TOP 3 BEST DIGITAL PIANOS IN EACH PRICE RANGE! $500 – $1000, $1000 – $1500, $1500 – $2000, $2000 – $2500, $2500 – $3000, $3000 – $3500, $3500 – $4000, $4000 – $5000, $5000 – $6000, and Top Digital Grand Pianos.
UPDATED – March 1, 2024 – After years of reviewing new digital pianos and watching market and digital piano buying trends here in the USA, I can say with some authority based on my personal playing experience with these pianos, that there are definite top selling digital pianos out there in various price ranges for 2024. This review and report is on the Top 3 Digital Pianos in the USA which are in a variety of price ranges. This info will give you important information on which new digital pianos you should seriously consider purchasing for yourself, depending on your budget and musical goals.
Just so you know, we believe there are many musical instruments you can enjoy playing such as guitar, organ, brass and woodwind instruments, strings (violin, etc), and others. As long as you can enjoy music in a personal way, that’s what counts. However, we also believe playing the piano is the best way to musically express yourself as a solo instrument (and also as an accompaniment instrument) because you can play both melody & harmony at the same time as well as sing with your playing if you feel like doing so.
The full size baby grand cabinet measures approx 60″ (5 feet) deep. Roland is currently the only company of the top digital brands which produces a full size baby grand (5 feet deep and over), Yamaha and Orla are the only recommended top manufacturers who produce a regular size 4′ deep mini baby grand. Roland & Yamaha are the only top manufacturers who produce a smaller mini baby grand, and Kawai & Samick are the only top brands who produces a micro sized digital baby grand (32″ to 34″ deep).
In these price ranges below for new digital pianos, based on hours of playing time with each one, the TOP 3 best models in the USA for the most realistic piano playing experience in each price category are as follows:
Top 3 Best Digital Pianos from $500 to $1000
Top 3 Best Digital Pianos from $1000 to $1500
1. Casio PX-870 – At $1199 internet discount price (slightly above $1000) the Casio PX-870 home digital piano in 2024 offers the “biggest bang for the buck” in terms of a more realistic piano playing experience in a furniture style cabinet for closer to $1000. We put it in this pr1ce category because we think it’s worth the “stretch” in this price category to go up to this $1199 price.
Top 3 Best Digital Pianos from $1500 to $2000
Top 3 Best Digital Pianos from $2000 to $2500
Top 3 Best Digital Pianos from $2500 to $3000
3. Yamaha CLP-735 – At $2899 internet price, the Clavinova CLP-735 is Yamaha’s most popular model in its Clavinova series home digital pianos. With beautiful piano tone, playable piano style key action, resonate pedaling sustain time, and some very cool digital features, the CLP-735 is the next model up from the Yamaha YDP-184 and it’s definitely worth the difference in price. Read my full review of this piano to learn more at the following link: Yamaha CLP-735 Review
Top 3 Best Digital Pianos from $3000 – $3500
Top 3 Best Digital Pianos from $3500 to $4000
2. Yamaha CLP-745 – At $3799 internet price this Yamaha Clavinova model is the first one to have actual wood (white) keys and a noticeably more responsive key action than the previous CLP-645 with a faster and more balanced key movement that will satisfy even more advanced piano players. This piano also has a much stronger, richer internal sound system with 200 watts of power along with offering Bluetooth audio wireless connectivity. This is my favorite Clavinova model in the Yamaha line of digital pianos and is definitely worth the money if you can be in this price range. Please read my complete review of this Yamaha piano at the following link: Yamaha CLP-745 Review.
Top 3 Best Digital Pianos from $5500 to $6500*
Best “Digital Grand Piano Cabinet” $5000 to $7000
Top 4 Best “Digital Grand Piano Cabinet” $7000 to $18000
This CLP-795GP is definitely worth looking at. It replaced the previous CLP-695GP and there are some noticeable upgrades including a much better and more responsive key action, upgrade to the piano sound, and a new user touch screen interface that is very cool, and a few other important features. If you cannot fit a larger digital grand into your space and want to spend a bit less money than the ones above it, then this may be the perfect digital grand piano for you. Also, as with all digital piano brands and models, we have a special way of saving you more money on what you want so be sure to ask for our help. Please read my review of this model at the following link: Yamaha CLP-795GP Review
MY GRANDSON – DYLAN
If you want more info on these or other digital pianos along with even lower prices than internet, Amazon, or store discounts, please email us attim@azpianowholesale.com or call/text direct at 602-571-1864.
