George,

Thank you for the informative report - as usual, it was a pleasure to read. I appreciate it even more knowing that you have made your rounds with a sore back. Thanks again, and I will look forward to the next installment after Sunday.

A comment: as I was looking to add a keyboard to compliment my aging G1000, I was kind of looking foward to the new Ketron - although it only has 61 keys, it would be of interest to me, considering the built-in speakers and the support for the vocal harmonizer and the hard disk, along with the PSR3000 (unless there is a newer model by the time I am ready to buy). Judging by AJ's earlier posts, it was supposed to be priced right. However, at MSRP of $3000 it falls very close to the SD1 pricewise. While I don't know what the final price will be, this sounds very close to the Korg PA1x /pro and Roland G70, both of which sell for about $3500, and comparable to the older SD1, which I have seen advertised for listed $3000.




Craig, if the 76 keys were really that important, you should have put your money where your mouth was, and did not buy the T2. Since you did purchase it, it was not that important to you. So I hope that your whining does not deter Yamaha from addressing the needs of the others.

I would not buy a high-end instrument without 76 keys; however, I may entertain this idea for a secondary, more portable keyboard, with the built-in speakers. I hope that now that Yamaha has you on the hook, they will go after my business, and come up with a 76-key high-end board quickly, before I am forced to replace the G1000 with something else. The feature set of Tyros2 is really appealing to me, save for the short keyboard - I hope Yamaha is listening.

Regards,
Alex