Every dumb decision, and unsuccessful product was made on the back of intensive 'market research', Ian...

The trouble is, Yamaha limit their market research to customers ALREADY playing a Yamaha. And if they don't have 76 players to start with, they are going to get a preponderance of 61 fans in the result.

And if Roland's 61's were selling, but their 76's weren't, THAT argument would not be the absurdity it is...

There's only ONE way to find out if a product will sell. That is to MAKE IT. And as little as it would cost Yamaha to simply add a 76 to an existing, successful product, what have they got to lose? They obviously didn't mind gambling on the low end 76 market. I bet it would cost Yamaha less to tool up for a 76 S910 than it did to make the almost entirely new NP-V80.

But the deeper question is, why aren't you questioning Yamaha about the obviously dumb decision to make the NP-V80? I mean, everybody KNOWS that arranger players don't need 76 notes, don't they? You've been telling it to us for years. This is like Jesus telling us it's OK to steal...