No offense, but that is quite absurd, saying I am bringing up this subject to draw attention to myself... Is every post where you praise Yamaha done for the same purpose..? Of course not. So why are mine?

Listen, you guys need to get a grip! We aren't discussing Darfur, we aren't discussing Obamacare, and to be perfectly frank, ONLY those that actually DO want a 76 PSR or Tyros ought to be involved in the discussion at all... Why so many of you that are already happy with what you have are so apparently troubled that some of us AREN'T is quite frankly, puzzling me no end...

It's not like the 76-ers are telling the 61 players that they ought to want 76's too... No-one has seriously suggested that Yamaha in any way whatsoever DROP the products that already satisfy those that want them. I am confused as to just WHY they honestly give a toss one way or the other... But they do. Just READ this wellspring of protest at the thought that Yamaha might like to service those that play 76's as well as they service those that play 61's. Hardly earth shattering, I would have thought.

You guys are happy with your 61's... WE GET IT! But, SO WHAT? What on earth has that got to do with the fact that we AREN'T happy with Yamaha's 76's? You don't play them, don't WANT to play them, don't seem to have any stake in the issue at all.

And sorry, but Yamaha already knows MY needs. If they can't extrapolate the need for a decent 76 from the myriad posts about it here, over the years, 'putting the numbers' together for them won't change a thing. Personally, having listened to quite a bit of double-talk from Yamaha directly ("there's no demand", "The last one we made sold badly", blah, blah, blah, easily disprovable facts) and heard just HOW careful they are to toe the company line even when it flies in the face of the facts, I still remain convinced the ACTUAL reason the 76 PSR doesn't get made is how badly it would affect YPG and DGX sales. And you'll certainly NEVER get a Yamaha rep to lay that out for you in plain English!

Let's face it, guys... Raise your hands, S910 users, if you would be happy gigging a YPG or DGX if the made it in a 61? Yep, didn't think so! There is a HUGE gap in capability between the arranger division's arrangers, and the 'home piano' divisions arrangers, even the TOTL Clavinova is a pale shadow of the T3, let alone the T4. As I have said, I personally don't care if a MOTL 76 is branded as a DGX, or a PSR. I really couldn't care less what is printed on the front panel! But currently, Yamaha have this huge hole in their line-up, and my needs fall RIGHT into it. And, I honestly believe, so do many here.

I truly believe that Yamaha are only TOO aware of the need, but that their current corporate structure is too inflexible to allow them to fill it. And, I'm really sorry to have to say it, but I honestly DO believe that the majority of Yamaha 61 players chiming in on this issue that has NOTHING to do with them is basically, as I said earlier, a really bad case of "I've got mine... who CARES what you want?!'

Or why else are they posting?