Best Christmas gifts for piano players 2023: the ultimate festive gift guide for pianists

A non-portable design that requires some self-assembly before use, the Symphony Stand comes with a welded-steel, three-legged base and a chrome telescopic column containing a brass bearing for quick height adjustment - this classy music stand will make a great gift for any piano player. 

This stylish Gator keyboard gig bag is designed to fit most 88-key keyboards, controllers and stage pianos. Featuring a durable nylon construction, interior restraints and plenty of padding, this gig bag is sure to keep their prized possession safe going to and from rehearsal, lessons or gigs. 

Why not give the gift of better timing? The Wittner 811 is one of the most popular metronomes on the market, thanks in part to its smart wooden finish and classical tempo scale printed behind the pendulum shaft. This is a timeless piano accessory that everyone will appreciate. 

For those looking for a reasonably priced gift that is also extremely practical, the On-Stage KT7800+ Deluxe is the ideal option. This X-frame style bench may not have any storage space, but for the price point, it's a well-made option for any pianist. 

This luxury bench oozes class and is the perfect accompaniment to any piano. With its premium padding, outstanding built quality and 10cm of continuous height adjustment, this really is one of the best piano benches on the market. 

The B1 bench has a timeless aesthetic and certainly wouldn’t look out of place in any room, and the heavy-duty legs mean it’s solid and sturdy. So if you're looking for a gift with a touch of class, this Yamaha bench is for you. 

Audio-Technica’s ATH-M50x studio headphones top our list of the best headphones for digital piano and for good reason - they sound excellent, offer a pleasingly warm sonic signature, and are supremely comfortable, durable and won’t break the bank.

Shure’s mid-priced SRH440 closed-back headphone are a modern class and popular with everyone from piano players to drummers, mixing engineers and music lovers. Optimised for performance there are ideal to make their digital piano or keyboard sound like a brand-new instrument. 

These competitively priced headphones don't just pair nicely with a Roland piano, but thanks to 40mm drivers and dynamic and balanced tone, they are the ideal accompaniment to any and all digital pianos. 

Sturdy and stable despite only being single-braced, the KS7190 boasts an impressive load capacity of over 40kg, in spite of only weighing in at a mere 6kg itself, and the whole thing folds flat for easy transport and storage - making the perfect gift for a musician on the go. 

The QL742 model is a versatile, double-braced X-style solution designed to hold two keyboards. The top tier has a fixed depth, but can be adjusted to multiple angles in multiple planes thanks to the toothed adjustment system - so if your loved one a keyboard fanatic this is  the gift for them. 

Built with the quality you’d expect from a big name like Roland, the KS-10Z is robust enough to handle everything from a lightweight home keyboard to the heaviest 88-key stage piano. It’s a good-looking contraption that will set off any brand of keyboard nicely, not just Roland’s own instruments.

Despite having a lightweight, synth-action keyboard, the 61-key NP-15 really looks the part thanks to its classic styling, red trim and full-size, waterfall-fronted keys. With a selection of 15 sounds, three of which are acoustic pianos, if all you want is simply something with an excellent pedigree that sounds like a piano to just sit down at, switch on and play, you need to look no further.

While the key action on the Casio can't compete with the Yamaha P-45, the S-110 does have an ace up its sleeve - the ability to be powered by six AA batteries and only weighs 10.5kg. This makes the Casio the best piano for portability, whether that's taking it to lessons, to gigs, or busking. Casio says you can expect 13 hours of playing time on batteries, but that really depends on your volume setting, what effects you have on, and which sound you’re using. So to be safe, have a spare set with you. 

The successor to Yamaha’s incredibly successful Arius YDP-144, the YDP-145 delivers a stunning main piano sound derived from a real, top-of-the-line Yamaha CFX acoustic grand piano, mated to a brilliantly playable Graded Hammer Standard keyboard.