Arrangers are pretty popular here in the east, especially Nova Scotia and Newfoundland...of course, we promote them (in my case, Yamaha) quite vigorously so that is helping for sure.

The dealers are pretty shy on bringing in high end Korg as they aren't promoted or supported, and no one wants something they can't sell. Roland flopped very badly with the BK-7m (something I predicted here many months ago) and Ketron is practically an unknown.

Rumor is that Long & McQuade had nineteen PA3X on order across the whole of Canada, with most spoken for; also, it's come to my attention that several were returned, so maybe one will end up in Edmonton. It's is a fine instrument, and it's a shame it isn't promoted more seriously.

Maybe the cheap microARRANGER will be brought in (less of a risk)...I will call Kevin Durning at Bedford Long & McQuade before I leave on my trip (which is not work related) as he sells a lot of arrangers and knows (and supports) the product quite well...it's my favorite store to visit. That's where I tried the other Korg mini keyboards.

Hopefully I'll get to spend some quality time on this new instrument, and, as much as I trust the opinion of a few that have it, there's nothing like hands on evaluation.

Ian