Diki, you and Paul both sort of touched on something....the demonstrators. For a major product rollout, these are the most (I'll be nice) unexciting (boring) demos I've seen in awhile. Maybe that's why some of us found the instrument 'underwhelming'.

I'm betting a great player doing a string of short 'feature' demos, accompanied by clear explanations of the features he was demonstrating, would go a long way towards improving this instruments first impression. I'm with Paul. I hate looooong demos, usually playing a style that makes me want to stick my head out the door and scream. Somebody start a GoFundMe and get Marco Parisi on the phone . I'd like to see what this baby can REALLY do.

chas