I agree with your sentiments Ian. Yamaha sees what's going on around them from the likes of Casio and they (Yamaha) are smart, and will do what they can to provide similar products that they see the competition succeeding with.

It's interesting also that George says there will be 76 key fully weighted offerings in the near future from Yamaha as well. Which tells once again, that when Yamaha sees the competition i.e. Kurzweil with the (PC3) and Clavia with the (Nord Stage 76 key) etc., catching the eye of musicians worldwide, that Yamaha wants in on the action too. Which hopefully will also make them reconsider their previous abandonment of the 76 key totl arranger market as well. If Yamaha indeed does make a 76 key T4/5 etc., I don't think they would necessarily give it a "fully" weighted key bed though. Which is okay with me. The T3's key bed is nice enough, as is, in my opinion - i.e. as semi- weighted, and if Yamaha made it "fully" weighted I think it might scare some people off from getting one e.g. = DonM, etc. I'm still holding out hope that Yamaha will indeed reconsider and offer a 76 key totl arranger somewhere down the line; whether by way of a T4/T5/T6 or whenever. The sooner the better of course.

All the best,
Mike

[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 04-30-2009).]