Hi All,

First let me say that for me I agree with Audrey. I have always loved the piano and now that I have the PR54 I find I play it as a piano without all the bells and whistles more often than I did when I had the KN6000.

Over the years I've had several organs and I loved them all (though no Technics) but they were not pianos. As a non-professional I find that I don't always care if I sound great because I'm only playing for me anyway.

As for the declining sales of Organs and in many respects keyboards I believe that it has a lot more to do with the change in "music" than anything else. I do not feel that much of the music that young people listen to today is conducive to being played on ensemble type keyboards.

Organs especially sound great when playing grand instrumental but try to find a radio station that is playing any pop 40 instrumental music. When I was growing up I listened to pop 40 music but there were still plenty of instrumental songs included in that music. Songs like Telstar and others led people like me to want to play an organ and keyboards. It’s not much different than accordion music. I like to hear a good accordion player but there are not many left.

Midi music has also changed that way young people play music. Using low cost programs like Band-In-A-Box I can create an entire song and play it without ever touching an instrument or even knowing how to play one.


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Heather- Leesburg, FL PR54