Great topic & Great posts

I love the organ but size & weight is certainly no small matter. The room the organ is in can make a dramatic difference in the way an organ sounds. My Technics FA1 is now in a basement and doesn't sound nearly a live as before the move. But from a control point, playability, and convenience they are really hard to beat. The FA1 hooks up brilliantly with my General Music XP module and gives me a Quasi 3 manual setup.

I've installed The Miditzer Theater organ Software in a spare computer and hooked that up to the FA1 and it really is brilliant software if you like Theatre Organ.

Expense wise the top lowreys seem to be commanding $80,000, mind boggling to say the least. The Big Allen’s and Walker organs go into the 6 figure category, people with money and really big homes buy them. Only thing stopping me is a really small home and no money LOL

I enjoy the arranger and I've had The Genesys, Technics KN7000, and the Yamaha PSR 2000. I still find the organ more enjoyable but still like having the module for more variety and modern sound. The organ - module hookup is pretty awesome.

I live near Portland Maine which has a Wonderful concert organ in City Hall and I'm amazed at the number of people that show up for concerts, both Theatre & Classical. The auditorium is usually about 90 % full for the TO concerts. Point is people still like the organ.

A screaming B-3 with a couple of Leslie's and someone who can play it will get the juices flowing in most any crowd.

When I grew up it seamed like 25 or 30 % of the families had Pianos I wonder what the figure might be today. I don’t think music or the study of it is nearly as strong of years past. The biggest practice the youngsters engage in is computer games. The study of music seems to be in serious decline. If anyone has some hard figures on it I would love to know them

Trevor the only thing I can think of in your case is sell the Sizzle, Music, & Great entertainment. Make them laugh. It’s funny a lot of people don’t like the organ till they have a close encounter. I go to Vegas at least once a year and take in shows whenever possible. They pack these places at $40 to several hundred dollars a ticket. And most of time it’s the music, some comedy, and showman ship. England still seems to have a pretty decent amount of people pursuing the organ. Yamaha pulled out of GB and the US with their organs and as such I will never buy another Yamaha anything. They had distributors wanting the product to boot. If the profit margins drop too much on the Tyros that will disappear too.
There are a lot of midi equipped organs around for peanuts that would make a fun rig for those so inclined.

I hope I didn’t bore you to death but enjoyed this greatly.

Jerry