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Kross and Juno DS should be able to split 16 sounds.Without breaking the bank either a Roland Juno DS or a Korg Kross 2 will do as you seek, both will do splits and the tones each side of the split can be different...Certainly with the Kross 2 that I had I could even have four different tones in four different areas of the keybed. Set the split, then in each side of the split limit where each of the assigned tones actually sound.
You can get a lemon with anything. It's not like there are reports online of the Numas dropping dead like flies.A Roland Juno DS should be your number one in the list simply because its piano tones are better than on the Korg which IMO were pretty mundane.
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Ignore the Numa Compact 2X that Scott suggests, it is lightweight, flimsy construction, its operating system is a mess and the piano tones are mediocre, though the organ is good as is the keybed. Mine just broke, and all it has done is stay on my stand at home for the last three years
Everything has trade-offs. Numa advantages at its price include 88 keys, aftertouch, 9 sliders for organ control, good support for external sounds from an iPad/iPhone. Not the best pianos, but I'm not sure they're worse than Juno DS/Kross. Piano-wise, if nothing else, I think its action is better for piano playing than the 61-key DS and Kross models. (Not because it's great, but because the others are particularly poor.) But yeah, always trade-offs.
Again my "number one" recommendation would be Yamaha CK61. I do like your number one Juno DS, but I think piano and organ are weak points for the board, and those are the two most important sounds for the OP. The Yamaha actions is better, too.