Mo...this is a fine post.

Rather than split the difference, I think there should be only two types of keyboards....61 or 88.

76 notes are in that murky region where there aren't really a portable keyboard and they don't quite cut it as a piano.

I mean, if your gonna lug around 45 or 50 lbs, it may as well have the full range of keys.

A 76 note"anything" doesn't sell in my area...especially here in Cape Breton where there is a lot of fiddle music.

The piano players need those low notes for the octave basslines.

Jazz and classical players want the same thing...a real piano keyboard...88 notes.

I know you like 69, it's a nice number, it even looks the same upside down, but so does 88...and it smacks of much more professionalism.

Us 61 note wimps will carry on as before.

Ian