If you couldn't find the point about my post, Ian, you are simply not looking. Roland have ceased production of 61 note MOTL and TOTL arrangers just as much as 76's. So using Roland's cessation of 76 production as an excuse for Yamaha's decision was blatantly simple spin.

What Roland's decision to make this move is anyone's guess. My take would be the overall drop in arrangers above BOTL sales numbers, and the flatness of TOTL sales overall. It simply seems that arrangers are starting to completely miss the needs of the majority of modern keyboard players, and those of us that are older, other than the fanatic few here at SZ that MUST have every new model as it comes out. We are hardly representative of arranger players in general, I am sure!

They also made some bad marketing decisions at the time of the G70, moving them from the music stores to the piano stores. If Yamaha's were ONLY available to be tried in Mom and Pop piano stores (who had no desire to carry them, nor any obligation), it's quite possible that their sales might be a lot lower, too.

Mind you, I DID notice your complete silence about the point that Yamaha DO make bigger keyboard arrangers... but not good ones. Selective responses just demonstrate I made a point you can't refute even by misrepresenting it...