A message to our friends during the storm

Paolo@Korg · Post by **Paolo@Korg** » Fri Apr 03, 2020 2:28 pm

Dear Friends,

As you can guess, things have been a bit hectic during the latest weeks. KORG Italy developers have been continuing to work via remote access, but with the whole country in lockdown things have slowed a lot. At the moment, lockdown is officially expected to end on April 18th in Italy.

The problem is unfortunately extended to all our labs, offices and manufacturing facilities around the world. As you know, it's not easy to make a forecast on the end of this problem, that is still spreading in more countries.

Concerning health, we can report that none of us or our relatives have been affected by the virus up to now. We are therefore ready to start kicking again, as soon as we can.

But we know that you are affected by this pandemic as much as we are. So, our hope is that all our friends/customers around the world are doing well and manage to stay safe. The general recommendation is the usual one: stay at home, and if you have to go out be very careful in maintaining some distance. It started, it will end.

We recommend that you read the up-to-date information in the dedicated web site of the World Health Organization (WHO) (https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus#tab=tab_1), and from the official pages of the authorities of your own country.

As musicians, grown on small stages or garages, and working to make people stay as near to the others as possible, we are the least likely to live with this idea of 'distance'. But it's just for some time. Then, we will rediscover how good it is to hug each other, at the sound of our preferred song.

Nothing will stop the music!

Take care!
The KORG Italy Team

nitecrawler · Post by **nitecrawler** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:04 pm

Paolo, good to hear that your Korg team and their families are all OK. Here we were advised that Italy was particularly hard hit with the virus. Now, it seems the USA will have to endure the onslaught. Living "out west" in the Desert has limited our problems so far. Shelter in place is the new norm. Spending a lot more time with my Pa3xle and enjoying it!

Regards, Eric

P.S. Thank God for music