David Pansini

It's been about two months since my keyboard was replaced and so far no issues. I'm actually enjoying the PX-S3000 more. Only time will tell if all the key beds are defective. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it was just a small batch that were affected and my new key bed will last for years to come. Good luck to all with this issue. David

Dorian, Sorry to hear, but glad to hear you're putting 3 hours a day. I need to get back to serious playing. I don't know how to repair keyboards. Never seen the inside of one. I know if my Casio starts to have this issue again, I'll have to repair it myself. I would suggest looking online. People post "how to repair" things all the time. I'm sure you'll find a Piano repair video on YouTube. Good Luck. If you do attempt to fix it yourself, video the process. So if it works, you can share. Thanks

It's been two weeks and the piano is great. The keys feel and sound really good. I'm actually enjoying the Casio more. Lets see how this goes in a few months. I'm confident it's going to be just fine.

Jokeyman123 I'll try to post sooner with an update. Good Luck on your project. Kybdsammer, that's good news. Just what I'm hoping for. No more key issues. Thanks

Got the PX-S3000 back yesterday. The shop confirmed there was and issue and had to replace the entire key bed. I think that because it was still under warrantee the shop just ordered a new key bed. I was able to set it up last night and play for a bit. No issues. I would hope not seeing as it's a new key bed. The real test will be how the keys behave over the following year. Will the keys get clicky like the original? Time will tell. So for those in this group having the same issue and your PX-S3K is still under warrantee, bring it in and have an authorized tech look at it. If I remember, I'll post in a year to let you know how it's going. Good luck David

I contacted Casio and they suggested I take the Piano to an authorized repair shop. Last weekend I did just that. The shop told me it would take about 25 days before they'll have a chance to get it up on the bench to look at it. Because the Casio is just under a year old, it's covered by the warrantee. Let's see what happens. I'll update when I hear from the shop. Stay tuned!

Jockeyman123. Thanks for the input. I agree that what we're hearing is plastic on plastic. I'll take your expert diagnosis that it's the felt. You can see my video above, but it's the same issue. And I don't have it as bad as others. I will contact Casio Monday. I bought my PXS300 in early March of 2020. It was a Demo that I returned due to loud keys. Sweetwater shipped me a brand new one. So I'm hoping this is covered under the warrantee. It's just going to be a pain to box it, ship it, wait several weeks for the repair. Thanks

Casiofun, yes I agree. I have a 12 year old Yamaha P-85. The keys have become louder. That was one reason for upgrading to the Casio. But there is a difference between what you're talking about and the clicking sound that some of us are experiencing. And we're experiencing this within the first year of purchase. I'm a guitarist also. If I bought a new guitar and one of the strings had a slight buzzing on the frets (not something a simple neck adjustment would cure), I would be disappointed. All Guitars need fret work overtime, but a string buzzing within a year would be bad. Again, my issue is not as bad as some others on this post, but it is annoying. If the clicking were to get worse, I would not be able to play the Casio. When I was researching digital pianos, all, Yamaha, Roland, Kawai, etc, all had some issue. The Casio, at half the price, seemed like a no brainer. But I wonder if the other pianos larger form factor house a better keyboard? Most review I've read, say yes, but at half the price, Casio isn't too bad. I've been a Guitarist and Vocalist for 50+ years. I've played a little piano off and on over that time also. Now, I'm attempting to play more piano. The Casio so far has been a good piano to practice on. I know when I get to the level I'm aiming for, I will sell the Casio and get a higher quality digital piano. If the keys clickyness gets worse, I will have to take a loss and buy something else. And as I stated in my last post, I can't get the same sound though a PA that I get through headphones. That will be a problem when I play live. The Yamaha P-85 sounds just as good with headphones and going through my PA, not sure why the Casio doesn't? To conclude, I do agree that the keys will get louder over time. But the clicky keys is a defect. I just hope my keys clickyness don't get worse.

