You know Uncle Dave, that is really a good question and think it merits some time devoted to researching the reason. Just to refresh our memories I will give Dave's quandary, Quote: “I'm having problems adjusting to the smaller key width on the Yamaha keyboards. (Tyros is the SAME as the 2100 !) My hands want to go to the correct position, but the PSR won't let 'em ! Grrrr ! Why on earth did they shrink these keys ????”.

Well Unc I have undertaken the task of pondering your question and giving it my best. Seems nobody else wants to try their hand at this difficult task so old Doug will take a stab at your query. Every manufacture wants to sell all the product they can. Lets start with this angle. With this in mind comes the question, to who? They have a fancy name for this. Market targeting! Thinking process goes like this. First: large market. Second: plenty of disposable money. Third: Who will buy cheaply made stuff to maximize profit? These three are the nucleus or the most important of the points in the decision of, to who? Kids, yes, kids. Young folks. Parents that will buy them anything they want. Immature minds. Easily persuaded people that can be influenced by their peers. Now you have one reason. Kids have smaller hands. Younger people are more body conscience and have thinner everything including fingers. Thus, shrunk keys, and poorer construction all around. Greater profit. Not bad! Now this could very well account for smaller keys but there are other things that have nothing to do with the first cause of the keys feeling smaller. As you say, “My hands want to go to the correct position, but the PSR won't let 'em ! Grrrr “! Look at it this way Dave. Others have no problem with this, the PSR lets them, with no problem. So let’s think about this. As we become Uncles’ and Grandpas’ we get thicker and thicker. Our waists get thicker, our arms get thicker, our buts’ get thicker, everything gets thicker, even our heads and what’s inside of them sometimes gets thicker. Now it follows that our fingers also get thicker therefore giving an illusion that the keys must be shrinking. Kind of the same way we sometimes think of our pants and shirts. Told Ruthie awhile back she is using too hot of water to wash my stuff in, your shrinking my stuff. She told me to go to you know where. She said my zippers were exploding and my buttons were popping off cause I was getting thicker! Ruthie is always tactful and considers my feelings so she never says I might be getting fat. I like that girl. So Dave let me put it this way. You and your fingers just might be outgrowing a keyboard that is targeted for the younger folks. Don’t want to take up any more space here so I’ll give others a chance to chime in why Uncle Dave’s fingers no longer fit the PSR’s. Don’t be afraid, Dave is good natured, I hope!

Grandpa Doug