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This is great! Thanks for posting! It's really interesting to compare his voicings to Wynton Kelly's and Bill Evans (at least from the same period). They certainly had their own approaches, but there was also a lot of common ground. And there was something about both Red's voicings and lines--maybe a relatively high tolerance for crunchiness/dissonance, and a thing for wide intervals and suprising leaps?--that really catches your ear and your brain at the same time.

I'm gonna have fun listening to all this stuff! Right now I'm compiling a Spotify organ playlist: Shirley Scott, Don Patterson, Groove Holmes, Jimmy Smith, Pat Bianchi, Brian Charette, Joey DeFrancesco, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Melvin Rhyne, Charles Earland, Reuben Wilson... I can't pretend to even approximate what any of them do, but I'm having a lot of fun getting ideas!

I recently walked into a Guitar Center in Queens, NY and stumbled across a Dexibell Combo J7, which was maybe the last thing I was expecting to find. I had never seen one before, and had a whole lot of fun watching the drawbars rearrange themselves! In general, though, selection at even the largest stores in NYC regardless of borough is not great. When I was shopping for a keyboard earlier in the pandemic, I simply could not find all the models I wanted to try in one place. But I had a wonderful experience at Alto Music in Middletown, NY, which is maybe 1.5 hours away. A really nice young salesman named Mike set up a keyboard comparison for me with 6 boards: Nord Electro 6D 73, YC61 and YC88, Crumar Mojo 61, Roland VR730, and Vox Continental. He had to order the Vox and the Roland, but had all the others (including the Crumar) in stock. I put down a 10% deposit for the special orders and to hold everything for several weeks until I could get up there, and when I did he let me play for as long as I wanted--which turned out to be a couple of hours. No pressure at all from Mike, who was extremely helpful and didn't tell me which board *he* had pegged me for until I'd already made my choice. It was the Nord, which was also the last thing I was expecting. But I guess that's what can happen when someone actually gives you the opportunity to compare a whole bunch side by side! Anytime I can throw them some business, I will.

You know, I did kick the legs out, and still found it slightly wobbly; maybe it has something to do with my the carpeting in my studio? Otherwise really liked it, though. I did find the footprint of the On-Stage z-stand to be significantly larger than a platform stand, and that gave me pause as well (space is really at a premium). All in all, I think a platform or table stand would best suit my needs, so I think I'm going to give one of these K&M's a try and call it a day.

No, it was the single-tier KS7350. Different locking mechanism perhaps? I'm now looking at the K&M 18953 or 18820. Ordered through Thomann, they aren't much more expensive than the other options.

Yes, that's it--the spring-loaded buttons. I wonder if I just got a defective unit, or if it was damaged during shipping. It could also have been a used/returned item, even though I purchased it new. (There were a few scratches on the unit.) Anyhow, the play was immediately noticeable as soon as I assembled the stand: the buttons snapped into place, but the arms jiggled in their brackets. That continued once the Electro was in place. No pics, I'm afraid; I've already returned it.

Hey folks, The On-Stage arrived last week. It was a breeze to set up, looked great...and it wobbled. Not as much as the X-stand. Maybe even a smidgen less than the platform stand--though that would have been a close match. But enough for the Nord music stand to shake. The problem seemed to be the 2 top "arms," which had noticeable play even after snapping into place with those little spring-loaded doohickeys. If I played very gently, no problem. If I got even a little aggressive, wobble wobble. Maybe I got a defective unit. Maybe I had unrealistic expectations. I really thought the stand was well-designed and engineered, except for the play in those arms. In any case, I'm going back to the platform style. If the thing's gonna shake a bit anyhow (and I can live with that), might as well get something that's wide-open underneath for legs and pedals. Thanks again for all the input--this was a very worthwhile experiment!

Thanks for the tip! Even though portability isn't my main concern, I'd still like the option of breaking it down/moving it relatively easily, either for storage or the occasional performance; so I'm still looking forward to trying the On-Stage.

Looks great! That red would really suit my Nord. 🙂

Glad I ordered it! Stability and leg/pedal room are really what I'm aiming for. Can't wait to try this thing out; I've gone back to my X-stand while I wait...

Good to know about the Roland! If I have any trouble with the On-Stage, I can try that next. 🙂 Thanks for the tip about marking the heights and angles, too.

Hahaha! Yeah, that's pretty interesting. Years ago, my wife decided to play a piece for marimba that looked like the craziest thing I'd ever seen; just a thicket of notes that grew more and more complex page after page, with time signature changes every few bars. She spent hours working it up, .and when she finally played through it at tempo, it turned out that the composer had notated a ritardando. What a sadist!

That's very funny! I seem to be resistant; so far, having an Electro 6D 73 has not made me jones for anything else, even a Stage. But that may be because, to paraphrase AnotherScott, the only board I tried that did everything the Electro 6D could do was ...the Electro 6D. I made an appointment at a music store to try 6 different keyboards, and the Electro was probably the one I *least* expected to walk out with. But I did, and I love it. 🙂

OK, just ordered the On-Stage; will post again when I have it all set up. Thanks again, everyone!

Wow, that's a serious price hike! Of the single-tier ones mentioned in this thread, the prices seem to be roughly as follows: Roland KS-10Z $140 On-Stage KS7350 $156 Hercules KS400B $165 Based on what everyone has said, I think I'm going to go for the On-Stage.