Casio PX-S7000 88-Key Digital Piano with Smart Hybrid Hammer Action Keyboard and 4-Speaker Sound System

How it compares

These are the Casios worth weighing against it. Prices and availability are ours, as at 4 August 2026.

"—" means the specification we hold doesn't state it, not that the answer is no.

Buy the PX-S1100 instead if you want the Privia S silhouette and can't justify three and a half times the money. It's the same design language and a near-identical depth, and at $947.95 it's the sane choice for a first serious piano. You drop from 256-note to 192-note polyphony, from 400 tones to 18, from four speakers to two, and from a matching stand with three fixed pedals to a single SP-3 footswitch — budget for the SP-34 tri-pedal and a stand on top if pedalling technique matters. The PX-S7000 is not "a better PX-S1100"; it's a different product for someone with a different problem.

How it sits against the AP-750. The AP-750 is the console equivalent of this instrument: the same Smart Hybrid Hammer Action family, the same 256-note polyphony, eight speakers on 40 W against the PX-S7000's four on 32 W, and a closed cabinet instead of a stand. On specification alone it is more piano for less money. What it does not give you is the 242 mm body, the 400 tones, the microphone input, battery power, or the ability to move it — and it is 53.6 kg against 28.1 kg assembled. It is listed here for context only: the AP-750 is out of stock and cannot currently be ordered, so it is not an alternative you can act on today.

The detail

Action and feel

The Smart Hybrid Hammer Action Keyboard is the headline. White keys are a spruce-and-resin hybrid rather than solid plastic, and every key carries a counterweight — the same trick used on grands, where added mass at the back of the key makes it feel substantial at rest but quicker to return and easier to control at low dynamics. Key tops are textured to simulate ebony and ivory, which stops fingers slipping in a warm room.

One thing worth being straight about: Casio describes this action as dual sensor with digital processing, not tri-sensor — the much cheaper PX-770 uses three sensors. Casio does the repetition work in software here instead, and adds key-off response in three levels, which a three-sensor action alone doesn't give you. Different engineering, not fewer parts. If repeated notes are your deciding factor, play both. Touch response has five sensitivity settings plus off; hammer response has ten levels, or off.

Sound engine

400 tones, headed by three concert grands modelled on Hamburg, New York and Berlin instruments, with 256 notes of maximum polyphony. That ceiling matters here, because layering and long pedal passages on the resonance-heavy grand tones are exactly what eats voices.

The acoustic simulation is unusually granular for the price. String, damper, open string and aliquot resonance each have ten levels or off — aliquot resonance, the sympathetic ringing of the undamped top-octave strings, is normally something you only get on much dearer instruments. Key action noise and damper noise each have ten levels, or off. On top of that sit eight Hall Simulator spaces, eight reverbs and three surround settings.

Sound projection and Piano Position

Four speakers, amplified at 8 W × 2 + 8 W × 2, with the outer pair fitted with Side Enhancing Diffusers to throw sound sideways rather than straight at your knees. You can independently blend inner and outer speaker levels, adjust mid/side balance and apply EQ.

The genuinely practical feature is Piano Position: four voicing presets — Standard, Wall, Centre and Table — that compensate for where the instrument sits. A piano pushed against a hard wall reinforces low frequencies; a piano out in the middle of a room doesn't. Most digital pianos ignore this and leave you fighting it with the EQ.

Cabinet, stand and pedals

The instrument itself is 1,340 × 242 × 102 mm and 14.8 kg. It sits on a colour-coordinated wooden stand with a three-pedal lyre assembly built in, in a polished, grand-piano-style finish. Assembled on the stand it is 1,340 × 449 × 741 mm and 28.1 kg — still far shallower than a console piano.

The pedal unit is fixed rather than a loose board, with dual stabilisers and 92 mm spacing between pedals, wider than Casio's optional SP-34 tri-pedal. If you've ever tried to pedal accurately on a lightweight pedal board that slides on floorboards, you'll understand why that's on the spec sheet.

