Casio Cdps160 Compact Digital Piano - Black

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The Casio CDP-S160 boasts a variety of incredible enhancements compared to its predecessor, including a refined grand piano tone and improved speakers — all while retaining everything that made it the perfect beginner digital piano! Ideal for students, the lesson-ready CDP-S160 delivers authentic piano sound and playing feel in a sleek, compact chassis that’s not much bigger than the keys themselves. Packed with 10 great sounds and educational features, the CDP-S160 brings your music to life. Equipped with Casio’s newly designed scaled and weighted hammer-action keyboard, the CDP-S160 rewards your playing with the response of an acoustic grand piano.

With 10 premium onboard sounds to explore — including a brilliant stereo concert grand that's been reworked for an enhanced sound — the Casio CDP-S160 is sure to spark your musical creativity, but there’s so much more to this value-packed instrument. Add the finishing pro touch with studio-quality effects including reverb and chorus. Use the MIDI recorder to capture your ideas and save them to the internal memory. The CDP-S160’s Duet mode is ideal for real-time, hands-on teacher-student interaction, while PDF Score Viewer compatibility lets you display music scores saved as PDF files on your computer or mobile device, complete with pedal-activated page turning. You can also play back audio with musical tools such as key shift, tempo change, looping, and even melody cancel for music-minus-one practice!

The Casio CDP-S160 will look great in any room in your home, and its compact, lightweight chassis makes it easy to transport for live gigs, rehearsals, and studio sessions. But, unlike most stage pianos, the CDP-S160 has its own built-in, newly improved stereo speaker system and operates on battery power for impromptu busking in the park. And, of course, there’s a headphone jack for quiet practice. Plus, you can download Casio’s free Music Space app to take full control over your CDP-S160 and access Casio's highly interactive educational programs!

The CDP-S160 features Casio’s 88-note scaled hammer-action keyboard. Through Casio’s meticulous engineering, this keybed delivers stunningly realistic piano feel and response that conveys every nuance of your performances. This scaled hammer action provides the weighting and resistance of a grand piano without the periodic tuning and maintenance that acoustic pianos require. We play a lot of pianos here at Sweetwater, but we’ve rarely found a piano-playing experience like this!

• 88-note scaled hammer-action keyboard
• Touch response: 3 sensitivity levels, off
• Maximum polyphony: 64 voices
• 10 built-in tones including a newly enhanced Grand Piano
• Keyboard Layer and Duet modes
• Built-in digital reverb and chorus effects
• Access Casio's Music Space app for interactive lessons, audio playback, and increased controls
• Onboard metronome
• Demo songs: 2
• Recorder: 1 song, approximately 2,500 notes total
• Key transpose: 25 steps
• Tuning control: A4 = 415.5Hz–465.9Hz (default: 440.0Hz)
• Pedals: standard jack (damper), optional SP-34 3-pedal unit available
• USB/MIDI: type B
• Speakers: 13cm / 7cm oval x 2, 8W x 2
• 3.5mm headphones jack
• 3.5mm audio input jack
• Includes power supply, music rest, and sustain pedal