My market investigation is various Keyboard Forums around the Net where I've found there is a high demand for 76 note versions of keyboards. Especially 'weighted' key ones. If Yamaha made the keybed on the Tyros 2 with the same one that is on the CVP-309 you would have the best of both worlds. By that I mean you would have excellent action but not be too stiff like some weighted keyboards can be. Plus 76 notes are favored over 61 notes when playing Acoustic Piano sounds. Especially during live Gigs where the added notes come in handy when you comp the Bass part.

I should have prefaced my statement with "potential". There is a big demand for 76 note versions of keyboards but there is an even bigger "potential" market. To be able to expand that arena Yamaha must make their 76 note high end Arrangers with obvious advantages over the competition. One of those is making them lighter. If they weighed around the same as their 61 note Boards and the cost was not much more, then in my opinion there would be a bigger demand still.

Granted 61 note Boards are the biggest sellers but that is because in my opinion the 76 note Boards are usually much heavier and much more expensive. Correct those anomalies and the market would skyrocket in my opinion.

Best regards,
Mike