Roland RP107 review

The RP107 puts Roland's PHA-4 Standard keyboard, with escapement and ivory-feel white keys, into a slim home cabinet with sustain, soft and sostenuto pedals built in. The damper and soft pedals support continuous detection, so half-pedaling works. Roland's SuperNATURAL Piano engine runs at 256-voice polyphony, and the piano holds 377 internal songs, 287 of them lesson pieces such as scales, Hanon, Beyer, Burgmuller and Czerny 100. Bluetooth 4.2 handles audio and MIDI, and the Roland Piano App adds an activity log, flash card games and rhythm exercises. Twin Piano mode and two headphone jacks suit lessons. The speakers are 8 W x 2, lower than the YDP-166 or CX102, and the cabinet weighs 37 kg. Roland's US page lists no price, so we scored value conservatively until we can verify one from Roland. We compared documented features and published prices; we did not test it.

Who it is for

Families who want a compact cabinet piano with lots of built-in lesson material.

Price

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Key features

• PHA-4 Standard keyboard with escapement and ivory feel
• Damper, soft and sostenuto pedals built in
• SuperNATURAL Piano with 256-voice polyphony
• 377 internal songs including 287 lesson songs
• Bluetooth 4.2 audio and MIDI with the Roland Piano App

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Escapement keys in a cabinet piano
• Strength: Large lesson library: Hanon, Beyer, Burgmuller, Czerny
• Strength: Twin Piano mode and two headphone jacks
• Weakness: 8 W x 2 speakers are the weakest of the cabinet pianos here
• Weakness: Roland's US page shows no price
• Weakness: 37 kg; two people needed to move it

Key facts

• Action: PHA-4 Standard, escapement and ivory feel
• Pedals: Damper and soft (continuous), sostenuto
• Polyphony: 256
• Speakers: 12 cm x 2, 8 W x 2
• Weight: 37.0 kg (82.0 lbs)

Where it ranks

Roland RP107 is No. 8 in our Best Digital Pianos verdict.