Korg tinyPIANO designed for children

When we wrote our guide to buying a child’s first electronic keyboard we hadn’t seen this gorgeous new toy piano from Korg.

The aptly named tinyPIANO is a small yet perfectly formed digital piano designed to be played by babies, toddlers and young children.

Korg says that “first impressions stay with us. If it’s an instrument, the sound of that instrument continues to reverberate in our hearts and minds even when we become adults.”

They have deliberately designed the tinyPIANO to be accurately pitched and with a range of high-quality sounds. Features include:

• Accurate pitch and true tone
• Fashionable and cute, with a serious sound engine
• Twenty-five built-in sounds provides tremendous versatility over traditional, mechanical toy pianos – plus it will always be in tune
• Fifty built-in demo songs to enjoy even when you’re not playing
• Small, easily transportable and powered by AA batteries or power adapter
• Choose from four colors: black, red, white, and pink

Check out this cute little promo video:

Here are the full specifications of the tinyPIANO.

Keyboard: 25 key [C4 – C6] (Natural Touch Mini Keyboard, Velocity sensitive)
Sounds: 25 (Toy Piano, Acoustic Piano x 3, Electric Piano x 2, Organ x 3, Music box x 2, Bell x 3, others x 11)
Demo Songs: 50 (Toy Piano Demo x 4, Music Box Demo x 21, Piano Demo x 20, Others x 5)
Key Transpose: Yes
Octave Shift: Yes
Connections:
– Headphones (Stereo mini jack type*, also used as an audio output)
*The sound will be monaural
– DC9V in
Amplification: 1 Watt
Speakers: 8 cm x 1
Power Supply:
– AA alkaline batteries x 6, or NiMH batteries x6
– DC 9 V (Optional AC dapter )
Battery Life: Approx. 15 hours (using Six AA alkaline batteries)
Power Consumption: 2 W (Rated)
Dimensions (W x D x H): 383 × 258 × 282 mm / 15.08 × 10.16 × 11.10 inches
Weight: 4.7 kg / 10.36 lbs (including Batteries)
Color Variations: Black (tinyPIANO-BK), Red (tinyPIANO-RD), White (tinyPIANO-WH), Pink (tinyPIANO-PK)
Accessories: Six AA batteries (for verifying operation)
Options: AC Adapter (DC 9V)

Exact pricing and availability are to be confirmed, though it probably won’t have a tiny price tag. We’ve heard rumours of it being available in February 2014.