The reason I don't ask them "why" they bought their arranger is because most of them didn't buy their arranger because they aren't older than twelve! The reality is most arranger keyboards are sold to parents who buy them for their kids. The remainder of arranger purchases are made by older people who buy them as a hobby instrument for their home. The arranger is the organ of yesteryear. The number of people who actually use arrangers professionally is so small that no manufacturer would make an arranger if that's the only niche they had.

In Europe arrangers are more well received and used professionally more often than abroad but even that market is so very small that without little Billy and Katie's mom or dad buying arrangers, arranger sales would cease to exist.

If you believe that Yamaha, Korg, or Roland is selling tens of thousands of TOTL arrangers you'd be dead wrong. The majority of sales are low to mid priced instruments sold as first time keyboards for small children and the geriatric crowd. Be it an arranger or any other keyboard in the $3K+ market sales are not astronomical. If you look at the sales figures of high end instruments sold few if any have ever achieved sales status of 5000 units let alone tens of thousands. Ask George Kaye, Frank, or DanO if they've ever sold or heard of anyone selling 5000 or more high end arrangers and I'll bet I know the answer. A resounding NO!

I've sold high end pro audio gear for many years and from personal experience I can tell you selling any product be it keyboard, guitar, microphone, or recorder that costs anywhere beyond $2,000.00 is nearly impossible. Most people would sooner have a colonoscopy than part with $2,000.00.