Quote: Mark79100
He's not wrong with this thing about those who are allergic to too much keyboard "weight." I'll use the word myself......they are "whiners!" The music is about entertaining an audience and not about sending a keyboard to Weight Watchers so you can haul it around town without a tow truck! If you have to put it on wheels and add a gear box to it and DRIVE it to the gig, well then that's what you have to do.

Please.....only those who went through what we did back in those days are allowed to flame this letter. The rest of you need to pay your dues first!
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Top marks for your selfish, uncaring & insulting attitude Mark
I DID go through it in those days - I also carried an organ about on a regular basis, gigging at pubs & clubs. I also live in a very hilly area with lots of gradients & steps to cope with so a cart would be of no use. I was however, extremely fit, having worked out with weights most of my life together with running, cycling & swimming.

I'm now 67 and despite loving my keyboard & music just as much as I ever did, I suffer from Sciatica & Arthritis. As a result, the weight of a keyboard is a VERY important consideration to me.
I�m not a whiner - just a guy who still loves to play and likes to entertain the oldies (for no fee) at a sheltered housing complex - would you prefer I pack it in and not be allowed to have my views, just to keep you happy.

What's wrong with some of the SZ contributors (like you) who think everyone should hold the same views as you. We are all entitled to our own preferences, whether it be a keyboard weighing X pounds or less, or from whichever manufacturer we favour, and to state our views on the Forum just as you do.
Grow up, and be thankful for your good health - it might deteriorate to the level of your thinking processes.
Unlike you, I won't stipulate who's allowed to answer my posting too - I believe in free speech.