I find it intriguing that a small number of individuals claim they can actually feel the difference of 4/10-MM. What I find equally amusing is they claim it hampers their playing ability.

To put things in perspective, I guess these individuals can only drive vehicles with certain size steering wheels, gas pedals, brake pedals, windsheilds, doors, etc. Oh contraire! They don't have a problem with cars--only keyboard keys.

Amazingly, I personally know a few of the best piano players in the nation, musicians who have performed with the best of the best big-band orchestras, and when I posed the question to each and every one of them (three to be exact) they all said the same thing. "Either you can play or you can't play." Even though all three had played various keyboards from time to time, they said they were unaware of a difference in size. As for the feel, they agreed that keyboard keys, overall, are lighter, which by the way, they perferred over piano keys because it required less effort to get the same level of sound. As I said earlier "Fuhgedaboudit." I just hope that Yamaha continues to make these incredible keyboards in the same manner they've been making them. without Yamaha, many of us would have a lot of trouble making a living in this business. Not only have they provided us with the greatest voices in the industry, they have also continously upgraded their models to where most of us are astonished when we hear the styles and voices coming out of the speakers. For me personally, the key size is just fine, and larger or smaller would not make a bit of difference in my ability to perform. As one of the piano players, and the owner of a major music store put it "If key size poses a problem to your performances, you should probably think seriously about taking up golf--they'll custom build golf clubs for anyone who wants to pay the price."

Cheers,

Gary