Price: $219.00
(as of Nov 19, 2024 03:42:09 UTC - Details)

The CT-S1 reflects your style in more ways than one. Choose the color that best matches your home, your look, or your life in general. Then, express yourself with 61 studio-quality, stage-ready Tones.  And with a keyboard that looks and sounds this good, there's no need to keep it on a stand. Put in 6 AA batteries, attach a strap, and wherever you're standing becomes center stage.
61 full-size key with touch response
Stereo Grand Piano plus 60 other AiX-powered tones
Powerful bass-reflex stereo speaker system with surround effect
Class-compliant USB-MIDI connects to free Chordana Play app
Optional WU-BT1 Bluetooth MIDI/Audio Adaper. Optional 6xAA battery power (AC Adapter and music rest included)
Reviewer: Manifold Guy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Portable, Playable, Capable Instrument
Review: I own a top flight acoustic piano and professional digital keyboards. I searched everywhere for a portable, super light-weight keyboard that I could carry on when flying/traveling to use for practicing and composition. The Casio CT-S1 fits the bill well, with a few very minor nits.This keyboard weighs in at less than 10 lbs. yet is very well built and 'feels' sturdy and solid. It's physically impossible to have weighted or semi-weighted keys on a 10 pound instrument, but the key bed is otherwise very good. The keys are nearly full-size, have a matte finish and a good touch sensitive response.The body of the keyboard is well constructed and does not feel fragile. The 'retro', minimalist look of the instrument with the cloth covered panel across the top is easy on the eyes. There is a built-in handle which allows carrying around your house or hotel with ease. It comes with a external power supply, but also runs on batteries. I sprung for a set of AA rechargeable batteries, worth the investment. Nit #1: You'll need to purchase a sustain pedal - not included.There is a very good and wide range of sounds, most important of which are decent acoustic piano, electric piano and organ voices. A nice feature is a set of physical buttons and a volume knob across the front panel. There are dozens of additional sound and tone controls accessible via the function button and the piano keys. Nit #2: I would like to have dedicated buttons for the most used functions: transpose, octave shift and reverb.The built-in speakers are very serviceable. There are 1/8" inch stereo IN and stereo OUT connectors, so I carry a couple of 1/8" stereo patch cables for connecting my Klipsch Groove bluetooth speaker (sounds great), tablets, phone, etc. The USB MIDI interface is ideal for for writing or transcribing music.Nit #3: The Casio case for this instrument, when available, has an awkward design (load from the end ??), and has questionable padding for travel. Casio would do well to make available a decent, well fitting, padded case - even at half the cost of the keyboard, it would be worth it. I scoured the retail world for days to found a good quality, padded, but otherwise snug fitting case for airline carry on, but a case designed for this unit would be better.This instrument is an excellent value.

Reviewer: YAYteaching
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Holy Moly! Don't let the price deceive you.
Review: Love tbe portability and unique design of this instrument. Has an expensive look to it. The sounds are amazing for this price range. I don’t miss weighted keys at all with this. The keys have a matte textured feel and they are touch sensitive. Lots of great hidden features on this keyboard. Tone layering, octave shifts, etc. If you want great sounds and aren’t wanting drum beats and accompaniment then this is a great instrument. I love that you can use batteries and take it anywhere. Played it in my backyard and my neighbors were coming out to listen!Update: Loving this keyboard more and more as I delve into the full instruction manual (available on the casio website). I recommend printing for easy reference, as there are a lot of hidden features. I just discovered the hidden piano and organ tones, along with a piano/bass split. The organ tones are KILLER> if you love vintage sounding keys (wurly, rhodes, pipe, and gospel organs...even has a nod to vintage video game organ tones). My new favorite features are the simple record/loop feature where I can record one hand playing and then play the other hand over it. Super helpful for learning Bach pieces especially. This keyboard is exactly what I was looking for in that it has super impressive, high quality sounds/tones in an inexpensive keyboard. I love the styling on this. It is quite unique and premium looking with its fabric covered speakers. I think its great that it comes in 3 colors. I often find arranger keyboards a little cheezy and I really just want to play sheet music where I play my own accompaniament. The recorder feature allows me enough layering capability for my tastes, but if you prefer rhythms and arpeggiators I would go with the new Casiotone ct S500 or the cts1000v. Both of these are arranger keyboards and they have my attention currently, as they have the same updated soundchip but I still think the ct s1 has some sounds that are unique to it.

Reviewer: Silverback
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I compared all the similar keyboards on Amazon
Review: I bought this after comparing as many keyboards as I could find on Amazon.My 4yo daughter has taken an interest in piano and this keyboard actually works great for beginners or advanced musicians.This Casio is the whole package. There are 3 sensitivities for key response depending on how hard you stroke it, there are 61 sounds that all sound unique and inspiring, there's a customizable built in metronome, a one-touch button for recording your playing then giving the playback with another button press, there's a surround button to expand the "size" of the sound (the speakers sound great on this), outputs for headphones and external sound, and you can connect different types of inputs to play along with a song or learning app.To be honest, I probably would have gladly paid closer to $300 for this unit. Instead, I purchased the Pyle keyboard stand (fantastic, sturdy unit with plenty of amenities), and a sustain pedal with the "extra money" leftover from what I valued the keyboard at.Any units in Amazon that are cheaper than this one have drawbacks that this Casio doesn't have. Essentially they are more "toys" than an instrument. This Casio is an entry level "hobby" unit that is useful for recording too.I've been a musician since I was a child, so I have somewhat of a good idea for what makes good sound.I can't wait to record with this keyboard!

Reviewer: Phil
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Etoy muy feliz con este producto era un regalo y llego justo a tiempo, todo muy bien funciona perfecto, cumplio todas mis expectativas

Reviewer: Kibea
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: The aesthetics of this keyboard is what caught my eye first (and it was also on sale). Then after watching some reviews on youtube and seeing all the positive comments, I knew this was going to be a good buy and it lived up to it. Playing the keys felt a bit weird at first since I am used to playing on a traditional piano but I got used to it after 20 mins or so. Another thing is that it is hard to navigate all the different functions and tone variations, but I liked how it looked without the screen, distraction free, so I guess that's the compromise.

Reviewer: Uriel Osorio
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: El material de Teclado es muy bueno, definitivamente se sienta la calidad, tiene sensibilidad en las teclas como si fuera un teclado real un ligero en peso en las teclas no como de un piano real pero si tienen la sensación de que tienen poner un poco de fuerza para tocar, y lo mejor de todo el sonido, la verdad que el propio teclado tiene mucho mejor sonido que muchas otras bocinas externas que tengo, se logra apreciar muy bien cada tono y tecla del piano, definitivamente vale por completo la pena y me llegó en exelentes condiciones.

Reviewer: Jeremy W
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I'm not an expert on keyboards, but I think this one delivers amazing value for the money. Not a lot of bells and whistles, but the sound quality (at least the standard piano) is impressive, so it's almost a no-brainer if you're looking for a minimalistic keyboard.Now the fun feature that I think got a lot of people go "shut up and take my money": its "Keyboard" mode + "Vintage" tone variation nails the classic Mellotron sound. I'm pretty sure one of the first things people play when they open this up is the intro to The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" or The Zombies' "Changes"UPDATE: be warned that the battery life is not great. It used up a brand new set of Energize Max after less than 2 hours of playing.

Reviewer: benin.c.jahin
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Adaptor missing, otherwise fine, good packing