Ian,

Please do not confuse my designation of the 76 key version of T2 as "T2 Pro" with the propfessionals using the keyboard. My name of T2Pro is purely ficticious, though in keeping with Pa1x PRO and Yamaha's own 9000 PRO.

I never alluded to a greater professionalism of people who require the 76 keys, nor to the fact that just because someone uses fewer keys or a lower end instrument, they are less professional than others. In fact, the opposite may very well be true - a real entertainer will be able to keep his audience happy with a $99 Casio. Paganini demonstrated his place at the apex of the violin technique himself when he continued performing on only a single string, after the other three strings of his violin broke in the middle of the performance.

Nonetheless, there are some of us (perhaps of lesser musical talents like myself), who need 76 keys, because we have developed a certain technique, after years of playing a 6 octave keyboard. As I said before, I can only speak for myself for certain, but at this point I would feel that going with a 61 key board would take away from my playing whatever technological advantages this new board may contain inside.

You may well be correct that Yamaha will not be making a T2 module nor the 76 key version. In that case, I will just have to turn to the competition - fortunately Yamaha is not the only game in town.

Regards,
Alex