Casio CTK-500 Part 1

This is a somewhat old electric piano from my childhood. It works perfectly despite it's age. It has quite a few cool features that make it quite a fun "toy" for amateur musicians (or little kids :) including the ability to make the built-in songs play different instruments than they were intended. I love this piano, and it is not for sale. I will hang on to it till the day it dies.

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• CTK-500
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• electric
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[supermasterPIK]

is it made in JAPAN??? mine (SA25) is built there

[dickcheney6]

@supermasterPIK No it's made in Mexico, it says right on the back of this machine. Weird. Is the SA25 an older model, or newer one than this?

[sneskegagama]

I have one but saddly a few keys don't work. :(

[dickcheney6]

@sneskegagama You still got it? Do the keys "feel" normal? If so, it is probably a broken electrical connection especially if the piano was stored in extreme temperatures for a long time. Shouldn't be a hard fix but may require soldering. If they have "gone limp" or otherwise feel like something is wrong, the actual switch part may have something wrong with it. That might be harder coz you'll have to find (or fabricate) suitable replacement parts and such.

[ejip84]

hey, i know this is an old keyboard but how old would you say, i cant find much detail online. early 90's? older? i just bought one on ebay, 7 bucks lol..

[dickcheney6]

@ejip84 I'm guessing from the mid 90's, but it might have first started production a few years earlier than that. My parents got it around that time.

Is the one you got on ebay fully functional?

[Fairlight60]

In "fingered" mode, you have to play complete chords (like C-E-G for a C major) on the lower half for the accompaniment to kick in. I recorded my very first complete songs with this keyboard, overdubbing tracks with a dual cassette recorder. :-D

[churroviolet97]

Ok i have a question i have the same piano (casio CTK-500) i got it at a yard sale for a dollar it still works perfectly but i dont know what year it was made in. do you know? id really like to find a year to get a general idea on how old it is.

[supermasterPIK]

SA 25 is a basic keyboard (got it in 1994) with Tone Bank and 5 incorporated tunes

Similar to SA 20

[sneskegagama]

@dickcheney6 I still have it it's just a bad connection the keys press down fine.

[liftyshifty]

hey, i have this casio too. do you have the score for the first song "16beat theme"

[ejip84]

@dickcheney6

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