Are you sure, you may have been replaced and not know it, and that's assuming we are not all in a simulation

Bill

Rikki
Why should Yamaha bother to go to the expense of improvment for such a small market. I've heard some good systems too and they are fun for awhile. BTW I used to tune pianos and those systems seem to throw the whole action out of whack and they are rarely in tune. Most I've heard sound like an old Honky Tonk piano in a Western movie.

Are you a figment of my imagination

Bill, I was replaced 2.5 years ago by another keyboard player that has a great singing voice. However, he told me that he could not keep up with my schedule and could only fill in at a dozen of the 52 locations where I performed monthly. He is 30 years younger than me and when I handed him my list of performance locations the first words out of his mouth were "Are you crazy?" He picked the cream puffs that were fairly close to home and told the rest of them he would provide them with some contacts for other players in their areas.

Ironically, after 2.5 years, I still get a couple calls a month from folks asking if I could come out of retirement to do some special events. Not a prayer!
Cheers,
Gary

Donny, female vocalist are extremely difficult to find, especially good ones that are willing to work as much as the demand calls for.

Additionally, my lungs are not my only health problem - just the one that will soon take my life. My back is shot to Hell, I have the early onset of Parkinson's Disease, Macular Degeneration (dry), and distal neuropathy to name a few. Fat chance of me EVER going back to work, especially at 79 years of age. Better odds of being struck by lightning on New Years Eve.

Gary