Dear All,

Hi! It is encouraging to read the responses on this topic.

I would like to clarify emphatically that I was by no means taking an elitist stance of any sort in my assessment of the differences that exist in playing different instruments. And such a comparative assessment was neither predicated on playing ability nor on a particular instrumental perspective. Rather, it was predicated on what each type of instrument can offer the player, and how each can enable or constrain by virtue of its construction. In other words, I was merely pointing to the intrinsic capabilities of these different instruments based on their designs and functionality. On these reasons, and since all three of them ---- namely the keyboards, organs and digital ensembles under the Technics brand ---- have automatic accompaniments and sequencers anyway, the differences therefore do not lie in what can assist the player, but in what they allow the player to do physically. Hence, all other things being equal, there are inevitably those differences that I have objectively identified between them; the ability of the player being irrelevant. I thought that I made these points quite clear previously and hope that this present posting will dissipate any misunderstanding that might have taken place. Phew!!

Khai