A key cover is supplied. The finish is a gloss polish, so a microfibre cloth is worth keeping with the instrument.

Connectivity, microphone and apps

Two USB ports: Type B to a computer or tablet, and Type A for a flash drive. It's class-compliant, so no drivers. The WU-BT10 Wireless MIDI & Audio Adaptor is in the box rather than an accessory you have to chase — Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP audio in, and MIDI over Bluetooth Low Energy, which also makes the piano a decent Bluetooth speaker for backing tracks.

Line outputs are proper 6.35 mm standard jacks, L/MONO and R, which is what you want if this ever goes near a PA or an interface. There's also an expression/assignable jack and the connector for the supplied pedal unit. There is no audio input jack and no separate damper pedal jack: audio from a phone comes in over Bluetooth, and the damper lives on the pedal unit that's built into the stand.

There are two headphone outputs, but they are not the same size. One is a 3.5 mm stereo mini jack, so ordinary consumer headphones plug into it as-is; the other is a full-size 6.35 mm stereo standard jack. That distinction only matters when two people want to listen at once — the second pair needs either a 6.35 mm plug of its own or a 3.5 mm-to-6.35 mm adapter, which costs a few dollars and is worth keeping in the drawer.

The microphone input is a 6.35 mm standard (TS) jack, intended for a commercially available dynamic microphone — there is no phantom power, so a condenser will not work off the piano alone. It has its own volume control and 25 dedicated mic effects, so you can sing and play through the same instrument without a mixer. Recording covers both MIDI and audio, to a USB flash drive or to internal flash memory. Casio's Music Space app handles graphical control of settings from a phone or tablet, and 96 registrations store setups for recall from the touch ring.

What you'll also need

• A bench or stool. The stand and pedals are included; seating is not. An adjustable bench is worth the extra over a fixed-height stool for anyone practising seriously. → Piano stools & benches
• Headphones. One of the two outputs is 3.5 mm and takes normal headphones as-is; the other is 6.35 mm, so a second pair needs a 6.35 mm plug or an adapter. Closed-back is what you want for late practice. → Headphones
• A USB flash drive if you want to record audio or play back WAV/MIDI files without a computer. → Piano & keyboard accessories
• A dynamic microphone and cable if you're going to use the mic input. The MIC IN jack is 6.35 mm standard (TS) and supplies no phantom power, so a condenser mic needs its own. → Microphones
• A dust cover. The key cover protects the keys; the polished top panel is on its own. → Keyboard covers, bags & cases
• A USB A-to-B cable for computer connection — not included, and an iPad also needs a USB-C adapter. → Casio PP16 Plug & Play cable pack

Australian availability and delivery

Price: $3,397.95, down from $4,599.00 RRP (correct as at 4 August 2026 — check the live price above).

Stock: In stock at our Footscray showroom, 284–288 Ballarat Rd, Footscray VIC. Come and play it — a piano that costs this much and looks like this is not something you should buy from photographs.

Click & Collect: Free from Footscray.

Delivery: Orders are dispatched the next business day. Standard shipping is a $7 flat rate and free on orders over $150 — including the heavy cabinet pianos, where we absorb the freight deliberately rather than adding a bulky-item surcharge at checkout. Estimated delivery is 4–9 business days after dispatch. Express is $15, typically 1–3 business days. Orders over $30 are tracked and insured. Some rural or remote areas may incur additional charges or longer delivery times.

Warranty: Five-year conditional Casio Australia warranty on the instrument; one year on accessories including the power adaptor, pedals, stands and carry bags. Australian stock, official distributor.

Scarlett Music is an independent Australian retailer at 284–288 Ballarat Rd, Footscray VIC, trading since 1997, with a physical showroom and in-house technicians.

Related reading

• Casio digital pianos and keyboards: which one is yours?
• Digital piano accessories
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• Casio PX-770
• Casio CDP-S110