What IS that??

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From Benjamin A Ward
Sent Thu, May 29th 1997, 22:56

>OK, I've put it off this long...
>
>You know that picture that's all over the net of a Roland catalog
>circa 1981 with that wall of 100M's, 808, 606, 303, Jupiter 8, Juno
>6, MC-4, GR-300, etc etc... of course you've seen it!
>
>What the heck is that keyboard all the way in the foreground sitting
>right above that Cube-60???

I do believe it's an HP-30 Dual Voice Piano. 1979-? 61 note electronic
piano with built in speaker. Piano I/II Harpsichord I/II. Variable sustain
time. Latchable Arpeggiator.

See my scan of a review of it at:

http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~benward/roland/pics.html

While we're on the subject, the top of the range HP-70 was endorsed by none
other than Oscar Peterson! (visual proof available at above URL)

Electronic pianos; analogue's great lost years (or plain mistakes,
depending on your point of view). The awful Arp Piano is included among
these, and does anyone remember the Korg Polyphonic Ensemble 1000 and
2000?!

Benjamin