They DO make 88 weighted arrangers. Of course, none of us will buy them because they will be too heavy.

I guess the main point is Yamaha's inability to fix or even see past a mistake they made in the past. The 9000Pro failed because of flaws that would have sunk it even if it was a 61. Underpowered CPU, and a buggy, flawed OS... but it wasn't the 76 that doomed it.

I guess all you Tyros owners should be grateful that they DIDN'T make the 9000Pro a 61, or Yamaha might not be making a TOTL arranger at all... Apparently, ONE failure leads to a total abandonment of the program.

In the meantime, of course, Korg, Roland and Ketron have this market totally unopposed. Remarkably kind of Yamaha, if you think of it... dominate 61 key sales, but leave the 76 market alone. I was always under the impression that if you have the opponent on the ropes, you finish him off. Guess they don't read their Sun Tzu in Japan anymore...