Interesting Don... So many were devestated when tbey closed shop. Sad.
++ 1 ... If they were still in business, I would still be playing one, and would probably be the only AKB player to only play one brand of KB ...
Oh, wait, I forgot about Fran ...
Panasonic was the parent company. The arrangers were an extremely small drop in their bucket. I was told it was making as much profit as other areas of the company.
I may be mistaken, but I think there was a change in corporate leadership who wanted nothing to do with AKBs - regardless of the fact they were a profit center ...