Gary,

Ok point taken, and sorry ( truly ) for jumpimg at you, but no matter who that is coming from, even if it's a player whose light years ahead of me ( and I'm guessing that he may be and that there are plenty of players out there that are "light years " ahead of me ) , it's still snobbish. Let me put it to you a different way. If this guy is that much better than me, I still wouldn't want to try learning anything from him, if that's his attitude.

Back to the main topic. now.. Would the keys on the 2000 prevent me from feeling comfortable enough to play out live, if most of what I'm doing is playing contemporary hits ? Not that uncomfortable that I wouldn't play the 2k, but I still like my stiffer keys better. Would key feel like the 2k's bother me if I were trying to recreate piano songs done by a Keith Jarrett or Chick Corea ? ( Not that Im woulod want to attempt that on a 5 octave board anyway ) Yes, probably enough that I would leave the thing home. It's all relative I guess..

AJ