Again, this is where keyboard manufacturers could care less about where professial entertainers perform. LCD screens have advanced dramatically over the past decade, especially on Global Positioning System (GPS), depth finders, fathometers, digital instrumentation for cars, boats and aircraft and even portable TVs--but not keyboards. I guess the manufacturers still believe that everyone plays in an air-conditioned environment where sunlight and excessive heat and cold is not a problem.

Yes, cold can be a significant problem. I played a couple election-day celebrations, which I was on a flatbed trailer the evening of November 15. Outside temperatures ranged from 28 to 32 degrees that night, too cold for the LCD display to function correctly. The screen was nearly impossible to read, and as the night grew colder, constant adjustments had to be made to the contrast and brightness. The next time I play an election day celebration outdoors, it's going to cost someone a lot of money.

Gary