Name: Kawai ES110
Brand: Kawai
SKU: 4ae47bbf-8888-4878-b432-b6e455f0cb21
Price: 949.0 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 9.1 (111 reviews)

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The Kawai ES110 is a highly regarded digital piano that offers a range of features and benefits for musicians. It has an 88-key keyboard with a Respon... more

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Experts recommend Roland FP-10 more than Kawai ES110

As of 16 Jan 2025, experts prefer Roland FP-10 over Kawai ES110, but both Digital Pianos have solid expert endorsements.

As per this month's meta ranking, Roland FP-10 received 3 recommendations: from PianoDreamers (9 Oct 2024), Music Radar (31 Oct 2024) and Run The Music (3 Mar 2021). By contrast, Kawai ES110 received only 1 recommendation from Luxury Pianos (22 Feb 2021).

Rank	Change	Price	Digital Piano	PianoDreamers	Rolling Stone	Gearank	The Guitar Junky	Music Radar	Prime Sound	Best Digital Piano	Equipboard	Run The Music	Luxury Pianos
2	-	$500	Roland FP-10 The Roland FP-10 is a highly regarded digital piano that offers a realistic playing experience, versatile features, and impressive sound quality in a compact and durable instrument.	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	-
55	N/A	$949	Kawai ES110 The Kawai ES110 is a highly regarded digital piano that offers an authentic playing experience, exceptional sound quality, portability, and durability, making it suitable for professionals and students alike.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

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Endorsement summary:

On 22 Feb 2021 Luxury Pianos ranked Kawai ES110 as #9

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#9 out of 10 Kawai ES110
Best from Kawai

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Source: luxury-pianos.com
On 9 Oct 2024 PianoDreamers ranked Roland FP-10 as #3

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#3 out of 8 Roland FP-10
Best Beginner Digital Piano Under $500

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Source: www.pianodreamers.com
On 31 Oct 2024 Music Radar ranked Roland FP-10 as #2

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#2 out of 9 Roland FP-10
The best playing-action in its price bracket

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Source: www.musicradar.com
On 3 Mar 2021 Run The Music ranked Roland FP-10 as #4

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#4 out of 5 Roland FP-10
Best Cheap Digital Piano for Beginners

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Source: www.runthemusic.com

After counting and adding up the 73 expert endorsements of the January rankings, Roland FP-10 outranks Kawai ES110. This is not to say that Kawai ES110 is a bad option. Like Roland FP-10, it is recommended by experts, but less.

MetaRanking Common points from expert reviews summarized.

As can be seen below, Roland FP-10 is mentioned by key experts in Jan 2025, while Kawai ES110 is not.

Rank	Change	Price	Digital Piano	PianoDreamers	Rolling Stone	Gearank	The Guitar Junky	Music Radar	Prime Sound	Best Digital Piano	Equipboard	Run The Music	Luxury Pianos
1	-	Check price	Roland RD-2000 The Roland RD-2000 is a highly praised digital piano that offers a realistic playing experience, exceptional sound quality, and durability, making it a versatile and reliable choice for professional musicians and performers.	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	1	-
2	-	$500	Roland FP-10 The Roland FP-10 is a highly regarded digital piano that offers a realistic playing experience, versatile features, and impressive sound quality in a compact and durable instrument.	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	-
3	+1	$179	Casio Casiotone CT-S300	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
4	-1	$229	Alesis Recital	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
5	-	$2000	Yamaha YDP-184 The Yamaha YDP-184 is a high-quality digital piano with a standard keyboard length of 88 keys, Yamaha's Graded Hammer System (GHS) for realistic piano action, a polyphony of 256 notes, exceptional harmonics with Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM) technology, and a highly regarded sound quality, making it suitable for serious pianists and advanced players.	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-
6	-	Check price	Roland FP-30X	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
7	-	$579	Casio Privia PX-S1100	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	-	-
8	-	$450	Yamaha P71 The Yamaha P71 is a highly regarded digital piano with a full-sized keyboard, realistic touch, exceptional sound quality, and portability, making it suitable for beginners and intermediate players.	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
9	-	$5999	Nord Stage 3 88 The Nord Stage 3 88 is a highly regarded digital piano that offers a realistic playing experience, exceptional sound quality, and durability, making it suitable for professional musicians and music enthusiasts.	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	-
14	-	$1300	Yamaha Arius YDP-144 The Yamaha Arius YDP-144 is a versatile and high-quality digital piano that offers a realistic and immersive piano-playing experience, making it suitable for pianists of different skill levels.	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	3
15	-	$3798	Roland FP-90 The Roland FP-90 is a highly recommended digital piano with exceptional sound quality and a realistic playing experience, making it suitable for professional musicians, music students, and anyone in need of a reliable and long-lasting instrument.	-	-	-	8	-	3	-	-	-	-
16	-	$750	Yamaha DGX670B	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
17	-	Check price	Roland FP-30 The Roland FP-30 is a highly regarded digital piano that offers exceptional sound quality, a realistic playing experience, and portability, making it suitable for pianists of all levels.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6
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Expert Reviews There are people on the Internet whose job is to review products. Below are their opinions.

Expert reviews [16]

84

Total expert reviews: 16

with a score: 5
without a score: 11

Highest score by thepianojunky.com	92
Average score based on 16 reviews	84
Lowest score by digitalpianoreviewguide.com	74

Score distribution:

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Expert reviews [13]

79

Total expert reviews: 13

with a score: 3
without a score: 10

Highest score by Keyboard Kraze	90
Average score based on 13 reviews	79
Lowest score by buydigitalpiano.com	68

Score distribution:

80-100
60-80
40-60
20-40
0-20

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