Then why is the inconsistency only in the middle, if they were trying for realism, wouldn't it encompass the whole keyboard?.

It doesn't.

And no, I have already said I am not picking on Roland and I am not saying they are wrong.

It's a fine piano sound...the middle is inconsistent, but it obviously works for several of the owners who seem quite content with it.

Neither it or the Yamaha arranger pianos are even close to the sound of a real acoustic...that should be blatantly obvious to anyone who has played the real thing.

Both sounds are workable enough in an arranger context, but as far as stand alone solo instruments...not really.

But that's another topic altogether.

Ian