Anba, If you've only had the Casio for a month, can't you return it? My PX-S3000 is just about a year and i'm thinking about selling it. My keys aren't as bad as others. I have only three keys that click like yours. I want to sit at my piano and enjoy every note. As it is, I sit and deliberately try to avoid those clicky keys. That's no way to play. I guess you get what you paid for. The PX-S3000/1000 is half the price of other keyboards with similar features. But I would rather pay double and love every moment playing than to save money for something that distracts me from playing. And there's one other thing that bothers me. I don't know if anyone has experienced this. I find the onboard speaker sound metallic. Doesn't sound natural. I have three PA systems and I can't get the Casio to sound good on any one of them. I find this very strange because the Casio sounds amazing through headphones. I would think, connecting it to a Soundcraft mixer feeding two, 15 inch Celestion speakers, that it would sound just as amazing. Despite these two issues, I use the Casio almost everyday. Somedays for hours. I use it for recording, writing and to just get better at piano. Most times I'm connected it to a mixer so i can sing and play through headphones. So I don't always hear those annoying keys. And again, the Casio does sound very good through headphones. I would like to have a piano with a quieter, better key bed and sounds better in a live environment. I wish you luck.

I agree. Headphones sound amazing. I really don't like the onboard speakers. They sound "metallic", not real. Whereas the headphones sound incredible. I've used a number of external speakers and PA's and nothing so far sounds as good as the headphones. I also have a Yamaha P85. It's about 12 years old. The on board speakers are better than the Casio's, but like the Casio, going through headphones sound so much better. All piano's with such a small footprint will never sound great. You just can't get great sound out of those small speakers. I just wish I could get the same sound out of my PA as I do with the headphones. Don't really know why the 1/4 in outs aren't giving me the same quality sound. Any thoughts? DAvid

Yes the music stand is custom. I simply bought a 4'x2' sheet of wood. Cut it down to 4'x14", painted it black and screwed it onto my regular music stand. Holds 5 sheets with ease and it cost less than $10 for the wood and paint. And yes, the sewing machine doublers as a rocket ship.

I use the JBL EON One Compact. It's battery powered and will last about 10 hours. It's very loud, has four inputs and weighs about 16 lbs. I use the first input for vocals, the second for the Casio, the third for my Guitar and the fourth with the built in Bluetooth function to play backing tracks and music from my iPhone. Not sure what you budget is or how much power you need, but, this little thing is a very compact PA. And because the Casio is battery powered, I can take it anywhere. The beach, the woods, in the middle of a field or the back room of a club. Good luck with your search.

Thank you I'll tell her you like it. She didn't use a template. She made measurements and started sewing. It took her a few weeks to make doing a little at a time.

I have the same issue, but just on a few keys. Nothing like you have (or had). The few keys that do click is annoying. Can't imagine what you went through and how disappointed you must have been. Really hope it works out for you, and me. Casio was not my first choice in digital keys. Actually, it was on the bottom of my list. I had my eyes on keyboards around in the $1,500-2K price range. Because I'm really a guitarist/vocalist posing as a pianist, I figured it would make more sense to get a less expensive piano and see where it takes me. I love the look of the Casio 3K, and it has a ton of features, like battery powered. but, in the back of my mind, I still see Casio as a "toy" compared to Yamaha, Korg, Roland, etc. I enjoy the Casio, but when I read posts like this, I wonder if I made a mistake. Not to say the other manufactures don't have their issues, they do, but when I hit one of those keys that click, It ruins the enjoyment of playing. This is my 2nd Casio 3000, had to return the first one for "Loud Keys". My new Casio is about 9 months old, so will it get worse as it gets older? I could sell the Casio before it does get worse and go back to my old Yamaha P-85. Not what I really want to do, but I'm concerned, as this is my second Casio with keyboard issues. Keep us posted. I very curious to see how it works out for you. Casio PX-S3000 Clicky Keys.mov Thanks for posting Casio PX-S3000 Clicky Keys.mov Casio_PX-S3000_Clicky_Keys.mp4

I'll ask her. But don't get your hopes up.

I just updated my cover to a custom fit cover. Compliments of my daughter. It's double sided with material in between. Very much like a quilt. It's also very heavy compared to the one I purchased from Amazon (which i'll use on my old Yamaha P85). My daughter just purchased a high tech sewing machine and needed something to practice on. Dad to the rescue. I'm very fortunate she's so talented.

My daughter just finished making a custom cover for my PX-S3000. Fits like a glove. Amazing Job! This is far superior to the $12 one I bought from Amazon.

