Off the record, it has been said that Yamaha would bring the Stagea or any other new Electone to the UK if they could guarantee sales of 10,000 a year, which in this day and age is not going to happen, the same applies to other countries, so if you want one you will have to see which country gives you the best import price.
BTW, Wersi, Thomas, Orla (Technote in the USA) + a few others have always produced these types of instruments, this is because being low volume manufactures they do not have the overheads of the big boys. The downside to this is the fact that because they are low volume manufactures, they cannot get the big discounts on parts that the big boys can get, so in most cases they are more expensive.
Bill
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