In another thread Ian was bashing Touch Screens because in the rare event of a failure the repair cost could be as much as $400. Do you think that when a $2 button on a Yamaha product goes out and its going to cost at least another $75-$100 or more in labor to have it replaced that the end user is better off? If one had a few button failures over the years the repair cost would be outrageous.

In all the years I've had my Wersi and Triton my touch screens have never failed, glitched, or done anything to make me believe they are about to fail. The screens still looks as new as the day I bought the instruments and since touch screens are over engineered for the rigors of daily use, I have no worries they are going to fail anytime soon.

If Yamaha would use industrial quality buttons that meet Military specifications then failure wouldn't be an issue. My Fairlight DAW uses hermetically sealed Military spec buttons that are estimated to work for 5+ million button presses. Why doesn't Yamaha use this style of button in their products? I'll tell you why. Because good buttons cost money and when you are marketing a toy keyboard to the home user and you want your profit margin to be high, you skimp on the hardware.