hi and thanks very much for your answer... yes, i have the HD backed up to a CD-R as well as floppy.. if im not mistaken, the WK4 will not recognise WK6/8 files in the sense that they will load up but will not play back?? but even so, i have no idea who else owns one of these kbs as GEM (and Ketron for that matter) are very rare in the UK from what ive seen anyway.. i wouldnt mind even trying to track down a 2nd hand WK6 to sort the problem out for my dad.... but again, dont really know where to try out... i originally bought the WK8 from Musically Yours in Staffordshire (which is where they have the broken kb now) which they have sent to Holland for repairs, however, they dont seem very hopeful...

[This message has been edited by DannyUK (edited 09-26-2002).]