Normally yes, however on the luxury organ side (Most entertainment organs have always been a luxury) it hasn’t panned out that way.

Bohm (Keyswerk) has stabilised its position and has expanded its market, (Not forgetting the development of a brand new sound engine) Lowrey is still selling nicely, (The top models sell out quick) Roland with its revised range has continued with updates, (Although the management buyout may change this) Wersi has had to expand its production facilities twice since being bought buy Music Store, (Not forgetting the development of the brand new Sonic organ and the move back into the US & Australian markets) and a new manufacture (Bemore) will be entering the market next year. (In Asia Yamaha has also upgraded its organ range)

The entertainment organ market is (In spite of the recession) is probably in its strongest position it has been in years, which hopefully bodes well for the future.

Arrangers sales are on the slide, (Plus dealers are having problems selling traded in models) but this I think is more due to saturation being reached rather than anything else. (Plus users have cottoned on to the fact that (As has been mentioned previously) upgrading to the latest model will not make you play any better, so are holding onto their cash.

I think this decade is definitely a decade of change for the keyboard world, and it will be interesting to see how it pans out.

Bill