George,

I have also seen DGX 505 at the stores, and think that it has an excellent form factor - 88 keys WITH speakers under 30 lbs. It would be an excellent value for under $2000, if fitted with the electronics of the PSR 3000, and so would be the (less expensive?) 76 key version. It is light enough to carry to gigs, and many of us with proper piano training (which excludes me) will surely be glad to have the extra keys, and of better quality than the PSR 3000.

However, Yamaha's most recent attempt to integrate the piano and PSR (PF1000) is both heavy and expensive, at >$3000 with basically PSR2000 electronics. I don't think it has sold well for those two reasons, even though its sound system is more powerful.

Let's hope Yamaha listens to your suggestion - while I am still looking forward to replacing my G1000 with hopefully another Roland, a DGX-style keyboard that you suggest may work for me as the second tier, to provide an all-in-one solution to take along to smaller house parties, and provide the variety of tones and styles.

Please keep advocating our needs to the manufacturers - we need them to know what we want before they embark on design exercises.

Regards,
Alex