“The Roland 76 key arranger sales are poor whether they be the E50 or G70. That’s what the market actually indicates about real demand for 76 keys (its not an absolute fact, its simply an indication).” If we were to take the first sentence of that statement as true, it does not tell us any thing about 76 keys being profitable or not. It factually only tells us that those keyboards, by the same manufacture are not doing well.
If a survey were done, I am sure we will find that Roland arrangers generally do not do as well (in terms of sales) as Yamaha or Korg. There are probably a number of reasons that can prove that point. In the U.S distribution and Roland placing arrangers in hard to get locations is one factor. The OS of Roland arrangers. The sounds and styles of Roland arrangers The weight and size of some Roland arrangers. Size and weight are not limited to the G70 (which is 76 keys) but also the E80 (which is 61 and unnecessary large and heavy). It does not seem that the simple fact that an arranger is 76 keys causes the low sales for that arranger.
Well it has been a very good discussion and while we may have had different point of views throughout this discussion, at least we can agree on this one statement which is the whole point I was making for Yamaha making a 76 key arranger.
“If a manufacturer added a feature to the keyboard that costs no/minimal extra, did not increase the weight, size or reduce the function of the keyboard and you could either use the feature or not as you wish, tell me using your own common sense why you think it might affect the keyboards sales negatively ??????????”
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