Yamaha to launch electronic organs connectable to Internet

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaha Corp. said Jan. 15 it will begin selling on March 20 an electronic organ (in handout photo) that can be connected to the Internet, becoming the first company in the world to add such functions to keyboard instruments for household use. The organs, called STAGEA, can be connected to the Internet without using personal computers, and users will be able to do such things as previewing and downloading music data, Yamaha said. Yamaha will release two types of the organs and they will be priced at 1,081,500 yen and 693,000 yen, respectively.