Gary, great topic.



Don, Exactly my sentiments.

In a perfect world I would prefer 88 semiweighted keys for an arranger board. I drooled a bit seeing that Casio has 88 keys on it's new WK8000 but it's not for me. I use the PSR3000, but prior to that when I first started gigging in 2004 I purchased a DGX505, that was short lived and bought a Casio Privia to use as a controller for the 3000. Too much work to transport both boards. When I play nursing home gigs that have a grand piano, I inevitably set up next to the grand and play a number of piano solo ragtime numbers at the grand. It would be nice to be able to do that with an arranger for those venues that don't have an acoustic piano.



Esh I'm with you on being an 88 keyman. This Saturday I'm playing a cocktail hour at a wedding reception. The bride and her mom
(have worked for them in the past)specifically said no arranger please play the piano that's at the hotel. So the last few weeks I've sat and spent some time working at the piano because my left hand has a tendency to get lazy when I just play chords at the arranger. As Esh has said the leap to the grand piano takes more effort when you've just been playing a synth action vs. weighted.




Just love those 88 keys. I'd like to be able to take my Clavinova CVP 307 to gigs.