I understand and said as much. Weddings, nursing homes, private parties.All great "Arranger only" gigs. And a lot less expensive than a band and more interative than a DJ.

But you won't find many if any many long term contracted gig. The difference between using tracks and a single 61 key arranger is huge. You still have 88 (or even 76) keys to use solely as a pianist. There is a huge difference in technique playing an arranger alone vs using tracks or a sequencer..

The club and bar owners used to raise their eyebrows when the sew a Bose System!!! (thank God there are enough of them out there now they consider it a plus.)Perhaps that will change with 61 key arrangers. It would be nice. Who likes lugging an 88 keyboard around? Except a pianist.

I have no axe to grind I SELL this stuff. I would love for every single keyboard player in town to play arrangers. I demo them and many still view them as playing with "one hand cut off". Its a different way of playing. Even though they don't have to split the keyboard. Splitting a 61 key board is pretty handicapping for any player.Even with the octave switch just above the nod wheels (where Yamaha finally put it.