The piano sound isn't particularly good, I think it's the same bright pop-like CF3 sample as the Motif XS piano.
The D deck was already released around 2004, I think.
Edit: As I said in a post above, the DDK-7 is available only for Asia, where it still seems to be a current model. I don't know to what extent the sounds have been updated since the version released 10 years ago.
I read that a German pipe organ distributor also distributed the Stagea a few years ago in a sort of cooperation with Yamaha. Yamaha itself sees no market for it outside of Asia.
Yamaha Electone can be imported into Europe using this company,
http://www.tarotrade.com/ (They are imported regularly).
Yamaha Music UK has tried to get Yamaha Japan to re-introduce the Electone instrument into Europe, but the sales they required were not possible. In addition production has to be done on a separate line to meet EU regulations. (Hopefully the EU will sink without trace and we can go back to a common market)
Bill
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