Yamaha already has an excellent 76 key keybed that the R&D costs were paid for many years ago; it's the FS keybed which has been around since the DX7. It is what is used in the 61 and 76 key versions of the Motif ES workstation and it could very easily have been used in the Tyros without running the price up very much if any at all. However, they chose not to probably because some bean counter in the bowls of the basement decided they couldn't make as much off each keyboard if they put it in, but I, for one, would have been willing to pay the difference in cost. In fact, I asked my local Yamaha repairman if it was possible to put an FS keybed in my Tyros and while it would physically fit it won't electrically match up and can not be made to work. Oh well, at least I tried, LOL.

Tom

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