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4 products compared, grouped by what they are for rather than by brand or by price.

  • Alesis Recital Play

    88 touch-sensitive keys · 480 sounds · full accessory bundle

    Not a weighted piano and not sold as one: 88 full-size touch-sensitive keys, 480 sounds, and a bundle that includes the stand, pedal, headphones, bag and adapter. The most complete box in this lot.

    Best for: A first instrument for someone who is not yet sure they will keep playing.

    ≈ $190 / £150 / 190 €

  • Casio CDP-S110

    88 weighted keys · 10 sounds · pedal and stand included

    A slim 88-key board with Casio’s Scaled Hammer Action II and, unusually at this price, the SP-3 pedal, music rest and power adapter already in the box. Ten sounds rather than hundreds — the money went into the keys.

    Best for: A first weighted piano where the pedal and adapter should not be a second order.

    ≈ 300 €

  • Roland FP-10

    88 keys · SuperNATURAL · headphone output

    Roland’s entry into the FP series: 88 keys with an ivory-feel surface, the SuperNATURAL engine, and a keyboard mechanism Roland describes as quiet in itself — the detail that decides whether a flat-dweller can practise at night.

    Best for: Someone who will practise mostly in headphones and wants the action to be the strong part.

    ≈ $500 / £390 / 400 €

  • Yamaha ARIUS YDP-105

    88 GHS keys · three pedals · console cabinet

    A console piano rather than a portable one: 88 Graded Hammer Standard keys, three pedals and a cabinet that stays where you put it. Yamaha also fits a volume limiter, which sets a ceiling on output.

    Best for: A permanent practice piano in a room where it can stay assembled.

    ≈ 700 €