Registered: 04/28/06
Posts: 834
Loc: North Texas, USA
So far US retailers have not followed suit. If I were to buy this board from, say, Thomann in the UK or Germany, does anyone on the 'zone know what import duties would be? In other words what's the total cost to my front door? (Thomann is quoting 1,259 Euro plus 30 shipping. That works out to about $1499 US.) Thanks, Ted--a prospective arranger arbitrageur
#402938 - 05/28/1507:36 PMRe: Dramatic price drop of Roland BK-9
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rosetree
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I guess you have to add import VAT to it. Importing from the US to Germany, this would be 19%. Duty is much less, the problem is import VAT... Edit: Yes, the German price is 1499€, and for the US Thomann quotes 1259€, which is the price minus German VAT. So you will definitely have to pay additional US VAT when importing it.
#415976 - 02/03/1612:28 PMRe: Dramatic price drop of Roland BK-9
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rosetree
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The Roland BK-9 has now been removed from Europe's largest online store, Thomann. It is marked as terminally out of stock. As I know from a local dealer, it was already unavailable directly from Roland in December. So I have been one of the last buyers in Germany (in December).
This is a summarized demo I've made with the BK-9, extremely spreading from classical piano and Baroque ensemble to Stevie Wonder funk (played live except the Bert Kaempfert sequence, done with its sequencer). I think it was a really good purchase for 1,298 euros, sounds of good quality and appealing 76-key shape and weight.
#415980 - 02/03/1602:24 PMRe: Dramatic price drop of Roland BK-9
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Bill Lewis
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Registered: 11/12/08
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Loc: Bluffton/Hilton Head SC USA
Bring on the sales. I'm ready for another BK9. I'm working with a BLues Band and wanted to get the VR09 just for that but after thinking it over I'm better of getting another BK9. The Vr09 is better for live playing where the BK9 needs more pre-programming but with all the extra features and 76 keys for piano stuff I'm looking. It does all I need for OMB and real band work.
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#415993 - 02/03/1608:23 PMRe: Dramatic price drop of Roland BK-9
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Bachus
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Registered: 03/02/06
Posts: 7143
Originally Posted By: rosetree
The Roland BK-9 has now been removed from Europe's largest online store, Thomann. It is marked as terminally out of stock. As I know from a local dealer, it was already unavailable directly from Roland in December. So I have been one of the last buyers in Germany (in December).
This is a summarized demo I've made with the BK-9, extremely spreading from classical piano and Baroque ensemble to Stevie Wonder funk (played live except the Bert Kaempfert sequence, done with its sequencer). I think it was a really good purchase for 1,298 euros, sounds of good quality and appealing 76-key shape and weight.
#416007 - 02/04/1607:50 AMRe: Dramatic price drop of Roland BK-9
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rosetree
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I think the sound quality you can achieve on the BK-9 for music outside of the typical arranger genres, here Händel baroque music and classical piano music (Brahms here), is really excellent. The BK-9 SN-A pianos are on the level of good digital pianos, together with a really good keybed, and if you pick the right strings sound, there is one identical to the SRX 04 expansion, it is exceptional too. Add a small SonicCell or XV 2020 module with two SRX boards to it, and you have a truly massive high-quality sound selection.
#416027 - 02/04/1610:50 AMRe: Dramatic price drop of Roland BK-9
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rosetree
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If you're interested, this is my playlist of the 7 demo videos I've made with the BK-9 (of which the above demo bits were composed). The second one, Superstition, includes a tough exercise to move left and right hand very independently playing 2 different rhythmic funk patterns.
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