Will be going to audition a Pa1000 in the next hour or so as I want to have a first hand feel of the instrument before I buy it since it is a big investment. Will let you know my thoughts. I just sold the s970 so played for a while thus the Yamaha feel is fresh in my mind and fingers. Will be interesting to see how much the pa1000 has evolved after the Pa1x which was a mistake. I bought it and sold in within a month.