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Kawai ES110 or a cheap alternative
Thoughts on Kawai ES110?
I have one. The keys are definitely plastic feeling and I don’t know how I feel about the action. It’s really light and I wish I went with something else that feels more like a piano. On a grand piano, there’s like an extra bump you feel on the way down that you don’t get with an Es-110. It feels like a spinet piano. It sounds great though
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Is Kawai ES110 reliable?
At this price point all DPs are more or less the same in terms of reliability. I once asked a guy in music service center which brand is more reliable than others and he told they all are the same, they are getting broken DPs from all brands in equal proportion.
Yamahas though are consistently mentioned as very solid and reliable (Yamaha p115 or p125 has the same price as ES110), but in the end, it either breaks or don't, it's just pure luck. My bet would be on Yamaha on this particular subject. As for this Casio model - I wouldn't recommend this one for sure, it's way too cheap to be reliable and it's action is awful not only in touch, but also in durability.
But ES110 as a piano is better than p125 in my opinion, if you like it, pick it. As I said, if it breaks or not - it's just luck.
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right as I was about to get a $250 weighted piano on Amazon, I found out somewhere else that someone is selling a Kawai ES110 for $550.
Is it worth it? I've been practicing the piano for 7 months but still don't have one myself. Not planning to do much apart from practicing it and playing it for fun, but I've been advised to get a weighted keys one. In the long run I do have in mind getting a proper one, though.