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#215102 - 10/01/00 10:45 AM
Re: PSR9000 pro demo
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Registered: 02/17/00
Posts: 532
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I wasn't asked, but, arrangers are introduced in Europe before the U.S. because the Europeans buy more of them and because the Europeans regard arrangers more highly than do Americans. "Keyboard Magazine", probably the most popular keyboard magazine in America almost never reviews arrangers. I think they have asked their readership if they wanted arrangers reviewed and were told no. Pro music stores sell arranger keyboards, but the salesmen do not like to touch the arrangers. (Much like the prejudice typist used to have toward word processors.) Obviously, the exceptions are well represented in this group. But in Europe there are lots of Uncle Daves, Fran Carangos, and George Kayes. So the arranger manufacturers address the European appetite for arrangers first. The pattern is that arrangers are introduced first at Music Meese in Hamburg, Germany, during October, and then in Anaheim, California, at NAMM in January. I still wonder why The Netherlands would be first among the European countries.
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#215105 - 10/01/00 02:28 PM
Re: PSR9000 pro demo
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Registered: 11/17/99
Posts: 1150
Loc: netherlands
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Originally posted by Clif Anderson: I still wonder why The Netherlands would be first among the European countries. These are only my guesses, but it might have to do with the way musical instruments and/or gear is sold in The Netherlands. You will have to look very hard, to find any sale's people in the Netherlands who don't know the instrument they are selling. The standard and technical knowhow is very high in The Netherlands. Most of the Salespeople are good players and do know the instruments they are selling. Also the lines between customers/shops and importers are very short and have direct response. A good example f.i. is Roland Benelux. Like most of the usa users are complaining about service, you won't hear anybody about Roland Benelux. Then indeed it could be a test market as well. The arrangers are very popular in The Netherlands. By the way there's also a Technics PR-903 demo. Don't know what that is. Fred
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#215106 - 10/01/00 02:48 PM
Re: PSR9000 pro demo
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Hello folks. The most arranger keyboard styles are mostly- from european orgin, I read many magazines about it, also the - German magazines and when they test a keyboard ,you have a real six page article - with all the pro and contra,s about these great machines. I dont know why,but the most new things we find it here on the market. The new Hammond arranger keyboard is also a dutch design! About the improvements of the 9000pro ,i have heard very nice new drums,brass and a very good grand piano . and it looks much better than the "std' 9000. It is not so that there is a test market - here in europe,we get the same hardware like everybody else. but in europe you can find a lot of software o/t market fot different instruments. As you maybe know,the HD-SX6 for the K6000- is developed in switserland and most of the styles of the roland ,yamaha and technics are european products. the most keyboard factorys are in Italy ! They make Roland ,Korg,Farfisa and GEM off course. So it is not so strange that we have a lot of Premieres at here. Regards ,Arno v Denderen
Netherlands.
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