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Roland HP702 review: our verdict
Short version: the HP702 is where Roland’s home pianos start to feel like furniture you’d want in the living room, with a sound engine that punches above its price.
Roland’s HP line is for the buyer who, a decade ago, would have bought an acoustic upright. The HP702 pairs SuperNATURAL Piano Modeling, with unlimited piano polyphony, with the PHA-4 Standard action Roland puts in its most popular pianos: firm, even and responsive, with escapement. Add Bluetooth audio and MIDI, two headphone jacks and 392 built-in songs, and it covers everything a family needs from a practice piano.
Buy it if you want a home piano for lessons and daily practice in a cabinet that suits the room, in Charcoal Black, Dark Rosewood, Light Oak or White.
Think twice if you want a fuller sound or a longer action. The HP702 has two speakers and 28 W of output; the HP704 steps up to the PHA-50 action and a 60 W four-speaker system.
For most families starting out, it’s the HP we’d recommend first.
Stu Harrison, pianist and educator · President, Merriam Music
A real piano for every day.
Modeled sound. Escapement keys.
PHA-4 Standard Keyboard
Roland’s hammer action with escapement and Ivory Feel key surfaces, the same family as its best-selling FP pianos.
SuperNATURAL Piano Modeling
A modeled piano tone with unlimited polyphony on piano sounds and 324 tones in total.
Made for home
A cabinet just 18-7/16 inches deep, built-in pedals with continuous damper detection, and four finishes.
Choosing an HP
Roland HP702 vs HP704
The same sound engine and features. The step up is the action and the speakers.
| Roland HP702 | Roland HP704 | |
|---|---|---|
| Keys | PHA-4 Standard, escapement, Ivory Feel | PHA-50, wood and plastic hybrid, escapement, Ebony/Ivory Feel |
| Sound engine | SuperNATURAL Piano Modeling | SuperNATURAL Piano Modeling |
| Polyphony | Unlimited on piano tones; 384 on others | Unlimited on piano tones; 384 on others |
| Speakers | 2 × 12 cm | 4: two coaxial units plus two spatial speakers |
| Amplifier | 14 W × 2 | 25 W × 2, 5 W × 2 |
| Weight | 119 lb 15 oz | 131 lb 3 oz to 134 lb 8 oz, by finish |
| Finishes | Charcoal Black, Dark Rosewood, Light Oak, White | Adds Polished Ebony |
The bottom line: the HP702 already has the modeled sound engine. The HP704 is worth the step if you want the PHA-50 action’s longer pivot and a bigger, fuller speaker system.
Compare
Roland HP702 vs Yamaha CLP-835 vs Kawai CA401
Home digital pianos buyers most often compare at this level, side by side from each maker’s published specifications.
| Roland HP702 | Yamaha CLP-835 | Kawai CA401 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action | PHA-4 Standard, escapement, Ivory Feel | GrandTouch-S, escapement, synthetic ebony and ivory key tops | Grand Feel Compact, 88 wooden keys, let-off, Ivory Touch |
| Piano sound | SuperNATURAL Piano Modeling | Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial samples | Progressive Harmonic Imaging (SK-EX, EX, K-60) |
| Polyphony | Unlimited (piano); 384 | 256 | 192 |
| Built-in sounds | 324 | 38 | 19 |
| Amplifier total | 28 W | 60 W | 40 W |
| Speakers | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Bluetooth | Audio and MIDI | Audio and MIDI (varies by area) | Audio and MIDI |
| Width × depth | 54-1/4 × 18-7/16 in | 57-1/16 × 18-1/8 in | 53-1/2 × 19-1/4 in |
| Weight | 119 lb 15 oz | 125 lb 11 oz | 126 lb 12 oz |
By the numbers: the HP702 is the lightest, with the most polyphony and the most built-in sounds. The Yamaha CLP-835 has the most amplifier power. The Kawai CA401 is the only one with wooden keys and four speakers. The Kawai CA401 is also available from Merriam, and on the floor at our Atlanta showroom.
Specifications from Roland, Yamaha and Kawai, October 2026. Amplifier totals add up each maker’s per-channel ratings. Yamaha figures are for the standard (non-polished) finish.
Buying online
Buying the HP702 online from Merriam
Roland pianos are sold online only in the US, and authorized dealers sell the HP702 at the same advertised price. Here’s what you get when you buy it from us.
Free shipping across the US
Shipping is free anywhere in the lower 48 states, and in-stock orders leave our warehouse within 1–3 business days. In metro Atlanta, our own team delivers it and sets it up. See shipping and delivery for details.
Roland’s 10-year warranty
Bought from an authorized US dealer, the HP702 carries Roland’s 10-year warranty with in-home service. Gray-market and unauthorized sellers can’t promise that.
45 days to decide
If it isn’t right for you, you have 45 days to return it. See our returns policy.
Price match
If an authorized US Roland dealer advertises it for less, we’ll match it.
Pay monthly
Choose Affirm at checkout. Your monthly rate is shown on this page.
A piano specialist on the phone
Questions before you buy? Talk to a Merriam piano specialist at (888) 316-0630, 7 days a week.
What’s in the box: the piano with its stand and built-in pedals, the Roland Piano Masterpieces book, the AC adaptor and power cord, and a headphone hook. A matching bench is included.
About The HP702
The Roland HP702 digital piano is part of Roland’s HP series of home pianos, built for families and students who want a real piano experience without the upkeep of an acoustic. It combines SuperNATURAL Piano Modeling, unlimited piano polyphony and the PHA-4 Standard action in a slim, furniture-style cabinet.
