Yep, life's a bitch that way. I've been searching the east coast for three years for a Morgan 33 Out Island sailboat, a boat that has not been manufactured since 1978. I've traveled thousands of miles to look at the few that were available. More often than not, by the time I got to the boat it had already been sold. I can't buy a new one because they don't make them anymore, and no matter how much I bitch, Morgan isn't going to bring them back into their production schedule.

Same holds true for arranger keyboards. I loved many of the features on my old PSR-5700--it was a great machine. Unfortunately, it weighed a ton, was limited in styles and voice selection and didn't have a vocal processor. Over the past two decades all of that has changed dramatically, especially if all the features touted on the T4 come to fruition. You, and a few others, wish it would have come out with 76 keys--it didn't. For most of us, including the pros who play every day for a living, the number of keys is inconsequential. If you, or anyone needs more keys to make you play better, then I would suggest buying a brand of keyboard that has more keys. There's a bunch of them out there.

And for the same reason, I may end up with another brand of sailboat other than the Morgan Out Island--maybe an Island Packet or a Hunter. In the mean time I'll keep enjoying what I have until I find exactly what I want--both with the keyboard and sailboat.

Now, for everyone that wants something different than what is currently being offered by the TOTL manufacturer you prefer, I suggest sitting down and writing a detailed letter to that company's product development department with a CC: to the company hierarchy. Post a copy of that letter here so we can see what you're seriously asking the manufacturer to do. I've only contacted Yamaha's production department once and that was 10 years ago. By and large I've been very happy with their products. Maybe I'm just easily satisfied, though.

Gary

Cheers,

Gary