I'm happy for you Diki..an unmade up mind must be a messy thing...I'm tickled you've got it sorted out.

I do have the distinct impression, and so should you, that Yamaha know what they are doing marketing wise, especially since they are still making (and selling) MOTL and TOTL arrangers, whereas companies like Roland, who failed miserably at marketing their mid and high end arrangers, had to leave the segment altogether...maybe Roland should have called/labeled them "Home Keyboards" instead of naming them "pro instruments".

The home market, for arrangers, as well as other keyboards, like digital pianos, is where the higher profits lurk...as well as more overall sales...I've been doing this stuff for quite some time, and that's been my observation.

So, I'll stick with my little job doing the demo/clinic thingy and enjoy the kind of gigs that are far easier, more enjoyable, more rewarding, and much more monetarily lucrative than playing the bars...sometimes I snag an occasional dinner music gig; a nice addition...and, as far as trying to explain to you how Yamaha markets it's products, I'll leave that to the more qualified amongst the company...call Steve again, he knows far more about that side of the business than I, and if he can't answer all your questions, he'll surely know someone who can.

I know Yamaha's marketing practices and jargon well enough to reinforce my clinician work, but, for the more stubborn and harder to please interrogators, I'm more than happy to pass them on to one of my more knowledgeable associates.

Ian

BTW, I'm not a salesman...I'm not allowed to sell...I simply point the client/customer in the direction of the person in front of the cash register.

I also rarely quote prices...that's the store's job.

[This message has been edited by ianmcnll (edited 06-07-2010).]