Vagro, I remember the Canadian demonstrator (and world champion Electone organist), Claude Dupras, came to our little town ( I was an Electone teacher then) and played the D-85 along with several lower priced organs. I was impressed with his presentation (and eventually trained with him for a short while) and I wanted one of those D-85's so badly, I took out a bank loan and bought one.

And yes, I agree with the emotional aspect and the feeling that goes beyond the product. I still have it as strong as ever. When they asked me to work as a demonstrator, I remembered seeing Claude and how much interest and emotion he drew from the audience, both with his excellent playing skills, but also his great choice of music, ranging from classical, ballroom, and popular music of the day, including a terrific hoedown number, playing the fiddle on the D-85's third manual....I wanted to do that same thing!

That was my little dream, and although I never got close to Claude's awesome talent, I still did basically the same thing on a lesser scale, and I have thoroughly enjoyed working for a terrific company that treats it's employees with utmost respect and fairness.

In all honesty, the Tyros5 doesn't motivate me enough to upgrade from my Tyros4, but the latter is a very tough act to follow.

What other vintage instruments do have presently?

I just have two...my old analog mono CS-01 mini-synth, and a TQ-5 FM Tone generator...both bought new. The former is alleged to have the same oscillator as the CS-80...it's pretty fat and full.

Ian