Miden,

Are you sure about that? That Roland has discontinued the G-70?

By coincidence, I was talking to the keyboard dept at Roland in Calif yesterday. I originally called about the new GW8 (which cannot be edited to from patches), then the E-series, finally the G-70. I was not told that they stopped production on it (but then all the manufacturers don't tell you anything until about three years after what they should have told you three years before!).

I told them I was having difficulty locating one in the stores. Answer was: because of the economy, no one is buying high-end arrangers so the dealer doesn't want to get stuck with it. Right!....but they're willing to carry 3K Yammies and Korgs!

But he told me to look for a G-70 with Version 3. That Version 3 sounded entirely different from the original...so I assumed that they were still making it.

I'm probably going to end up buying a moderately priced arranger and keep replacing them every so often. Too hard to keep up with the politics of merchandising!

Lucky