I was thinking UD could fill a page with the boards he's had in the past year !!! ...
My list is small and not nearly as exotic ...
kn6000
kn1000
Before that it was (from first to last):
Accordion
Cordovox
Fender Rhodes
Each did the job required at the time ...and come to think of it, I still have them all .....
t.

Wow! you still have your Fender Rhodes? That's a great piece there.

Squeak

I'm going to do mine first to last.

1st - Yamaha PS6100. After hauling around a spinet organ and external Leslie for 15 plus years it was great. I only used it for playing in a bigband and it had just two or three good voices on it but that was all I needed. I built a small electronic tremolo unit for the organ sound and used it for years. I still have it somewhere in my basement.

2nd - Yamaha PSR740. This was light years ahead of anything I knew about when I got it. Compared to the PS6100 I was in heaven.

3rd - Ketron X1 bought from Don Mason. I had a ball with it and used it trouble free for 3 years until I sold it. Great sounds and styles although some of the styles were too busy sounding. I loved the saxes, clarinets, brass, and accordions.

4th and present - Yamaha Tyros. I am very happy, great jazz and bigband styles. Styles are a little repetitive and simple but very usable. I also gained multipads and to me a better harmonizer than the Ketron. I feel it has great organs and guitars, and IMHO a better piano than the X1. I feel that the woodwinds and brass are not up to par with the X1 but still very usable. Operating system needs a few tweeks but simple enough. I don't use MIDI files so I can't comment on their playback. Out of the box setup from Yamaha sucks but with the right tweeks received from forum members like Gary and Don and Donny a great sounding keyboard.

Tom

I misread the subject also. I thought it said favorites, so I didn't list nearly all the arrangers I've had. Let's see:
PSR70, PSR6100, PSR6300 (I think), PSR500, PSR510, PSR620, PSR740, PSR8000, PSR9000, PSR2000, PSR2100, Tyros.
Also: Technics KN800, KN1000, KN2000, KN5000
Korg PA80, Roland G800, Solton X1.
Might have missed something but that's most of them.
DonM

KN 700 was my first. I thought I would have a stroke learning and then operating it.

PSR 5600 - loved it

Roland E20 - Very rudimentary and styles way too repetitive...but I used it in combination witht he 5600 because I liked several of the voices

PSR 740. Loved the styles and most of the voices...but punching in codes drove me nuts.

PSR 9000. I loved it. My back didn't

PSR 2000. Only one complaint. Lack of onboard storage.

PSR 3000. Due to arrive tomorrow.

Eddie

All Yamahas...

PSR-510: Cute little keyboard that lit up like a Christmas tree when you turned it on.

PSR-4000: The 8000's little cousin. Especially loved the wheels beneath the screen. Yamaha replaced them with buttons in later models. Not sure why.

PSR-9000.

9000 PRO: By FAR the best key action I've felt on any keyboard I've ever played. Still my favorite of all offerings on the market today.

Don

I loved all keyboards (18) that I had (each one in its time and according my cash)

My first keyboard was a Yamaha PSR-6300, almost twenty years ago.

Today I´ve only a Tyros and it´s my preferred keyboard. It has great sounds, great styles, easy operation and IMO the best key response and the more realistic Grand Piano sound.

Between these two I had spectacular keyboards, like 9000Pro, SD-1, VA-7, X1, KN-5000, KN-3000, Ra-800, E-86, and several PSR.

Cheers.
Armando

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Reed organ: horrible.
Farfisa organ: Ok, but nothing to write SZ about.
Hammond L-100 with Leslie 122. WoW. Unbelievable sound, but no rythm box.
.....25 years later.....
Roland EM20. Lots of good quality voices, styles are a bit busy.
Yamaha PSR540. Lots of functionality, good voices.
Yamaha PSR550. Best value for my dollar IMO. The most amount of functionality in it's price range.
Starkeeper



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1.Yamaha Electone (does this qualify as an early arranger? Still have).

2. Clavinovaa CPV 65.(Still have).

3. Solton MS 60 (still use nightly).

4. PSR 3000 (Gave it to my granddaughter-never used it)

6. Ketron SD-1 plus ( will acquire after winter NAMM).

Still have some dinosaurs...B3,M3, Suitcase Rhodes, DX-7...just can't seem to part with them.


Russ

Russ, where is number five?