The USA is increasingly becoming a dot.con bussiness to bussiness non manufacturing nation we'll have to within good sense of humor and reasoning before it's to late reverse this. Italy for such a small country is still quite a producer. The SD1 has been well earned. It may not be the keyboard for everyone. All the companies have alot to offer in their products & of course technology will advance. But if you check out the sounds&specs on the SD1 it is going to be a prety awsome piece of "band in the board" hardware. As in the spirit of Frank Zappa's "Shut up and play your guitar"-"Shut up and play your SD1." I'll be working with Dan O. of GC Townsend MD. to get a demo SD1 in GC San Jose as soon as possible.