George,

Thanks for responding. I do agree that GEM makes a fine keyboard (I really wanted an SK760 until I saw the 9000PRO) and I did try a WK8 before buying the Yamaha. Perhaps the 64-note polyphony would be fine in the Genesys but I have noticed drop-outs on other boards with only 64-note polyphony. Maybe I just play too many things at once but I like how it sounds. I'm anxious to read what you think after you get one in your store and have had time to play with it.

There are 3 music stores and one Baldwin piano store within a 1/2 mile of the mall but none of them have a good reputation and none carry top of the line arrangers, guitars, or amps. Their sales staffs are amateurs and rarely know much about the products they sell.

I doubt that any store in my area will carry one. There's not a single VA-7, Yamaha 9000, SD-1, KN6500, or SK760 in Canton (except for mine). The Technics store in town is still trying to sell KN4000's as the "top of the line" (no kidding). There's not one decent keyboard store within 50 miles. George, I keep telling you that a George Kaye Music Store in Belden Village Mall in Canton Ohio would make a fortune but alas it's just a dream . . .

Steve