Good evening Tim … What a pleasure to read your relevant comments and deliver your experience in the field of digital piano … I live in France and many models are not marketed at home, I think KAWAI KDP 110 in particular. I wanted to ask you two or three questions, though. I have seen the brand DYNATONE, STEIMAYER, which sells pianos that they announce "high-end", such as the Steinmayer DP-380, or the DPR-3200 H from dynatone. In all fairness, these pianos are good bills, if I rely on the elements and other functions that compose them, such as heavy touch, polyphony, keys boix, etc, etc … I know that they are brands installed in China … But what I expect of you, are worth it to buy, because their price defy any competition compared to the tenors that are YAMAHA, KAWAI, etc …. Thank you the help you bring to novice pianists like me … Happy end of year party … Bruno
I would like to know if there were still samik ebony … and if so, how can I buy it and send it home in France..thanky..bruno
Where is Nord Piano?
I would like to know if there were still samik ebony … and if so, how can I buy it and send it home in France..thanky..bruno
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I must thank you – truly – for your reviews. You just helped me make an educated recommendation for a friend.
May I offer some constructive criticism? Your writing style, though pleasantly forthright and conversational, severely needs help in the brevity department. Run-on sentences and repetition abound in your posts, which is very fatiguing to the reader. Perhaps listen to your own pages using text-to-speech to see what I mean?
This comment as it's just for your reference; no need to post it. Heck, ignore it if you like! Brevity is a hard skill to master but will really help your blog. I owe you a debt for your reviews so I figured I'd reach out a helping hand as well.
Take care and keep up the great work.
Thanks for your comments…and what you say is mostly true. I write in a "stream of consciousness" style and I think and talk like that as well. Although I do put down a lot of detail and go much further than most people in explanations, it can be a bit overwhelming for some. At this point in my life I am too old and set in "thinking ways" to change…much. If you think that my content is too extensive and not to the point sometimes, you should see the unedited versions of my reviews! What you are reading in my reviews is actually edited not only in length, but also in sentence structure and content from what it first was when I initially wrote them. Your criticism is constructive but unfortunately (for good or bad) I will unlikely use it because then I would just be editing for days on end and I can only do so much of that as it would drive me crazy…and I am already a bit nutty to begin with:).
I would be interested in where the new Nord Grand ranks, too.
Hi,
Thanks a lot for this greta article.
How woudl you compare the piano action between the Kawai CA79 and Yamaha CLP 745 ?
Thanks a lot.
Will you be reviewing the Kauai CA99 soon? Thank you, JudgeT
Hi,
I'm interested in finding a digital piano with a baby grand-style cabinet. I'd like to keep it under $5K, but it seems like once you get past the Williams and Suzuki "PSOs" at Guitar Center, there isn't much out there until you get to the $5500 Yamaha and $7500 Kawai. I saw your article recommending the Samicks, but they seem hard to find. There's a Kurzweil KAG100 in the $3000 range, but I don't know much about it, and you seem to hate other recent Kurzweils. (I remember when the original Kurzweil synth came out and blew everyone away with its piano sound.)
Any advice?
Hi,
I've read at your website the article about the best digital pianos.
Can you please let me know if the Pearl River P200 is considered to be a good digital piano ?
Thanks
Dovik
Hi, thanks for your very thorough reviews. They're really helpful.
I've noticed that you've made no mention of the Yamaha P-series…in particular the P515 which apparently shares the same sound chip as the CLP735. I've seen it compared favourably against the ES920. Is there a reason that you haven't included it?
Thanks…
Chris
The Yamaha P-515 has the older and much stiffer NWX key action and that action is much heavier than what is found on most acoustic grand and upright pianos. Heavy key actions are not preferred by most people, especially when playing at a lighter, softer velocity. The new Clavinova 700 series have Yamaha's new and improved key actions and the key weight has been changed and upgraded to resolve the key weight issues with the NWX key action. When the new replacement of the P-515 comes out someday, it will likely have the new and improved key action and be a much better instrument. Since key action is the #1 most important part of any piano, that is why I did not include the P-515.
Hey Tim, I see the none of Roland LX serial is picked. Thus for the best digital piano, Roland's LX model's are lag behind because of the "non-smooth transition" in your another review? Do you have review on the action of different models and which is more close to the grand piano?
Thanks Tim, much appreciated.
Besides the look, is there any advantage to buy a grand vs a good upright digital piano? Is it possible to compare yamaha 765gp vs kawai ca79?
Great! Thank you very much.