Privia Px 750 Stand, Pedal Unit, and Dead Key

[Max J]

Hi everyone, 

I purchased a Privia Px 750 last week for $125 on Craigslist and it didn't come with the proper stand, pedal unit, and a key C#2 to E2 are dead...

My first order of business is to find out where I can purchase a proper pedal unit and its really confusing to find this information concretely and I'm hoping someone here knows may know. 

Second is the same but for a stand that can house the pedal unit. 

Its seem everywhere is telling me that the pedal unit and stand are discontinued and If thats the case then I'd ask for my money back, especially for the pedal unit. 

Any idea where I can get these? Or where I can get something compatible?

Thanks everyone!

P.S. Third and most gruesome step, is going to be fixing the dead keys. I'll have to take it apart and order those rubber trisensor components I think.. 

[Brad Saucier]

Here is who Casio uses as a parts distributor.  https://www.pacparts.com/model.cfm?mfg=casio&model_id=PX750WE&action=list_part&mode=auto&back=0

[Max J]

@Brad Saucier Wow thanks! I came across yes earlier but it was much more bare bone. 

I do have a question however, between the pedal assembly, pedal board, and other pedal parts. What do I actually need to get a working pedal?  

[Max J]

or couldn't I just buy this? The connection seem to be the same.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SP33--casio-sp33-3-pedal-board?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organicpla 

[Brad Saucier]

I'm not sure.  

[Joe Muscara]

The problem is, the SP-32 and the SP-33 pedal units used the same connector, but the sustain pedal worked in the opposite manner. So if you get the wrong one, not pressing the pedal gives you sustain, and pressing it releases it.

 

I would guess that any x50 model Casio would be compatible with the later SP-33 pedal unit but I'm not as familiar with the 7xx and 8xx models.

 

(I always wonder when a model comes with a stand and someone sells without it, what happened to it. I can't imagine they lost it…)

[Jokeyman123]

Maybe they're using it as a plant stand, people like plants I understand.  I watch my wife-check my Casios every day for that reason. So far, they're still on their stands. And the cats use them for exercise mats-why I keep covers on. 🙃

 

And MaxJ   $125.00 wow! I'm surprised it came with the keys! That is quite a bargain-unless of course it doesn't work, which apparently at least it mostly does. If you can clean that area of the keys with some compressed air-might be a Cheez doodle or some other contaminant stuck in there if you're lucky, won't have to take the whole thing apart for just a few keys-sounds like the malfunction that occurs sometimes where the rubber boots are seamed together and sometimes lift up a bit. If you can, if you have-preferably a thin plastic probe of some kind-try-gently feeling around between the keys and-again gently pushing down if you can see where the rubber boots are in this area with the malfunctioning keys-not sure with this particular Casio, but it can be done with some.

[Max J]

Haha I thought that myself and emailed him once realizing it was suppose to come with everything else and he said he got it open box at guitar center and he wasn't a musician at all - it was for his kids that finally became the age for a sustain pedal - so the I kinda believed him. 

Also - I KNOW! I never jumped on a craigslist ad faster in my life. The thing was hideous when I picked it up. It blew my mind that someone could let that happen or not make any attempt to clean it because I got there 7 hours later, however, I spent 5 hours cleaning it and it looks absolutely amazing. He probably could have sold it for 400 if he felt so inclined. 

I am so not looking forward to taking this thing apart though he told me his son hit one of the keys to hard or something and 4 of them stoped working. YIKES. 

[Jokeyman123]

The most difficult part to this one with the console cabinet will probably be taking it apart. Once you are there, most Casio Privia pianos have very similar mechanisms-and I and others have posted many pictures and explanations of what can be done to restore keys, rubber boots, hammers-anything you might need to do-well worth restoring IMO.  I do so much restoration partially out of need-but I am lucky, I live near Dover, NJ Casio's headquarters-what a stroke of luck for me woo-hoo! Many do not have any repair techs anywhere near them, this may be the only website for DIY repair for Casios. And I like restoration work-I think its part of the creative process for me. Improving a musical instrument is a real challenge, since many have become so complex or refined. Definitely rewarding to get something working again that someone else did not have the time, ability or motivation to do. And starting with acoustic and "tine" pianos-the Fender Rhodes and Wurlitz erelectric pianos had tines inside that would break (!) I had to learn to repair things myself to keep playing-repair techs were even harder to find and piano techs cost 100 bucks an hour 30 years ago.

 

I'm currently trying to restore a 15 year old Alesis Fusion with a bad mainboard (I think). And the only support I can find-is on user groups like this one, Alesis abandoned this one years ago, ouch! I am grateful Casio and our moderators have not abandoned us. With 4 Casios in the house-I'm not either!