Carry On Folding Piano 88

It is fairly common to see someone sat around the campfire with a guitar, what is less common is seeing someone sat there with a full-size piano, they aren’t exactly known for the portability…until now! The Carry On Folding Piano 88 offers a full size 88 key piano to practice on and entertain your friends where ever you are thanks to the built in speakers, rechargeable 8hour battery and ultra portable design.

The folding design uses hinges to break the piano into equal quarters taking it from 1324mm x 126mm x 21mm down to a compact 331mm x 126mm x 85mm and weighs just 1.6kg, it comes with its own carry case too. Unlike some roll up portable keyboards the Carry On offers proper physical keys much more like the real thing, having said that they are quite light and don’t respond to how hard you press them. There is a choice of either white or black, both designs come with a micro USB charging cable and sustain pedal, there is a built in metronome with six accent settings. There are 128 different voices (sounds) to choose from, the sound is a little tinny and synthetic but in the right hands it can really sound quite good, and for the learners there is a 3.5mm headphone jack to spare those around you, or you can put on one of the 30 demo songs and just pretend.

The Carry On could do with being a little more robust for something that’s portable, it feels a bit delicate so its not something you will want your drunk mates having a go at, it could also do with a locking system to hold all the bits in place when it’s unfolded because as it is it needs to be on a flat surface the same length as the piano. The Carry On Folding Piano 88 won’t be performing in any concert halls but that’s not what its been designed for, it provides a convenient and fairly realistic way to practice on the go and it does impressively well for its asking price. RRP £89.00

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