Casio PX-400R Privia Digital Piano with 88 Full-Size Keys and Grand Piano Touch (Stand Included)

by Casio

Product Features

• 256 on-board sounds, 120 auto-accompaniment rhythms; 32-note polyphony
• Four reverb and four chorus effects; damper and soft/sostenuto pedal jacks
• Connect effortlessly to your computer via USB port
• Microphone input with echo and adjustable volume
• 88-key digital piano with hammer mechanics for a realistic piano feel

Product Details

Product Manual [2.68mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 60 x 15 x 18 inches ; 72 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 73 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0002L59TO
• Item model number: PX-400R
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,211 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The PX-400R combines beautiful tone and first-rate piano touch with Auto Accompaniment and a host of other useful features and functions. It's the perfect choice for everything ranging from home use to professional applications.

New Elegant Design

The PX-400R features stylish design on par with fine audio equipment or other well-crafted objects. Compact and lightweight, the PX-400R can be used in either a stand-alone tabletop configuration or on an optional stand. This versatility means the PX-400 fits in just about anywhere, from the living room to the bedroom, den, or music room.

Backlit LCD shows tone/rhythm names, song names, settings, lyrics, and more.

Two pedal jacks for damper and soft/sustenuto pedals, USB port, microphone input, and more.

Go with a tabletop configuration or add a stand.

88 Weighted Keys With Hammer Mechanics

The hammer mechanics of the PX-400's 88 keys are based on the keyboard of a grand piano, for realistic piano feeling and nuance.

Two-Way Bass-Reflex Speaker System

Each speaker includes a high-performance woofer and tweeter, and the large-box bass-reflex configuration outputs powerful stereo sound.

Large, Backlit LCD

The PX-400R's brilliant display shows tone and rhythm names on the same screen, in addition to song names, settings, and more. You can even view the lyrics of built-in tunes and SMF Lyrics tunes as they play.

SmartMedia Card Slot

Play SMF and SMF Lyrics song data from a SmartMedia card, or save Song Memory tunes you recorded for later use/enjoyment.

Auto-Accompaniment

Simply play a chord and the corresponding rhythm, bass and chord parts play automatically. One-touch Preset instantly recalls the most suitable tone and tempo settings to match the rhythm you are using. Controllers: intro, normal/fill-in, variation/fill-in, synchro/ending, and start/stop.

Music Library

The Music Library includes a choice of 80 tunes for lessons and listening enjoyment, with an included score book.

Song Expansion

The PX-400R offers storage for up to 10 songs transferred from a computer (approximately 132 KB maximum user area).

Sing Along

A microphone jack lets you plug in and accompany your tunes, complete with echo and adjustable volume level.

USB Port

A USB port provides quick and easy connection to a computer. Driver is included on the bundled CD-ROM.

Lesson Function

You can turn off the left hand part or right part during playback of a Music Library tune, and play along with the remaining part.

Two Pedal Jacks

The PX-400R features two pedal jacks for a damper and soft/sostenuto (selectable) pedal. The SP-3 sustain pedal is incldued.

What's in the Box

Casio PX-400R, SP-3 Sustain Pedal, Driver CD, User's Manual

Product Description

Casio PX-400R Privia Digital Piano with 88 Full-Size Keys and Grand Piano Touch (Stand Included)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

85 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Attention Pros: Huge Bang-for-the-Buck!, November 20, 2004

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J. A. Connolly "connokeys" (Oak Park, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio PX-400R Privia Digital Piano with 88 Full-Size Keys and Grand Piano Touch (Stand Included) (Electronics)

As a professional pianist/organist for nearly a half-century, I can tell you this: Casio has floored me with this keyboard! One usually associates the name "Casio" with entry-level toys. Not so the Privia series; these 'boards are the real deal. While all the available sounds are more than acceptable, the acoustic pianos are particularly fine. But the real stunners are the electric pianos; from the "60's" Wurlitzer-like patch to an authentic Rhodes and a very serviceable Yamaha DX/TX "digital" piano, I could scarcely believe my ears -- especially at this price! Loads of extras come with the Privia (especially the 400R), including usable effects and a decent split/layer setup. So far, the only downside (for me, anyway) is the number of steps necessary to convert the 'board to an external controller (I regularly use the piano to control the lower manual of a full Hammond setup); it would be nice to be able to set up a patch that could be accessed via one or two buttons, similar to a Roland, Kurzweil or Yamaha piano/controller.

With the holidays fast approaching, the Privia is going to get a real workout. This is the true test of a keyboard -- how it holds up to all that schlepping ("The road is a hard mistress!"). Guess we'll have to wait and see...

[April, '06: Follow up to the above] The Privias (now available in a more recent incarnation: the 555) are still hard to beat. I've been quite pleased at how well the 400 has held up -- AND -- I've yet to play anything that truly rivals its electric pianos (great acoustic pianos, too!) All in all, an excellent keyboard at a very attractive price.

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I was disappointment of the sound., July 3, 2006

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Ryan Ding (VA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casio PX-400R Privia Digital Piano with 88 Full-Size Keys and Grand Piano Touch (Stand Included) (Electronics)

I first came across Casio Privia series mode when I tried out a PX-110 model in a local store. I was amazed by both the sound and the action. At that time, I was looking an 88 key hammer action keyboard to replace my 61-key toy. The PX-110 doesn't have some of the features of my to-be-replaced keyboard (USB connection, memory for user songs etc.). So I searched the Internet for higher models and found px-400R. It appeared to be the perfect one to serve my purpose (it has the USB connection and all the other features). I'd say this is a beautiful piece with tons of nice features. I assumed that it sounds the same as the one I played in the store, read all the nice reviews here at Amazon.com, found a great deal from a local store and bought one. But soon found the sound was much worse. I went back to a local store and compared the two models side by side and confirmed my findings. Later I realized that PX-110, PX-310 and PX-700 from the Privia series used a new sound technology called "Tri-element ZPI". I was so disappointment of the sound that I packed it up and shipped it back to the store. I replaced it with a px-310 model, giving up the nice deal and a whole bunch of nice feature for the better sound.

If you have this model in your mind, please be aware that this model used the last generation of sound technology from Casio. Make sure you compare it with any of the three models that used the new sound technology (px-110, px-310 and px-700) and than make you decision.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Piano!, November 8, 2005

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R. Caldera "Del C" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casio PX-400R Privia Digital Piano with 88 Full-Size Keys and Grand Piano Touch (Stand Included) (Electronics)

I really love the piano. It's great. It wont replace a real life-size Piano, but the PX-400R comes close to the sound and feel of one. I've been using it to play MIDI files from my computer and it almost feels like I have my own piano player in my living room.It has many natural-sounding instrument effects, as well as GM tones that include almost every instrument out there known to man.It also only comes with one pedal, so if you need to use 2, you have to buy the second one.You also need a special set of earphones to silence the piano while you practice late at night.

If you're buying it from an Amazon.com merchant, make sure you contact them to be sure you're getting the stand. The listing says the stand is included by I still haven't receieved the stand as of yet.