I remember the ARP's pads...one of the worst systems I've ever used...more of novelty than anything else(and of course, ARP wanted to be "different")

I had one here for several months until it was sold to a collector.

I also had the earlier one with the knob...not a lot better.

I can deal much better with the wheels, although Roland's bender is pretty good as well.

I remember when Yamaha made the PSR-4500/4600 with the "wheels" under, and in front of, the keys....we called them "roll bars".

They were actually pretty good, but Yamaha soon reverted to the more familiar conventional wheels.

Slight correction... Wurlis all had sustain pedals, AFAIK.

Ahhhh yes, the Wurlitzer...I had a 200...it came with a sustain pedal.

It was a nightmare to tune...adding solder to the reeds and filing it off, being careful not to get any on the insides where it could short out things...miss the sound and the great action it had (wooden keys, no less) but I don't miss the maintenance.

The S910 has a nice Wurly sound.

It sure does Ian There are so many nice EP's on the S910 I enjoy the stage & galaxy.

Best out and out Wurli emu in a keyboard right now, IMO, is the Nord Electro. Pretty realistic. No solder needed!

Yes, I agree....the Nord Electro is pretty well the best I've heard too....but it does not have any styles.

I don't like Nord's acoustic piano sounds.

The organ sounds are deluxe.

Have you heard the piano demos for the Stage? IMO, some of the best, non-clinical REAL sounding pianos in any hardware keyboard I've heard, yet (and you KNOW how picky I am!).

Word is, they load up just fine into the new Electro3...

What I liked best about the Electro's Wurlitzer was the connection felt when you played it...felt like there were actual reeds being struck.

I heard the new pianos for the Stage were really nice.

Nord makes interesting and innovative gear.

BTW, the Wurly on my S910 has the same kind of "connection" feel...just a much lighter touch of course, but it is very responsive...ditto the Cool! Suitcase EP.

The light touch of the S910 reminds me a lot of some synths I used to play...I guess that's why I'm drawn towards it more than semi-weighted. Those old Pratt&Read keybeds were nice to play.

The wheels are like old friends...reminiscent of my old Minimoog.

Like Diki, I've got so used to the Roland system over the last twenty-plus years, I can't adapt to anything else. As others have observed, it does offer the most natural recreation of the Leslie half-moon switch for those of us who are ex-organists. That said, I can also see the advantages that Yamaha's weird vertical wheels offer, even if their use seems counterintuitive to me.