REVIEW - Casio PX760 Digital Piano - Recommended - Low Priced and High Quality

UPDATED REVIEW - August 1, 2015 - Brand new & improved Casio PX760 digital piano Privia series for 2015. The new & improved PX760 has replaced the Casio PX750, which was one of Casio's better selling low priced digital pianos and the only compact furniture cabinet model digital piano of all the major brands available in this lower price range under $800US. The price of the PX760 is the same price as the discontinued PX750 ($799US internet price) and the features are largely unchanged with regard to cabinet design, finish colors, control panel layout, internal sound system, and some functions, but this new piano has some very nice upgrades to the instrument sound samples as well as adding a new play along song library of orchestrated classical music. UPDATE: Casio has just announced through their US dealers that the normal PX760 internet selling price of $799 has been reduced by $100 to a new temporary price of just $699 until September 30th or when supplies run out. The piano is still a brand new model and is not discontinued but Casio has decided to offer the public a "deal too good to pass up," in their words....and I would definitely agree with them assuming this piano fits your needs.

I have played this new PX760 quite a bit and the sound upgrades over the previous PX750 include much more realistic pro quality sounding instruments such as noticeably improved strings and electric pianos, and as always, a superior acoustic piano sound with a large dynamic tonal range and 3 electronic senors per key. With regard to new features, Casio has included a new music library that consists of 10 orchestra classical songs which you can play along with using the piano sounds. The 10 songs are in an audio wav format (recorded from live orchestra) and sounds just like a real recording of the instruments as you would have in a regular CD. The new songs are independent in their sounds
and format (the piano itself does not have these sounds) but you can interact with them by playing along. The 10 songs are standard classical music and although they are fun to play along with, you would need to be able to read music (or play by ear) and play along at the song notation skill level so that you could interact with the music properly. You can slow down the songs, mute either right or left hand playback sound for live playalong (both features are pretty cool) and do a few other things with the orchestra accompaniment which are all fun to do and helpful for learning. But there certainly are other ways to do this (iPad apps, etc) and with much larger music libraries that offer a bigger & better variety of music in multiple music categories. It's a nice feature but it did not "knock my socks off" since there are only 10 songs and all in the classical category and as I just mentioned, you pretty much have to know how to read music at a more advanced sight reading level to play along properly.

PX760 control panel

Overall I believe the new upgrades in this PX760 are certainly very nice, but beyond these features this piano is pretty much the same as the previous PX750 in other areas which is actually a good thing since the PX760 offers even more piano quality for the money than its competitors in the same price range for a cabinet digital piano. For a more in-depth review of the PX760 please read my review of the prior PX750 (link near bottom of page) and then you'll know much of what the PX760 does from that review, and I have played the PX750 many times so I know that piano well. The PX760 is very popular because it has the most realistic piano sound in its price range utilizing some advanced digital sound technology with 128-note polyphony processing power, a very responsive ivory/ebony feel key action that's by far the most authentic in its price range, it is fairly easy to use, has some cool features that many other pianos in its price range do not have, and it looks attractive in its sleek contemporary cabinet with sliding metal key cover. I especially like the intuitive control panel with the buttons laid out in front of you instead of off to the side of the keyboard like some other brands do. The functions are easy to see, easy to use, and allow you to access a number of useful interactive features like 2-track MIDI recording for separate right and left hand playback to hear how each hand did during your practice session. Very useful for students.

One of the things that people should be aware of is that the PX760 is the only digital piano of all the major brands in this price range that has an actual full size stand-up cabinet with a built-in metal key cover and with a control panel that faces the player. All other major brands only have portable pianos in this price range. Also, the PX760 is the only piano to offer 3 different cabinet colors including a limited edition medium brown walnut-oak color in the US and some other countries, as well as satin black or white. A brown walnut-oak color is not available on any other major brand in this low price range, so if you like and want the brown color, then the PX760 is it...period...and that feature is another very compelling reason to purchase a Casio PX760 if the brown color is what you want and that you also like the piano for what it can do in its low price range. 

PX760 black with closed key cover

Since the PX750 isdiscontinued and no longer available at Casio (although a few retail stores may still have some in stock), if you want the new model PX760 in the US you should order one while you can as I suspect they may be difficult to get for awhile. There are other high quality digital pianos out there in other brands in this lower price range, but in my opinion for $799 internet price, the PX760 cannot be beat for what it does and I definitely would not purchase the older PX750 when the PX760 sounds so much better. This model is really for people who want an entry level piano and not too much else. If you really just want to play piano and enjoy piano music with a few extra features (bells & whistles) and you want to stay nearer to the $800 price range, then the Casio PX760 is probably for you. I can also help people with getting lower prices than Amazon, internet store (including bundles) and local stores on the new PX760 (even at the new temporarily lower price) and other popular brands & models, so contact me before doing anything else and I can give you details on how I can help you. 

* Please go to the following link to read my prior review on the previous discontinued PX750 which will give you info on most of what the PX760 can do other than the new things that I mentioned here in this 760 review: Casio PX750 Review

One final note of interest...It is good to also know that Casio produces an upgraded digital piano above the PX750/PX760 but still priced under $1000 and that model is called the PX780 ($999US internet discount price. In my opinion it's definitely worth more than its $200 difference in having some additional useful educational and fun features for children and adults. If you have the extra money, the Casio PX780 will be worth your consideration. Go to the following link to read my review on the PX780: Casio PX780 review


If you want more info on new digital pianos and LOWER PRICES than internet, Amazon, Bundles, and store discounts, please email me at tim@azpianowholesale.com or call direct at 602-571-1864.

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