Eighty-eight keys, and what they weigh · review
Not a weighted piano and not sold as one: 88 full-size touch-sensitive keys, 480 sounds, and a bundle that includes the stand, pedal, headphones, bag and adapter. The most complete box in this group.
What it amounts to The best-equipped starting point under two hundred dollars here, provided you understand you are buying 88 unweighted keys and a complete set of accessories. One bundle on this shelf adds a stand and a bench, at three times the price.
The Recital Play is the only instrument in this group that arrives ready to play with nothing else bought: stand, sustain pedal, headphones, tablet rest, bag and power adapter are all listed as included.
That is the entire argument for it, and it is a strong one. The most common way a first instrument fails is not the instrument — it is discovering that the stand, the pedal and the headphones are three more purchases, and that the keyboard sits on a bed in the meantime.
The keys are full-size and touch-sensitive rather than weighted. Alesis is clear about this and so are we: touch sensitivity changes volume with how hard you play, a hammer action changes the physical resistance under the finger. They are different things, and the difference is what separates this page from the Casio and Roland ones above.
The USB-MIDI socket is what gives it a second life. When a weighted piano eventually arrives, this becomes a controller for software rather than something to sell.
| Keys | 88 full-size, touch-sensitive (not weighted) |
|---|---|
| Sounds | 480, with 160 rhythms and 140 demo songs |
| In the box | Stand, music/tablet rest, sustain pedal, headphones, bag, power adapter |
| Connectivity | USB-MIDI, 6.35 mm (0.25 in) sustain input, 3.5 mm (0.14 in) aux in, 3.5 mm headphone out |
| Learning | Split, lesson and record modes; Skoove and Melodics included |
| Battery option | 6 × AA, not supplied |
| Amazon reference | B0CLVRL7YW (identical on 6 markets) |
| EAN | 0694318026380 |
Same section, nearest price — what the same money else sounds like.
It is an 88-key keyboard with touch-sensitive keys. A hammer action is what makes an instrument a digital piano in the sense this site uses, and Alesis does not describe this one as weighted. It is an excellent first keyboard and it is not a substitute for a weighted action.
A 6.35 mm (0.25 in) socket, with a pedal supplied. That is the same standard socket used by the pedals in our accessories section, so a later upgrade fits.
7.3/ 10
The best-equipped starting point under two hundred dollars here, provided you understand you are buying 88 unweighted keys and a complete set of accessories. One bundle on this shelf adds a stand and a bench, at three times the price.
Shown because the accessory names this instrument itself.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on August 18, 2026.
A first instrument for someone who is not yet sure they will keep playing.
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 1,000.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for musical instruments and gear and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
88 weighted keys · 10 sounds · pedal and stand included
A slim 88-key board with Casio’s Scaled Hammer Action II and, unusually at this price, the SP-3 pedal, music rest and power adapter already in the box. Ten sounds rather than hundreds — the money went into the keys.
Best for: A first weighted piano where the pedal and adapter should not be a second order.
≈ $820
88 keys with touch response · 13 hours on batteries · 23.1 lb · stand and bench in the bundle
A bundle rather than an instrument alone: the CDP-S160 with a stand, a bench, a pedal, a music stand, an adapter and headphones — and the only piano here to publish a battery life and a weight.
Best for: A first piano that has to arrive complete, stand and bench included, and be carried occasionally.
88 keys · SuperNATURAL · headphone output
Roland’s entry into the FP series: 88 keys with an ivory-feel surface, the SuperNATURAL engine, and a keyboard mechanism Roland describes as quiet in itself — the detail that decides whether a flat-dweller can practice at night.
Best for: Someone who will practice mostly in headphones and wants the action to be the strong part.
≈ $500
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
