I'll start it off...

I wonder if anyone is SURPRISED at the results?

I wonder what the 76 nay-sayers will come up with next as a reason for no need for a 76? Probably they will say that SZ is NOT representative of the market. Of course, that begs the question 'where DO these so-called representative arranger users post if it ain't here...?'

AFAIK, this is the ONLY cross-platform arranger forum with any volume of posts, in English. SZ doesn't seem to be particularly 'pro' oriented (especially from most of what I've heard ), but even if it were, why would that make any difference to the need for a 76? PLENTY of 76 playing amateurs here...

Maybe the poll wasn't scientific enough? Of course, if the results had been overwhelmingly 61, the nay-sayers would point to THAT as proof positive. They can't have it BOTH ways...

Ketron do a great job of producing a 76 with the footprint of close to a 61 by moving the wheels to just ABOVE the keyboard on the LH side, and not using a floppy drive, so the whole 'too big' thing can be avoided by good design, and the 76 speaker-ed Roland E60 is a scant 3 lbs more than the S900 (and built like a tank), so that rules out the weight problem.

If Yamaha followed these guidelines, it would beg the question, why would anyone even USE a 61 if a 76 could be produced along these lines..? Especially for as little as 10-20% more in cost (the difference between an E50 and E60)

Me, I thought it would go along these lines (the poll). Question is, are Yamaha surprised (I KNOW they've read it!)?