PX-560 Discontinued?

[Scott Rogers]

I am embarking on a Summer Tour beginning in July 2025. Love my 560, but need a second board on stage and ready to go if there were a tech issue. With the 560 no longer made and a replacement not on the horizon, I think I’ll add a CK88 to the road gear. Any comments about that choice or insights as to another 560 type instrument coming before July? 

[Brad Saucier]

Are there any must-have features from the PX-560 you would want to have in your next piano?  

[Scott Rogers]

I love the 560! Improvements for me would be a damper pedal connection, a assignable connection PLUS a cv connection. 
XLR output options would be nice, but not mandatory. Would love to eliminate the transformer and be able to use a standard (hex?) cord for power.

[Jokeyman123]

Correct me if I'm wrong-but there is a damper pedal connection-I use it all the time. and the other jack can be assigned a huge variety of parameters, the same as the 3 control knobs. CV-you mean control voltage-as in analog synths used for various functions-pitch, timing sync/trigger and which many newer analog/digital controllers have-I have a Keystep mini controller with this, my Behringer Poly D also has a CV connection as did my old Pro-One Sequential which I used way back.  I know of nothing equivalent to the PX-560 such as another workstation/88 key controller/digital piano that has one. There may be midi adapters that create a CV function through midi, I've never looked. Look for a keyboard meant to be incorporated into a modular system, this seems to be the throwback many musicians seem to be interested in.

[Scott Rogers]

I tested out the CK88 today. Keybed is awful. Geared more toward organ I think. 
When I mentioned CV, I was looking for ONE damper pedal connection, ONE aux (assignable) connection and ONE control volume connection. Three total independent connections. 
I may take my px-s 3100 on tour as a backup. I don’t love it like the 560, but it’s going to suffice. 

[Choppin]

What about the PX-5S?  Looks like it's still being made - at least it is still able to be bought directly from CASIO - which makes me think it is still being made.

 

...and isn't the PX-560 a parallel - sorta fewer function version of the PX-5s ?

Edited April 29 by Choppin

[mike71]

On 4/29/2025 at 9:09 PM, Choppin said:

What about the PX-5S?  Looks like it's still being made - at least it is still able to be bought directly from CASIO - which makes me think it is still being made.

 

...and isn't the PX-560 a parallel - sorta fewer function version of the PX-5s ?

I'm not sure it's still being made, maybe they have a warehouse filled with them somewhere and are selling the stock. PX 560 has different hardware like the touch screen and I think also the microcontroller, so it's possible that the production of the PX-5S ended after the one of the PX-560.

[Choppin]

I meant, the PX-5s could be the replacement keyboard the OP is looking for as it has similarities and it seems to still be available.