Liwaco’s Casio Clones

Some information about the Casio clones built by the French manufacturer Liwaco in the 1980s.

Woodgrain Casio MT-30

One of the strangest, oldest, or at least rarest keyboards in my little collection surely is possibly this one, a fake woodgrain version of the Casio MT-30 from 1981: When I saw it on ebay, where there was only an extremely fuzzy image. The vendor also didn’t seem too trustworthy, and I was really wondering [...]

History of Casio Keyboards, Part II: 1984-1988

Second part of my Casio keyboard history, detailing the years 1984 to 1988, when Casio unsuccessfully contentrated on the pro market and, despite some innovations, neglected innovations for the home market.

Stevie Wonder’s keyboard for Haiti

A few months ago, I stumbled upon this hilarious/horrible piece of hypocrite charity: Stevie Wonder donates a keyboard to Joseph Romel, a survivor of the Haiti quake. Watch: Stevie Wonder gives keyboard to quake survivor I mean, of course it’s nice of Stevie Wonder to donate his instrument — or rather, one of the probably [...]

JVC/Victor Concert (“Konsatobikutoron”)

Ever seen such an incredibly cool-looking organ? What a design! Like right out of a science fiction movie! I love it.

History of Casio Keyboards, Part I: 1980-1983

The first part of my history of Casio home keyboards deals with the fascinating beginnings. Casio started building keyboards in 1980, and quickly made some of the weirdest and most wonderful keyboards ever.

Casio Keyboard Manuals

Downloads of manuals for 1980s and early 1990s Casio home and mini keyboards.