With all due respect Donny, the whole concept is to see and hear the darn things before you decide to buy. For sure, if I was hot to trot for keyboard I might do a little traveling to make the deal. I've done that, driving 3-4 hours to buy my Kurzweil and then the Allen organ for church.

But we're talking arranger keyboards here. I don't know diddly about Gem and wouldn't think twice about one until I ran into one way up north in Gaylord. Same with a Ketron and basically the same for Korg in many instances. I can surely find a Yamaha and probably a Roland, but I certainly have to drive more than 50 mikes to see anything else. For many people that's too much for them to consider those other keyboards.
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