Very good points made by all.

There is one thing that must be mentioned that has played a huge part in lack of Technics keyboard sales. Through the years you have not been able to buy them in any professional music store. They were sold ONLY in stores that carried pianos and organs and it had to be a dealer that sold Technics organs and pianos. They were basically designed for home use and not for the musician that was a professional. Yamaha, Korg, Roland keyboards can be purchased anywhere. I remember when I was trying to buy a KN6000 years ago when it came out, I found it difficult to find one on line. It was known that Technics wouldn't allow their keyboards to be sold on the Net. As it was, I contacted a site that discounted musical instruments but didn't carry Technics. The owner had a friend that was a Technics dealer and put me in touch with him and I made the contact that way. In other words, it was through a contact that I was able to buy the keyboard at a discount because this Technics dealer was a piano dealer and had no website. I have always found it amazing that they never pushed their keyboards to the public as could easily be found by the aforementioned keyboards. Quite frankly, I was always pleased that it wasn't easy to find a Technics keyboard. Playing in public, I certainly didn't want the guy down the street to be playing on a board like mine. With Yamaha, Korg, Roland... they can be purchased and discounted in any Music gear shop, including Radio Shack and electronic discount businesses that sell cameras, etc.

We all should feel VERY SPECIAL on this forum for we have had the good fortune to play and own a Technics board. I'm sure it would come to know surprise of professional musicians not being fully aware of the capabilities of our keyboards. They being directed to the other brands in music shops catering to the "professional."