Well, I was kind of sanguine about the repairs needed on my PSR3000s, attributing it to normal wear and tear. I do over 500 shows a year, and they are 3 years old. I feel like I got my money's worth.

Nevertheless, it is obvious that there are more sturdy keyboards out there. I'm really into the Yamaha sounds and styles, and the Tyros series has two drawbacks for me - price and lack of internal speakers.

I have a friendly acquaintance who is an engineering student and gifted with fixing gadgets. I dropped off one of the keyboards - the one with the sound cutting out - for him to look at.

I do hope that the PSR S900 is better built, or that the replacement doesn't take three years to come out.

Beakybird