Recommended piano keyboards for children, beginners or adults looking to have some leisure, portable fun!
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Below are the best keyboards for kids under 10 years old that have not started taking piano lessons yet so they can play around as they learn the basics of the instrument. As well as for adults looking for a fun portable toy!
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| 1. Casio SA-77 | $99.70 |
| 2. Casio SA-76 | $69.99 |
| 3. Casio SA-46 | $59.99 |
| 4. Vangoa Digital Electric Keyboard Piano | $105.95 |
| BONUS: Casio Casiotone CT-S200 ***RECOMMENDED*** | $150.00 |
Any self respecting piano player would generally frown if they had to perform on these. However, if your goal is to purchase something really cheap, or to expose your child to the instrument to see if they like it without investing a lot of money into a full sized piano these are great. Some of these are also very fun to play on if you played in the past or want to just bang out some melodies in different instruments and just have some fun!
1. Casio SA-77
This is a really nice beginner keyboard – 44 keys (compared to 88 on a full sized piano). It gives plenty of really fun features to play around with at a very reasonable price($99.70CAD).
2. Casio SA-76
Almost identical to SA-77, it is quite a bit cheaper at $70.00 so it is probably the best bang/buck on this list. It has one less instrument, slightly smaller screen, and slightly smaller footprint which I can only assume means its keys and speakers are a little bit smaller, though not all customers hear a difference. Some customers mention issues with this model so you might have to exchange this one if you encounter defects, but I wouldn’t worry too much with amazons’ free exchange policy.
3. Casio SA-46
Another CASIO keyboard – in the top 3 of this list. I am not biased! They just make really good, reliable, cheap keyboards that off brands cannot compete with.
This model is smaller than the 2 above – with just 32 keys – 1 octave less. With less keys it has the benefits of being smaller, lighter, and easier to carry for a very young child – such as children around 4 years old and younger. However it of course comes with less features than the two above. $60 CAD at the time of writing.
4. Vangoa Digital Electric Keyboard Piano
If your child really wants a pink keyboard and will settle for no other colour – this one is probably the best you can get at $105.95 CAD with 49 keys and plenty of features similar to the casios above. You will still need to purchase batteries and I wouldn’t expect the longevity of a CASIO, but it comes with a one year manufacturers warranty and you have the amazon exchange option should you get one with a defect for free return shipping.
BONUS: Casio Casiotone CT-S200
So this keyboard is technically better than all the above and has the most keys – 61 full size keys! But there are numerous reasons it didn’t make the #1 on this list:
- It costs $150.00CAD
- It is not as fun for younger children, and they may have difficulty using it.
- While this is a better quality keyboard with more features than the SA-77 at the top of the list, it is more adult oriented with features such as MIDI connectivity and numerous versions of similar instruments.
- The keys are full sized – which is good for general practice, but bad for tiny fingers just trying to get a feel of things
While the keyboard doesn’t really apply to the list for the above reasons, it would be a much better choice for an adult or an older child even to the extent of using it for the beginner – intermediate piano lessons if you don’t mind it not feeling like a real piano when you hit the keys. Check out this video review to see more of this keyboard in detail!
This might be the better choice for your child if you think they can manage with the navigation wheel instead of buttons to scroll through tones rhythms etc. MIDI connectivity being an added bonus if you’d like to connect it to your computer to increase the quality of your online piano lessons or if you want to make use of various free online tools to have even more fun on your piano keyboard such as what was covered towards the end of the video in this post.
This might be the better choice for your child if you think they can manage with the navigation wheel instead of buttons to scroll through tones rhythms etc. MIDI connectivity being an added bonus if you’d like to connect it to your computer to increase the quality of your online piano lessons or if you want to make use of various free online tools to have even more fun on your piano keyboard such as what was covered towards the end of the video in this post.
Note: All these keyboards run on batteries as they are designed to be portable! You will need to purchase 6x AA Batteries for any of these or you can buy an adapter that is sold separately.
Note 2: For a cheap keyboard to use for piano lessons, none of these would be a perfect permanent solution, however the Casiotone would of course be the best to use for this requirement.
Have a keyboard that’s better than some of these that hasn’t been mentioned? Leave a comment and model number to help others!
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