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I need to buy a shorter keyboard for gigging in small spaces! My Stage 2 HA88 is just slightly too big for some venues!

I need to use Piano/Synth sounds, don't need any organ sounds (I use my Electro 4D SW exclusively for organ its great!)
So what is the best shorter keyboard, with less than 88 keys, that will give me piano and synth sounds as good as my stage 2 and with the same keyboard as the Stage 2?

I have looked at the Nord website but different descriptions of the keyboard its difficult to tell ... is the Nord Stage 2 HA88 keyboard the same as the Nord Piano 2 HP keyboard? I love the feel of my Stage 2 HA88 and would like the same feel in my shorter keyboard.

No. The lighter HP models have a completely different keybed. That is why the HA76 is several kilos more than the Piano 2 HP, despite only having a bit more circuitry and three more notes. Sophisticated hammer actions are, by nature, heavy. I've not AB compared the Stage hammer and HP actions, but I have done so for a Roland FP-50 (recent model, c. 17kg total weight, 88 keys) and the Electro HP4 (same action as Piano 2 HP) and the Roland won on noise level, looks, and immediate feel, but I somehow still preferred the Nord (i.e. Fatar) action longer term as it seemed to make my wrists ache less.

OK thats great, thanks!