I sincerely believe all to this is cyclic. I can clearly remember times in my life when every kid was taking piano lessons and there was a piano teacher in every neighborhood. What happened?

I also recall when lots of kids were taking trumpet lessons in school - those days are gone forever. Same was true with trombone, which my grandson is learning how to play.

The local music store here in my town has 5 arranger keyboards in stock, and they have all been there for quite a while. The rest of the store, which is immense, holds more than 500 guitars, a similar number of amps and mixers, a couple dozen drum sets, and more accessories than anyone can imagine. Additionally, they offer lessons for all instruments, the vast majority of students, though, take guitar lessons.

Remember when keytars were the craze?

I wouldn't get upset about any of this, arranger keyboards, organs and electric pianos will still be readily available long after we are all dead and buried.

Gary