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michelkeijzers · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:29 am Post subject:

Actually I was already aware of this. In older posts it can be read that mostly throughout europe mostly 1 Kronos is sent to some stores, mainly for public advertisement/demo reasons. In the netherlands I heard they even may not be sold, but only used for demos or shop advertisement.

Since Thomann is a very big store, they probably would get lots of mails if they put a Kronos on their site without the possibility to deliver them (in reasonable time). I think the Kroni shortage will last for at least 6 months.
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Harry_G · Joined: 30 Nov 2009 Posts: 23

Michael. Do you know which shops in Holland have a Kronos?

michelkeijzers · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:39 am Post subject:

I heard that InfoMusic (I think in Deventer or Emmen) has one. I think they have a 61.

I know for sure that Lyana music has a Kronos 73. That shop is in Stein and I tried it there a few weeks ago. I think the shop has now vacation period but you can mail them. The owner is very friendly and when I was there there was plenty of time for testing.

I only know there are 3 Kronos 73 in the entire Benelux (one of them at Lyana).

Oostendorp in Wezep has a 88 and will give demos soon (look on their website).
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SanderXpander · Platinum Member Joined: 29 Jul 2011 Posts: 7860

I tried the 88 at Oostendorp and tried to buy it, but there was no way. I was put on their list but the guy gave me quite a "moeilijke blik" when I asked when it would be in. There were one or two people before me and he estimated halfway september or possibly even October... Sad

michelkeijzers · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:23 am Post subject:

That is what I told ... they are not allowed to sell it.

I heard rumors about one shop having sold one, don't know about their license tough.
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michelkeijzers · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:25 am Post subject:

I just check bax shop: last week the website stated 1 week before delivery of a Kronos 61, 73 etc ... when I check now it states 10 weeks.

Guess the end of delays is far from ended. Also looking at the Oostendorp reaction above.
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Yuma · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:55 pm Post subject:

QuiRobinez · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:09 am Post subject:

michelkeijzers · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 8:09 am Post subject:

The real problem is of course no country get enough Korgs. It seems that every month or so only a handful of Korgs are distributed in the Netherlands.

There is some rule I heard that these are not allowed to be sold, but only for demo/advertisement purposes. Otherwise they would be sold immediately looking at the number of people wanting a Kronos. That is the reason why e.g. Thomann does not put the Kronos on their site.

This rule is made by Korg but I'm not sure if it is 'invented' by Korg Japan or Voerman. Of course shops which make claims about delivery dates don't make themselves popular and even more important: it's bad advertisement for Korg at the end.
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michelkeijzers · Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:25 am Post subject:

I just have confirmation the music shop Westerhaven in Groningen has 61 version(s) available.
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QuiRobinez · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:12 am Post subject:

got an interesting call last friday. The store owner where i preordered my Kronos 88 called me and told me that he expects to deliver my order in the last week of august. When i looked at an other store (germany) they also mention the availability of the Kronos 88 on 30 august.

Now we have to wait if this will be true, but this sounds promising Smile

michelkeijzers · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:16 am Post subject:

Yuma · Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 6:35 am Post subject:

At the start of this week, Bax-shop still showed an expected delivery of the K61 in 7 weeks. Today I went to their site again, and now it shows 9 weeks again. Neutral

Yesterday I called several dutch shops and none could tell me the exact week in which they expect the K61 to arrive.
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SanderXpander · Platinum Member Joined: 29 Jul 2011 Posts: 7860

A friend of mine was in a meeting with Voerman yesterday (the importer), and they said they didn't expect it to be widely available until November/December, possibly January.

Yuma · Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:04 am Post subject:

What I don't understand is why all these dutch shops and even Voerman advertise the Kronos this early then. Can't be under the motto "coming very soon", as 4-6 months later isn't really "very soon".
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