Hi Ian,

Sorry...

Quote "Pretty clever stuff...but it ain't pitch bending. "

I'm afraid you are wrong. It is pitch bending. Have you ever heard a Roland V-Accordion in the flesh? We sell them in our store, and having heard many very skillful players using them I can confirm that with the correct technique (the same as with a reed accordion) they do pitchbend correctly.

Also, you mention that most Roland stage pianos cannot pitchbend on their own. Well, I'm afraid once again you are wong there. The FP4 and FP7 can both have pitchbend up or down assigned to a pedal (I thought so but had to refer to my manual as I don't play my FP4 as often as I probably should!) and of course the RD series has the usual Roland pitch/mod joystick. Even in the home piano series, many models have the ability to have pitchbend assigned to a footpedal, again either up or down. I specifically checked out the HP207 as it's manual was available.)

Now... can we move on?
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