Wow, Don, that is quite a list of instruments...especially considering you didn't start out your musical journey as a keyboardist...I believe you started on trumpet.

I actually have a written list of the keyboard instruments I have owned since I started playing pro, and for Arranger Keyboards only (and not counting Electone organs), there were 21 different models (mainly Yamaha and a few Roland), the number not taking into account the ones I bought a pair at a time for backup ( I had pairs of PSR-8000's, PSR-3000's, PSR-1700's just to name a few, for example).

Because I worked in various aspects of the business (sales, teaching, demoing), I often got my instruments at (or a little below) dealer cost, and I was usually able to make a profit (or at least break even) when I sold them after a year or two of making money with them.

Instruments were always an investment for me, and until my retirement, I treated them as tools of the trade...plus I was generally able to write off portions of the investment at income tax time.

The Tyros4 will quite likely be my last Arranger Keyboard, unless it has to be eventually be replaced due to hardware wearing out and parts no longer being available. Knowing how to program/edit my own styles, and being very content with the instrument's sounds makes getting a newer instrument unnecessary...thankfully!

I think we may have briefly discussed this topic some time ago, and, from what I remember...I think Fran might have owned the most instruments, but I'm not sure if they were Arranger Keyboards only.

In any case, it will be interesting to hear what others have been buying and using over the years.

Ian