Over the years, I have always performed with state-of-the-art keyboard instruments.  In the 1970s, I played on the most advanced organ of the day: a Yamaha YC-45D with a Leslie 770 rotating speaker, and also a Wurlitzer electric piano.

In the 1980s, I had the same keyboard setup as did the keyboard player of the band Journey: a Yamaha CP-70b electric grand piano, a highly modified Fender Rhodes Stage 73 electric piano, and a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 digitally controlled analog synthesizer.  In those days, my keyboards, amps, and speakers weighed nearly 1,000lbs and took over an hour to set up.


In later decades, I played on three generations of the amazing Kurzweil digital sampling keyboards: the K-2000 in the 1990s (left), K-2661 in the 2000s (center), and the PC3K6 in the 2010s (right).


I played the Kurzweils through a vintage Fender Bassman Ten tube amplifier that I restored and extensively modified, and also through a rotating speaker of my own design that emulated a Leslie (but was much smaller and lighter to carry). 


I also used a Yamaha P-155 digital piano for certain performances. 

I am very thankful for modern technology.  Today, I have consolidated everything into one digitally sampled keyboard: the amazing Korg Grandstage.  It does everything all my old vintage keyboards did, plus many other sounds, including some amazing 9' grand piano emulations.  It weighs just over 40lbs, with a full 88 keys and a grand piano action.  The best thing about it is its sound.  The samples are so realistic I would swear I'm playing one of my old original instruments.  The grand pianos sound like real concert grands.  The Rhodes pianos sound almost exactly like my old Rhodes from the 1980s.  The tube and Leslie digital simulations are so realistic that I no longer need to haul around a tube amp or a spinning speaker.

My craziest toy is a late-1980's era Casio AZ-1 "keytar" MIDI controller keyboard that I have custom modified with an internal cordless MIDI transmitter that allows me to play my amazing Korg Grandstage keyboard, remotely, guitar-style (below).

The reason I tell you about my equipment is so you'll know how much I love playing keyboards and how serious I am about this instrument!  I love teaching piano!