Posted by DNJ “All the Tyros units I've owned always were too bulky and too much real estate for my liking as was the G1000/G70...although at home it was fine in the studio for recording”
So the issue is really not whether the arranger has 76 keys but whether it is bulky and heavy.

Sadly, it is post like the following that Yamaha relies on when they do their so call market research.
Originally posted by Dnj:
”If it had 76 keys I definitely wouldnt buy it.”

It would seem that Yamaha’s research on 76 key arrangers is done incorrectly.

As DNJ illustrated the real issue is whether the keyboard is going to be heavy and bulky and not whether it has 76 keys.

A 76 key keyboard does not have to be heavy and bulky. Just look at the Korg TR76 and the Roland E60.


All those people who say they love a 61 key arranger are really referring to the size and weight. Because if the Tyros was big and heavy as the Korg PA 1x, Roland E80, Ketron SD5 (all of which are 61 keys), they would not buy the Tyros.

So when Yamaha says they did research, we need to really take it with a grain of salt.