Anyone have a feel for how many keyboards are sold in a particular model? Say, something like a Yamaha whatever or a Korg whatever. Are we talking about a few thousand units or tens of thousands of units or more?

Just curious.

Has anyone in the world bought a Yamaha psr1500?

Bill,

This survey may provide the answer you're looking for. http://www.svpworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=883&KW=What+keyboard+do+you+own%3F

Good Luck,

Gary

[This message has been edited by travlin'easy (edited 04-06-2005).]

Gary, the link does not work for me.

I was just wondering when companies ramp up to produce new models... I have no feel for how many units they sell. It would be interesting to know. I knwo it varies, obviously, but I am clueless.

Bill,

You must be a member of the forum--sorry about that. You can visit the site at http://www.svpworld.com sign up, log on and then click the link and you'll be able to view it.

As for the total sales, I don't have a clue.

Gary

I'd be interested to know also. How many of the Tyros were made worldwide?
Maybe some of the factory guys, or the sales reps that visit here could help us.

[This message has been edited by mikeathome1 (edited 04-06-2005).]

Here are the current statistics from SVP World's site:

Yamaha DGX series 32 [2.08%]
Yamaha CVP (Clavinova) series 47 [3.05%]
Yamaha PF series 5 [0.32%]
PSR 3xx SERIES (e.g. PSR340) 9 [0.58%]
PSR 5xx SERIES (e.g. PSR540) 27 [1.75%]
PSR 6xx SERIES (e.g. PSR640) 20 [1.30%]
PSR 7xx SERIES (e.g. PSR730) 61 [3.96%]
PSR 1000 10 [0.65%]
PSR 1100 12 [0.78%]
PSR 2000 231 [14.98%]
PSR 2100 126 [8.17%]
PSR 4000 / 5000 / 6000 / 7000 SERIES 22 [1.43%]
PSR 8000 32 [2.08%]
PSR 9000 223 [14.46%]
9000 PRO 68 [4.41%]
TYROS 455 [29.51%]
Technics KN series 50 [3.24%]
Roland VA series 8 [0.52%]
Roland E series 8 [0.52%]
Korg PA series 22 [1.43%]
Casio arranger 9 [0.58%]
GEM arranger 9 [0.58%]
Other manufacturer 56 [3.63%]

Gary

But how many do they build?
when they come out with a new Roland G70 do they plan to make 1000 or them or 10,000 of them?
The motif or they Korg or the GEM how many do they build at the factory in lets say a year.
How many units are sold worldwide.

I don't know if these numbers are public but I thought someone might have an idea on it.

I don't know the numbers for arrangers, but I do have some for some synths. I think originally 500 Karma were made and maybe 20,000 have been sold to date. Clavia brags that 17,000 Nord Electro were sold (and this may have been total for two models). Blockbuster synths can sell 100,000 to 300,000 units. I think with mass market arrangers, manufacturers have a pretty good idea how well they will sell and manufacture accordingly. For more specialized items, like the Karma, Yamaha 9000Pro, I think they make small initial runs to measure interest, and then decide how many to manufacture and at what rate.

[This message has been edited by Clif Anderson (edited 04-07-2005).]

Well, the Korg M-1 set the record at over 100,000 - according to Mark Vail in an old keyboard magazine.

But its like publishing - you make a run, sell it, make a run, sell it, etc... till they stop selling.