🎹Casio AP-470 Digital Piano Review & Demo - Celviano Series, AiR Sound Source, Concert Play🎹
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Welcome to another digital piano review at the Merriam Pianos YouTube channel. In today’s video, we’ll be looking at the Casio Celviano AP470.
This instrument has been out for a while, but it’s the first chance we’ve had to take a look at it. We’ll cover all of the usual stuff, and see how it stacks up against the Casio PX870 as well.
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Piano Overview:
Anyone familiar with our channel will notice we’ve been doing more Casio reviews lately. The biggest reason why? More and more customers have been calling us asking about these instruments over the past year or so, and it’s a real testament to how far the quality of these instruments has come. Dollar for dollar, lots of Casio models make the case for being among the top value instruments on the market.
The AP470 comes in around $1,900 CAD, occupying the upper mid-range of the market. The AP740 uses the same action and sound engine as the PX870, so one might be wondering why this instrument is $500 more. Read on to find out why.
Piano Sound:
While both the PX870 and AP470 use the same Multi-dimensional Morphing AiR Sound Source engine, the AP470 ups the ante with 4 speakers instead of 2, and 40 watts of speaker power. The overall detail of the tone is really nice, but where you might be compromising in going with the AP470 as opposed to a slightly more expensive instrument such as the Kawai CN29 or Roland RP501 has to do with some of the finer subtleties, such as the treble decay time. That being said, for the price, the speaker and tone quality are very solid.
There’s 256 notes of polyphony here, which is more than enough for virtually all applications. There’s 22 total on-board sounds, which you can control via the user interface, or through the Chorda app on your smart device. The selection of tones is pretty standard - various acoustic pianos, electric pianos, harpsichord, vibraphone etc. The vintage electric piano and acoustic piano sounds especially stand out.
Piano Action:
The AP470 uses the same action as the PX870, the tri-sensor scaled hammer-action keyboard. The triple sensor is a nice addition, though it does not feature escapement (Roland is the only manufacturer who offers escapement at this price point.)
There’s a texture on the white and black keys that is pretty exaggerated. Some folks will love this, others will not, so it’s definitely worth paying attention to that when you try this piano out to see if you like the texture.
It’s worth mentioning that the action here is not the same as the one you’ll find in the PX-S1000 and 3000, which only use a double sensor.
Piano Features:
Another upgrade with the AP470 over the PX870 is the extra size, and overall more robust look of the cabinet. The AP470 definitely looks more like a real piano, which might be a significant consideration for some folks.
There’s also the ability to record both audio and MIDI to USB, as well as a number of pre-loaded on-board music. There’s all kinds of recordings of famous classical pieces on here that are super fun to play along with, especially with the Chordana app.
The AP470 comes standard with a triple pedal system, as well as music desk and dust cover.
Summary:
This instrument is going to deliver a lot of value to folks in the market place looking for a piano with a satisfying piano tone, solid action, and aesthetically pleasing cabinet, who want to stay under $2,000 before tax. There’s a lot to like here, and if this is the budget you’re working with, definitely give it a play.
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