From eslawson@comcast.net Tue Feb 18 19:03:21 2003
Subject:Re: midi controllers with waterfall keys?

For me, it's not so much about the TRUE waterfall keys as it is about the
keyboard simply being ROBUST enough to take a licking and keep on ticking.
Even though my all-time favorite Hammond keyboards are true waterfall keys
(A101, XK2, Electro, in that order), I am fine with other clones like the
VK7 that does not have waterfall keys, but a very strong and resilient
action. The new Korg CX-3 action always bothered me, because it is such a
light action (I think Dan S characterized it well by saying "a key would
play if you looked at it hard enough," or something like that). It was a
playable action, but I'm pretty hard on the keyboard and was always nervous
that something would break. The Hammond XK2 is the most robust clone
keyboard, in my opinion.

Regards,
Eric Lawson
Moderator
CloneWheel Support Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CloneWheel/