Originally posted by Kingfrog:
I understand how a bar owner or other can be a little unsettled when paying $200-$300 to someone who markets themselves as a keyboard player, who shows up with a 61 key board. A 76 keyboard may be different and in fact is a lot bigger and looks more like a real keyboard.
I've never played anything other than a 61-note board in over twenty years gigging and never encountered this.
In any case, I'm ex-organ, rather than ex-piano and would rather have an extra octave at my feet rather than at my fingers. ;-)