To answer your question, yes. I own the PX-S3000. I have two Yamaha pedals and neither work on the Casio. I bought a cheap ProLIne (not a half pedal) and it works fine through the Damper Pedal input. My understanding is half-dampening is only offered through the Pedal input (DIN connection), not through the Damper Pedal input (1/4 inch). I did a modification on the SP-34 so I can use the left pedal for the drum fill, the middle pedal for drum start/stop and the right pedal for half-dampening. I no longer use that mod. Instead I use two Boss FS-5U to control the drums. I know you can't do this for the PX-S1000, but, if you have a single half-dampening pedal (not the 3 pedal SP-34), you should be able to modify it for half-dampening through the Pedal Input (DIN). This is something I may attempt in the future. I'll never use the soft or sostenuto pedals. You would need a 6 pin male DIN cable to plug into the XP-S1000 and a 1/4 inch female cable to plug a half-dampening sustain pedal into. This cable is so you can splice the female 1/4 inch and not the half-dampening cable. Non-destructive mod. The Black, Orange and Green wires on the my DIN, controlled half dampening. The trick here is to figure out how to connect them to a half dampening sustain pedal. Not sure if anyone out there has done this mod successfully. Good luck. And if Casio reads this forum, a single half-dampening pedal would be nice.

Thanks all for your comments. I made a 48" x 13.5" music stand and attached it to my regular music stand for stability. Works great in my studio. I can keep a lot of sheet music on it . For performing, I'll bring the stock stand and my iPad. But for the studio, problem solved. And it cost about $8.00. No bad.

Thanks for the response. My main instrument is Guitar. I use my iPad with an app called OnSong. It's an amazing app I've been using since it came out 10+ years ago. I use OnSong with my Piano too. But for practicing, I scan in songs from books or sheet music so I can display each page like in the attached photo. Having to turn pages is annoying. Once I've learned the song, I either add the scanned sheet music, or create the song with just words and chords to OnSong. What I created works fine, but would be nice to have something a bit more robust.

I enjoy my PX-S3000. One complaint I have is the size of the music stand. It's narrow and not very tall. Sheet music flops over the top and I can only fit three sheets, with both end sheets hanging beyond the edges. I put together a make shift music stand that sits on top of Casio's stand (and clipped to the Casio stand so it doesn't' move). I made it out of thick poster board and it's as tall as sheet music and wide enough to hold four sheets without hanging over the edges. This is fine for my studio but not something I would take out on gigs. Has this bothered anyone else? Has anyone else fabricated a better stand? Does anyone know of a quality sheet music stand thats taller and wider than the stock stand that will fit the PX-S3000? If Casio monitors this site, you may want to think about making an optional stand that's more robust. I'll be the first to buy it (if the price is fair). Thanks David

Actually the JBL EON ONE Compact is very small. 17" high, 10" wide and 11 deep and weights about 17 lbs. I can carry the Casio and the JBL at the same time so it's very portable. The only PA smaller is the Boss S1. The JBL has more channels and more features and I like the way the JBL sounds over the Boss. And my guitar sounds very good also.

As far as I'm aware, half dampening is only offered through the SP-34 plugged into the DIM jack. If you view the options for the Expression/Assignable jack, half dampening is not offered, but dampening is. My understanding of this setting is just basic on/off dampening. If you have a half-dampening pedal, plug it in and let us know if it works.

I have version 103.Bought this back in early April.

I just purchased the JBL EON ONE Compact PA. Regular price is $549, on sale now for $499. It's battery powered and has four inputs. I use input 1 for my mike, input two for the Casio, input 3 for my Guitar and input 4 is set to bluetooth so I can play my backing tracks. I have other PA's for larger gigs, but wanted something small and portable for practice and small gigs. Because the Casio can be battery powered, I wanted a battery powered amp so I can go anywhere without the need for a wall outlet. Also, I'm a guitarist/vocalist who plays a bit of piano, so the JBL is perfect for my needs as a soloist. Going through the EON ONE Compact makes the keyboard sound much better, much beefier. To get the best sound, I turn off the surround sound mode and turn the brilliance down on the keyboard. I keep the treble flat on the JBL and boost the bass just a bit. This is a great PA for practice and can get loud. If this falls within your price range, give it a try. You can also check out Roland KC-220, $399. I've never used it but it gets great reviews as a practice, small gig piano amp.