It’s ready for lessons out of the box: 392 built-in songs, including lesson material, a metronome, registrations for saving favorite settings, Twin Piano mode for teacher and student, two headphone jacks, and the Roland Piano App over Bluetooth.
The HP series
Roland’s home piano line. The HP702 and HP704 share one sound engine; the HP704 steps up in action and speakers.
Made for family homes
Four finishes, a cabinet under 19 inches deep, and headphones for practice at any hour.
The Keys
The PHA-4 Standard is Roland’s progressive hammer action: heavier in the bass and lighter in the treble, like an acoustic piano, with escapement and Ivory Feel key surfaces. It’s firm and even, with a clear key bottom, and it holds up to years of daily practice. Touch sensitivity is adjustable in 100 steps, with optional hammer response in 10.
The Sound
Roland’s SuperNATURAL Piano Modeling builds the piano tone in real time, with unlimited polyphony on piano sounds, so sustained chords and pedaled passages never cut out. In the Piano Designer app you can adjust the lid, hammer noise, key-off noise and duplex scale, and choose from 10 temperaments. Headphones 3D Ambience makes headphone practice sound natural rather than inside your head, and 324 tones cover everything from electric piano to strings.
324
324 tones, from concert grand to electric pianos, organs and strings.
384
Polyphony of 384 notes on non-piano tones, and unlimited on piano tones.
392
392 built-in songs in the US model, including lesson material and Easy Piano pieces.
Connectivity
The HP702 connects to the way families practice now: Bluetooth for apps and streaming, USB for recording, and two headphone jacks.
Bluetooth audio and MIDI
Stream music through the piano’s speakers, or connect to the Roland Piano App and Piano Designer.
USB recording
Record WAV audio (44.1 kHz, 16-bit) to a USB flash drive, or connect to a computer over USB.
Two headphone jacks
Twin Piano mode splits the keyboard into two identical pianos for lessons side by side.
Roland HP702: Full Specifications
| Specification | Roland HP702 |
|---|---|
| Keyboard & Action | |
| Keys | 88, weighted |
| Action | PHA-4 Standard Keyboard with escapement |
| Key surface | Ivory Feel |
| Touch | Key touch 100 types plus fixed; hammer response off or 10 types |
| Sound | |
| Sound engine | SuperNATURAL Piano Modeling |
| Polyphony | Unlimited on piano tones (solo playing); 384 on other tones |
| Tones | 324 |
| Effects | Ambience, Brilliance; Headphones 3D Ambience |
| Speakers | 12 cm × 2 |
| Amplifier | 14 W × 2 |
| Pedals | |
| Damper | Progressive Damper Action Pedal, continuous detection |
| Soft / Sostenuto | Soft with continuous detection; sostenuto (both assignable) |
| Connectivity | |
| Bluetooth | Audio (version 3.0) and MIDI (version 4.0) |
| USB | USB computer port; USB memory port |
| Audio | Stereo mini input; 1/4" L/Mono and R outputs |
| Headphones | 2 jacks: stereo mini and 1/4" |
| Apps | Roland Piano App, Piano Designer |
| Recorder | MIDI (100 songs, 3 parts); WAV audio to USB flash drive |
| Internal songs | 392 (US model), including lesson songs, Do Re Mi lessons and Easy Piano |
| Functions | Metronome, Registration, Dual, Split, Twin Piano, Transpose, volume limit, panel lock; 10 temperaments |
| Build & Dimensions | |
| Dimensions (W × D × H) | 54-1/4 × 18-7/16 × 42-1/16 in, with stand and music rest (1,377 × 468 × 1,067 mm) |
| Weight | 119 lb 15 oz (54.4 kg), with stand |
| Finishes | Charcoal Black, Dark Rosewood, Light Oak, White |
| In the Box | |
| Included | Matching bench, Stand, Roland Piano Masterpieces book, AC adaptor, power cord, headphone hook, owner’s manual and assembly leaflet |
| Not included | Headphones |
Specifications per Roland’s official HP702 documentation. Contact Merriam with any questions before purchase.
Roland HP702: Frequently Asked Questions
Both use SuperNATURAL Piano Modeling. The HP704 steps up to the PHA-50 hybrid action and a four-speaker system with 60 W of output (the HP702 has two speakers and 28 W), and adds a Polished Ebony finish.
Yes. It has a full-size weighted action with escapement, a modeled piano sound, lesson songs built in and Twin Piano mode for lessons, and it will carry a student well past the early years.
54-1/4 inches wide, 18-7/16 inches deep and 42-1/16 inches tall with the music rest up.
119 lb 15 oz (54.4 kg), including the stand.
Yes: Bluetooth audio for streaming music through the piano and Bluetooth MIDI for apps such as the Roland Piano App.
No. It’s a digital instrument, so it never needs tuning.
Roland’s 10-year US warranty with in-home service, for the first owner, when the piano is bought from an authorized US Roland dealer. Merriam is an authorized US Roland dealer, so that warranty applies in full. It may not apply the same way to a piano bought through an unauthorized or gray-market seller.
Roland pianos are sold online only in the US, so the HP702 isn’t on the floor at Merriam Pianos Atlanta. We deliver and set it up across metro Atlanta, ship it free anywhere in the lower 48, and our specialists are on the phone at (888) 316-0630, 7 days a week.
Yes. If you find the HP702 advertised for less by an authorized US Roland dealer, send us the link and we’ll match it.
This site is set up for delivery within the US, with pricing, tax and shipping calculated accordingly. We currently ship only to addresses in the contiguous United States.






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