From markns@qwest.net Fri Jan 25 14:23:52 2002
Subject:Re: What about the XK-2?


>
> This is all conjecture on my part, but it seems that creating clone products
> for "in-the-trenches" gigging musicians has never been the highest priority
> for Hammond-Suzuki. This is not to say that they haven't made useful products
> in that area, but it seems like their priorities have been elsewhere:

The Hammond Home Division and the Pro Division are two distinctly different
areas for Hammond Suzuki. They both have their individual R&D, Sales &
Marketing and rep forces. And, most importantly, their own budgets. You
can certainly be sure that the numbers the Pro Division generates are
miniscule compared to the profits the Home/Worship market generate.

Likewise for Roland & Korg as well - the numbers that their clones will
eventually sell are an amazingly small percentage of what their multitudes
of other products in their other markets will create.

Alas, so very little of all this stuff actually relates or is even based on
the reason they are in business - the actual creation of music....

Mark

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