Yeah...you guys are correct...my mistake.In fact,all music retailers who split keyboards up into separate categories,such as the Motif XF and the Tyros 3,are just trying to scam the customer.
Yes indeed,these corporations are in some joint conspiracy to concoct a crafty & deceitful sales strategy,by mislabeling keyboards,in an effort to confuse a buyer into spending more money on arrangers,when in fact,all of these keyboards are the same.

Maybe you people ought to file a class action lawsuit against all music retailers,for false advertising.

There's a saying; "sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken".

Meaning that just because workstations have similarities to arrangers,does not make a workstation an arranger.
Just about every keyboard in existence,has some sort of auto-accompaniment,or some sort of pre-programmed feature...so does that make virtually every keyboard out there,an arranger?

Ok fine....prove me wrong...go into a GuitarCenter or Samash and tell them you want the new Motif XF arranger keyboard and if the salesperson does not correct you,then you win the debate.
Better yet though,you should call up Sweetwater.com and talk to a salesperson there,because there are quite few idiots working in places like GuitarCenter & SamAsh.

In the simplest of terms,an arranger keyboard is simply a workstation where one of it's main functions is auto accompaniments and a lot more of them,than a workstation.
This is why they are categorized as arrangers,so it's really not a gray area here.
If it's really so important for some of you to refer to workstations as arrangers,then contact the administrator of this forum and ask him/her to merge the different categories together & see how well that goes over.


-Elwood

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[This message has been edited by elwoodblues1969 (edited 09-19-2010).]