I hope you're right Diki.

Yamaha Tyros2/3 have sold exceptionally well here in my area, as well as across Canada.

Of course, we heavily promote the high end (and midrange) as these flagships also help to sell the lower end arrangers.

The convertible, or sports-model, in the showroom draws in the crowd, but they wind up with a sedan...however, convertibles (and sports-models) are still sold in enough quantities to warrant building them, and the profit margin pays for research and development, as well as promotion.

Roland arrangers were promoted pitifully here in Eastern Canada, and only two were sold that I know of...a G-70 and an E-60, the latter of the two winding up back in the store where it still sits.

Tyros and mid-range PSR are primarily sold to home users, usually advanced players, and most of them between 45 and 70 years of age.

So, it appears, that if interest remains relatively constant, there's at least another 10-20 years available for home arrangers.

I'm sure the product will gradually adapt, as it already has very well, these past few decades...at that point, the younger buyers will buy the next generation arrangers; instruments that will still be based on what we have now, but with considerably more features in keeping with those present times.

Ian