Personally when I play ANY 61 keys I have to think more about where to play a part octave-wise....

Now I am NOT a trained player...very basic I might add....ONLY chords right hand with double bass notes on the left...

I've been shopping for a board for 3 months now and though I have $1800 I have YET to find an $1800 76 key I LOVE...

I considered the ROLAND E-60 but there just aren't a whole lot of people playing em which made me wonder.....Plus I think I really want a workstation vs. arranger at this time...and to add a drum machine later

The 61 key workstations YAMAHA XS 6...ROLAND x6 and the KORG M3 all leave me feeling short-changed key-wise....

Though I will probably end up with one of those cause my original budget was $1000 and its a miracle i have this now....

Generally it should only be about a $300 difference between 76 and 61 but there seems to be some discrepencies in my theory with some models...

I just like a little more room on the board thats all....I kinda regret returning my USED TRITON EXTREME 76 BUT THE PIANOS WERE A LITTLE WEAK....and it was a 4 year old unit & was afraid it would dump out on me...

BUT IT WAS 76 keys and for me I prefer it...but the reality is at $1800 I'm probaly gonna end up with a 61

So the quest continues

Steve Altonian
http://www.soundclick.com/stevealtonian