Kurzweil K1000 SE

The manual is great, but tells you little. Go figure. :-)

I think it's 32 poly, but the voice stealing is very well done. Very subtle.
The effects are many, but the chorus is very rich and silky.
I love the keyboard action on this unit. Very playable, by far the best semi-weighted board I ever used.
Midi in, midi out. Very simple, not really great as a master controller if you like to get tweaky.
Programming this unit is a nightmare. You have to scroll for ages and ages to get to your page. And the values are so wide spread it's tough to just do a touch up with out getting totally lost in tons of pages & scrolling chores.
No sequencer.

The piano is real nice, and still holds up in a live situation. I wouldn't do a solo concert on it.
The effects on this unit are very nice, especially the chorus.
The Rhodes are the best on this istrument. The liquid, chorusy ballad rhodes sounds, not the 'barky' style.
I wrote some nice Peter Gabriel style dreamy woodwind patches for it that I still use to this day.
The organs suck, the strings have a vintage sound to them and can be nice for effect. The brass sucks.....lots of sounds that were sheesy even when this board was new. This is mostly a piano board.

In almost 20 years it's never given me one single problem.
Built like a tank, and almost as heavy.

Never had to contact them.

I bought mine brand new in 1986. I have used it hard and heavy ever since. It was part of my tour rig for over 5 years. I gave it to my kids to bang on for about five years. Now it's in my studio again almost 20 years later. I still use it for the Rhodes settings and as an aux controller in my studio because of the keyboard feel.
It has never once broken down or spent a single day in the shop.
Considering this boad has cost me under $80 a year to own, and I've done well over $1 million of shows and recordings using it, I'd say it's a bargain!
No, I'd not replace it if stolen or lost, but I'd miss it.

There isn't much to this keyboard. You choose your sounds and you play it. Editing patches is tedious but easy with a simple step by step interface. It's used so I don't have the manual.

I don't know the polyphony but I've never had a problem with it. And this is saying a lot because I play some really intricate piano things where I've run out of 64-note polyphony. It's relatively low on features, though. It's got its sounds, and that's about it. The keys are weighted but with a very light action.

I'll put it simply. This keyboard has an excellent piano sound, especially when you consider that it's around 10 years old!! However, that's about all it has. The strings are OK, the organs are horrible, the basses and bells and winds are horrible. But the piano is great. I use the piano sounds, the piano-string sounds, one cheesey rock organ, one string sound, and an ambient pad sound. Nothing else is worthwhile. It does respond expressively to my touch and the velocity sensitivity is good.

Ehh. It's been banged around a lot, and it does show the wear and tear.

I think I've said enough. For its age, it's excellent