I've got to say that I can definitely see us using this for several years to come. The keys are touch sensitive which is a big plus and ensures that they can transition well from keyboard to digital or acoustic piano. It has many great features- much more than we need, but they help liven up daily practice time. The stand is very sturdy and was easy to assemble- the keyboard doesn't attach to it- it just rests on top but the two bars it rests on have rubber grippers that keep it from moving around too much. Personally, I am very strict with my kids about roughhousing around it- if they can't act responsibly around it they practice on a cheap plastic one so the stand hasn't been an issue. Some people have complained that their headphones didn't work, but I didn't have that issue- mine came with the little adaptor thingy and work great. They are comfortable and adjustable and great for when kids have to practice and parents want to watch TV in the same room. The music holder thing is the only thing I have really had a minor problem with- it's really just a metal bar which works well for holding music books, but not at all for the single page handouts the teacher sends home to practice-not too big a deal though, I just stick the sheet on a clipboard and THEN put it on the music stand. Nice crisp sound, the keys feel nice as well. All in all, I am quite happy with my purchase. Definitely recommended for anyone with beginner pianists, this should serve you well the first few years if you aren't quite ready to commit to a digital or acoustic piano.

I like the authentic piano sound. It would be easy to use for beginners. I’m taking a college piano course, and this works perfectly for that as well. Even though this isn’t a full length keyboard, it works well with my music and I don’t feel limited. The sound quality is great. The master volume is nice for practicing in the morning so as to not wake up neighbors/roommates. The piano has touch sensitivity so I can ACTUALLY play dynamics ( I bring this up because I ordered a different Amazon keyboard before this and it did NOT have touch sensitivity which is important). My headphones came cracked because of shipping problems, so only one half worked and even then the sound quality I got from the headphones wasn’t terrific (still it was cracked so I cannot give a complete evaluation of their true quality). This is why I gave 4 instead of 5, but the piano is a true 5 star. The stand is very sturdy and has different setup settings, and I love the metronome ability too. It has a foot pedal plug among other this.

Great for beginners and kids

my son is practicing properly, its good

I use this product to play music!

Bought this keyboard as I wanted to learn to play the piano. I have not been disappointed. It has good piano tones and plenty of other features if required. The stand is sturdy and earphones are a good enough quality if required. All in all very good value for money. Would highly recommend for anyone wanting to learn the piano

Intentaré ser lo más objetivo, ya soy 6 años desde que decidí adquirir este teclado y le he dado un uso sumamente rudo y constante en presentaciones, grabaciones y transporte a lo largo del tiempo, decidí comprarlo para tener un teclado portátil que me sirviera en escenarios, de rápida instalación (solo requiere su conector y un cable plug mono), con sensibilidad en las teclas (algo fundamental para un pianista profesional) pero sin que fuera propiamente un piano eléctrico (carece del peso de las teclas imitando al piano), me llevé una enorme sorpresa al darme cuenta de la cantidad de efectos que tenía, ya que solamente pensaba utilizarlo con el stage piano, el teclado tiene un efecto retro llamado VIRTUAL HALL que me fascina utilizar, ya que me recuerda al sonido de eco o reverb de los pianos/teclados sampler antiguos de artistas como Lito Vitale en la época en la que tocaba con Jorge Cumbo, y es un sonido que buscaba mucho para lo que toco, además de esto incluye muchos efectos midi justo de la época de los videojuegos de los 90s de super nintendo, por lo que para interpretar música de este estilo es un teclado ideal, son sonidos artificiales por completo, no lo recomendaria para quien busca samples realistas, pero si para aprovechar esos sonidos midi caracteristicos de la época, es un excelente teclado, admite pedal de sustain y tiene una salida midi para utilizarlo como interfaz, es un gran teclado para quien no quiere gastar en un teclado profesional. Lo mejor del teclado: 1. Durabilidad, resistencia y el efecto VIRTUAL HALL 2. Alrededor de 50 efectos (leads/pads) con sonidos casi idénticos a los de los videojuegos retro de super nintendo, además de un sonido de piano stage piano bastante decente para el precio, y un efecto de percusiones de dance retro, y ecualización en bajos graves que en lo personal me gustan mucho. 3. Sensibilidad de las teclas con una gama bastante alta, casi a la altura de los teclados de 10 veces su valor. 4. Extremadamente portable sin necesidad de recursos externos como computadoras u otros complementos, listo para tocarse con su pedal de sustain, su conector y un cable plug mono. 5. Excelente interfaz midi que además funciona como stage piano decentemente. Desventajas: 1. Poca versatilidad, he visto y utilizado teclados de alrededor de la misma gama de precio con algunas opciones adicionales interesantes, por ejemplo teclados yamaha que permiten tener cierto tiempo de grabación en bucle tipo loop, tampoco se puede modificar la ecualización del teclado de forma nativa, entre otras opciones que podrían incorporarse, pero para el precio es entendible. 2. Es un teclado solo con salida de cable mono, por lo que las grabaciones en estereo son imposibles, se puede grabar mono y el sonido quedará algo plano por lo que al igual que otros instrumentos que graban en mono, lo ideal sería grabar 2 veces para resolver esta carencia. 3. Se comparte la salidad de audifonos y audio, y es la única salida de audio disponible por lo que la monitorización en vivo es imposible, lo ideal sería que tuviera su salida para audifonos y para audio por separado, y funcionales al mismo tiempo, para poder utilizar los audifonos como monitor. 4. Las opciones adicionales que ofrece como el acompañamiento autómatico de acordes, el pitch bend, la app para android/ios con compatibilidad de entrada del jack de 3.5mm, las veo personalmente inútiles, sobre todo la app que realmente podría tener más opciones ya que se tomaron la molestía de incluirla en la compatibilidad con el teclado, la app no ofrece mucho, solo algo de accesibilidad para las lecciones incluídas con el teclado, pero podría tener modificación de partituras o poder escribir a través de la propia app, lo cual aumentaría muchísimo su versatilidad. A pesar de las desventajas con 6 años de utilización ruda, puedo decir que es uno de los mejores teclados que he tenido, ha cumplido su proposito y hasta la fecha lo sigue cumpliendo y además al explorarlo por primera vez me llevé muchas gratas sorpresas que no esperaba, si en el futuro necesito un teclado similar estoy seguro que volvería a comprar una versión más actualizada de este mismo.