Jim, you can't see the tongue in my cheek, but I would play a Matel keyboard if I liked it and it did the job!
On my Wednesday night supper club job (gotta go pretty quick), I take my keyboard, stand, mic, laptop and the Yamaha YMS 50 speakers. I plug the keyboard and LT directly into the speakers. I'm set up in 5 minutes and the speakers are so small, they are barely visible to the audience.
Other musicians come in and walk up to the stage wondering where all the sound is coming from. Some of them carry a whole truckload of gear in to do the same job, and even though there may be 2 or 3 of them, they get the same pay.
Point is - the sound is what's important.
DonM