Stage 2 still relevant?

[Ton Beljon]

Last year i bought a ns3 compact but still have my stage 2 ha76 which i use more than the ns3c. For me the 2 ha76 is Much better to play the akoustic piano’s.

[chuckiep]

I purchased stage 2 HA76 back in 2014. Here its is 2025 and I still use it and love it. This is the first keyboard I have ever kept for over 3 years. I do a solo gig and and jazz duo with a sax player playing jazz standards mixed with some dance band gigs. I was just thinking the other day how long I have loved this keyboard. It is very uncharacteristic for me. I usually get the itch to buy the the "next big thing" after a few years. I have no burning desire to sell this board to get something new. It does most everything I could ask for.
Pros:
tweakability in live applications
one keyboard vice multiple boards to set up and tear down for gigs
Good sounds for clone wheel organ, accoustic piano, and Rhodes and Wurly all in one box
Abiity to upload new sounds from Nord Library
76 weighted keys that fits in a case across the back seat of my toyota Corolla
Not to heavy
Cons:
Action for piano not up to Kawai or Roland standards
Awkward playing organ on weighted piano style keys
Synth is basic

[Ritchie333]

Bought my NS2 SW73 (what we'd nowadays call a "compact") in 2011. Changed everything else in my rig, on multiple occasions, and I've kept thinking "maybe I should get a 3", then "maybe I should get a 4", along with "I wonder what the Hammond SK Pro is like?" but never got round to it. Because, to be honest, the NS2 does the job at gigs perfectly fine. I mean, nobody complains about the guitarist using a model designed over 70 years ago!