Originally posted by leeboy:
Multimillion pound experiment !!
What are you guys drinking? (I'll have some with you)
All they need to do is:
1) New case design/and new mold (plastic injection molding) Maybe only for the keybed area.
2) 76 key keyboard instead of a 61 (Cost + $50 max per keyboard) Just look ar Fatar prices)
3) Updated keybed decoder
4) Upated keymap programming.
The most expensive part of all this is the new mold(s) they need.
Yamaha already does Motif in 61, 76, 88 so they are good at having multiple options on keybed sizes...
Piece of cake.
One a different note...Yesterday I checked out the newest Yamaha Clavinova (CVP-500PM )...very impressive!
If it had full T4 capabilities...I might bite!
Lee S.
Lee lets break this down a bit
Would you be using the casing for the motif 7 to fit the new psr/tyros 76 note ? Would that be the Motif XS7 casing or the Motif XF7 casing or would actually design one that actually fit the tyros/psr layout of the keyboard ??
That means you start back at the begining. You dont just stretch the plastic injection mould pattern , you create a new one !!
That means when it comes to making and assembling tyhe components you have to reprogramm the assmbly line .
And if i make just just 1500 new Yamaha psr/tyros 76 at the same price as a tyros 61 $3500 then thats potentially $5250000 in revnue that i might never actually realise .
What if they only sell 200 ?
I dont know if you have looked carefully into what it would take to make a new model tyros/psr76 key instrument .
reconfiguring a flexible manufacturing machine for the production line , planning distribution and stock control and, quality control warehousing costs etc .
Do you realise the cost per day to a business if production line has to be retooled and reconfigured for a new model ?
Then you have to persuade retail outlets to carry your stock and put them on the floor for people to see. That was the down fall of roland arrangers . Nobody wanted to stock a product they could not sell.
Its ok for you to be confident that yamaha wouild sell the units that their capital is tied up in . Its not your money !!!
You make it sound like all yamaha have to do is flip a switch and key presto out pops the dream 76 arranger keyboard.
I wish it were that simple Lee.
And by the way have you decided amongst yourselves (from Dikis sample ) what size and weight and key feel this market wants and needs in the 76 Key Tyros/ PSR thingy ?
Should it be geared towards the pro, semi pro or home user, piano player or does any of this matter at all ??????
Last time i checked two out of the 8 people from Dikis extensive sample who expressed a preference for a 76 Key arranger could not quite agree whether it shouild be a ToTL or MOTL product . What about you Lee or the other 5 definate (if you can agree on the specs) buyers ?
What keyboard should yamaha make for you ????? synth action, semi weighted, weighted, ?????
What about the price range $2000-3000,$3000-4000 ? What impact might the price have on the product sales ? What impact might the price have on the 61 key sister sales ?
You can see how this might become a multimillion dollar experiment cant you ?
I guess some kind of detailed survey might be useful afterall......
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