And that's fine for you. It's apparent to me that you wanted to be sarcastic right from the start, so if it makes you happy, be my guest. It's irrelevant to me. I play pretty well, and I'm not particularly modest about it. Too bad. Talent had little to do with it. Dedication and hard work does, and I still practice often, because I still can learn so much.

What is relevant and important for me is that the folks from Yamaha who sometimes read these forums, see this, and perhaps take into consideration that there are pro's who use their arrangers and would like a sturdier build on their mid to higher end models. . BTW, I'm hardly a pro vs the other guys here who play out for a living. I would be more like the starving jazz player, who can play like heck, but doesn't work very often in the business. I am like them though in that I want the best tools I can get for those occasions when I do work. It's not just the key feel. The 2000 just felt flimsy everywhere. I broke the pitch wheel on an earlier PSR just by using it. My PA80 feels like a tank by comparison. So did my MZ2000.

Maybe the prevailing Yamaha attitude that these boards are mainly for home players will change some day, or maybe it won't, but if those who consider it an issue don't say something, then maybe they'll never know.. Maybe their right though. To me the 2000 feels like.... a home keyboard. It's a tease, because it does so many other things so well.

I probably shouldn't hold out much hope, as the answer from a Yamaha rep here on the forum regarding the key size issue that was raised by a few other forum members was something to the effect: "Yes Yamaha's keys may be smaller, but Yamaha has been making keys this way for ?? years ( maybe 95 ? ). We're not going to change that".

Maybe Yamaha doesn't really care if I buy someone else's board. Cool. I can live with that. Their attitude toward their customers has become much more apparent to me since I began reading the forum on for their flagship workstation at the Motifator site.

AJ



[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 02-20-2004).]