They are afraid of change that takes them out of their comfort zone. (Hence the reason the sales of the T5 have been a flop compared to earlier generations) The same happened when organs moved from tab operation to button and menu operation, the traditionalist (Usually more mature) were up in arms, however these days nobody bats an eyelid, as players have moved on.

Bill

Bill
A very good parallel.

I hope the new succesor of the Tyros , the Genos will have a large touch screen .
With a good interface there is no need fore any button , but that is the future .
I always hoped that there will be a nice app fore a I-pad to edit the T5 but thats also too much for Yamaha.
It is time fore a Big change in the High end Yamaha keyboards , the sound is great but there is a lot to improve in handling the voice editing and the VH .And a smaller footprint and weight is also a isue .

Impuls

Not really a flop, T5 (61) sales where lower as the T4 sales, but the new 76 key version made up for the difference... total sale now are close to total T4 sales...

The only thing that did not happen was a growth in sales...which happened with all the previous models..

I think the absence of a touch screen & dismal VH2 on T5 lowered sales considerably compered to the rest of the market.

Why a product sells good or average allways depends on many things, these two certainly witheld some people i know from buying a T5...

I tell ya one thing....I hate to hear those darn LOUD buttons when I pres them...touch screen all the way for me.
I am talking Tyros here as to the loud button pushes.
Lee