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After studying trends regarding the exisitng midi woodwind controllers manufactured by Akai and Yamaha, as well as some of the listings for the now defunct Casio DH series midi "saxophones", I have a "cunning plan" for Casio. Why not manufacture your own line of midi woodwind controllers again? You obviously have the technology and background. Look at the market-there must be a market as every midi wind controller auction I see on eBay sells fast, providing the price is reasonable-and many of the prices for the new ones are pretty steep, in the $500 and up range for the serious player's instruments such as the WX series and the EWIs and only 2 manufacturers are still selling new product. So, what do you say Casio? Is this worth a second look? May be a "niche" market, but I bet there are plenty of woodwind players who would buy a Casio, providing the price was right and quality is there. Just don't make it look like the DH series-you know, like a toy saxophone. Stick with the straight 'stick" model which i think is more stage performance appropriate and if you undercut Akai and Yamaha (not hard, these are overpriced IMO but they have a captive market and can keep the prices high). With the new XWs and PX'es being so successful, why not? Look at what your used/repaired DH series are fetching on ebay and use that as a price guide. And say you got the idea from me first (but only if it flies-if the market for these fails, I never said a word! PS-with a midi connection, market this as playable through the existing Casio XW series, very nice!