BTW - talking about gear ...
I might have posted this before, but it's worth repeating for the newcomers.
First, I have to tell you that this keyboard guy is the absolute BEST I know - plays beautiful chords, fantastic bass lines and he's the nicest guy you'll meet. With that said .... he's fussy and SLOW to change. His rig includes:

Korg PA1xpro on bottom - all piano and comping comes from this slab
Korg 13 on top (very BULKY, homemade steel rack, I might add) for organs, brass and other "color" sounds and triggers midi signal to one of 2 full size modules to his left
One is a Roland that is dedicated for bass, I think, and a Korg that must have some sentimental value, cuz it's older than the 1x, I think. It might even be an O1W.
AND - and i5m on top of the module stack for the very sparse drum beat/arranger pattern that they use on a few (very few) tunes.
3 volume pedals (HUGE Morley, metal ones), 2 sustain pedals, mic stand .... geeze.

With his chops ... almost any current arranger would sound fantastic, and even if he NEEDS the second slab for dexterity - he certainly doesn't need the THREE modular tone boxes that he carries. He plays all his sounds (including bass) through a stereo EV rig with a Mackie mixer that is a powerful full range PA in itself. It's SO overkill that I feel sorry for him every time I look at it. He's 78, and lugs all this bulk around. I MUST educate him to the newer, "more hip" ways of the force. He's such a great player ... he could do the job with his PA1x as the main chord source and buy a new "whatever" he likes to play all the other sounds, sequences and midi trigger parts.

He could leave all 3 modules home, scale down the mixer/rack and cut his setup/teardown time in half.

Paul might like the BK-9 piano sound and he'd be able to relinquish the tone modules and drum machines. Add a PA3x on top for great control of vocals and color sounds and he could streamline his rig into a major powerhouse. LIGHTER, prettier and better equipped than anything he's ever had. He has a pretty hard touch, wonder why he never got a weighted action 88 as his controller.

The more I think of it - I think he should get a PA3x76 for his "go to" axe and trigger vocals from it. Then, he could get the Roland for the extra sounds on top - better esthetics, and more control from the sliders on the Korg.