Hi!
This is my first post but I've read this board for a short while.
I've played electronic organs for 25 years, Italian, Hammond, Yamaha, but my current organ has past 10 years and I've decided to buy an arranger keyboard instead.
While there is no dealers in my area I'm doing research on the webb before taking my car out for a one day trip.
So far I've found out that I've got PSR9000, KN6500, PA80, SD1 and VA7 to choose from. Internal speakers or 76 keys are secondary issues. I play mostly pop, rock, ballads, gospel, country but also love playing hymns using just organ vocies. Most important to me would be good styles in those areas, good solo voices and good organ voices. I don't need vocal harmonizer but want to have aftertouch. I will probably not use any sequencer much but want to be able to load lot of new styles.
Can someone give me some advice on which, lets says maybe two, boards that may be most interessting for me to check out.
Have I missed any board in my list?
Anything special I should think of, as a keyboard newbie, when visiting a dealer?
Can I expect the dealer to be able to give me advice for my needs and "show what the boards goes for" before trying myself?
Thanks
BH