Korg LP-380

About the Korg LP-380

At the core of the LP-380 is Korg's RH3 (Real Weighted Hammer Action 3) keybed, weighted heavier in the bass and progressively lighter toward the treble to mimic an acoustic grand's feel, with three selectable touch-sensitivity levels. It carries 30 onboard sounds - five acoustic pianos, six electric pianos, harpsichord, two clavis, vibraphone, marimba, acoustic guitar, three jazz organs, three pipe organs, three string sounds and three choir sounds - at up to 120-voice polyphony, shaped by brilliance, reverb and chorus effects with three intensity levels each. Three pedals (damper, soft, sostenuto) support half-pedaling, and a 22-watt-per-channel amplifier drives two 10cm speakers built into a cabinet just 26cm deep. It's sold in black, white and two rosewood-grain finishes, with nine alternate temperaments, 30 demo songs and a full-featured metronome rounding out the package.

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Sound character of the Korg LP-380

The 30 onboard voices and 22-watt-per-channel amplification produce a fuller, warmer sound than the compact 26cm-deep cabinet suggests, with the electric piano sounds standing out as genuinely convincing while the acoustic grand piano voices come across as solid rather than remarkable next to higher-end digital pianos.

What owners of the Korg LP-380 say

The broad user base rates this piano highly - a 4.5-out-of-5 average with two-thirds five-star ratings - and the recurring praise is how much sound comes out of such a slim cabinet, with the electric piano voices singled out as a particular strength. A more critical, specialist-review perspective pushes back on that enthusiasm somewhat, arguing the model has aged against newer competitors with better polyphony counts or more realistic key surfaces, and positioning it specifically as a stepping-stone instrument for someone moving up from a basic keyboard rather than an end-destination purchase for a serious player. Both perspectives agree it earns its keep as a compact, easy-to-enjoy home instrument; they differ mainly on how long a player is likely to stay satisfied with it.

Playability & handling of the Korg LP-380

Opinions on the RH3 action split along experience level. Players coming from a basic keyboard or an entry-level digital piano consistently praise it as top-tier for the price, citing good repetition on fast passages and a convincingly graded weight from bass to treble. More demanding or experienced players push back, describing the action as falling short of newer competitors and noting the plain plastic key surfaces lack the ebony/ivory-textured coating found on pricier instruments like the Yamaha YDP184. Both camps agree this is a beginner-to-intermediate instrument first: easy to sit down and enjoy, with the compact 26cm-deep cabinet making it a realistic fit for small rooms where a full digital console wouldn't work, but not built to satisfy a player who's already used to a higher-end action.

Recommended accessories & strings for the Korg LP-380

As a furniture-style all-in-one instrument, the LP-380 needs little beyond what's built in - headphones are the main practical addition for silent practice, and a bench at the right height makes a meaningful difference in long-term comfort and posture.

Technical data for the Korg LP-380

The history of the Korg LP-380

The Korg LP-380 offers the base configuration of the brand's lifestyle-oriented slim home piano design.

About Korg as a manufacturer

Korg's origin story starts a long way from digital pianos: founders Tsutomu Kato and Tadashi Osanai met when Osanai, a Tokyo University graduate and accomplished accordionist, performed regularly at the nightclub Kato ran, backed by a Wurlitzer Sideman rhythm machine. That pairing led the two to found Keio Gijutsu Kenkyujo in Tokyo in 1962 and, in 1963, release the Doncamatic DA-20 - the world's first disk-rotary electric auto-rhythm machine. The company later took the name KORG while marketing an organ, combining the first letters of both founders' names with "RG" for their planned focus on the organ market. That electromechanical-rhythm-and-organ lineage eventually grew into one of the industry's major synthesizer and digital piano makers, with the LP-380's RH3 action representing decades of accumulated keyboard-feel engineering rather than a first attempt at the category.