[CAUT] endangered european piano- newspaper article

[Richard Brekne]

It is as I have said many a time... the acoustic piano is doomed. Sooner 
or later the public market will not be large enough to be able to 
support the industry.... and factories will close.  The public... too 
huge a majority will opt for cheaper and, to their ears.... just as good 
an option be it the cheaply made asian instruments or later on in our 
immediate future inexpensive, highly versatile, portable and maintenance 
free electronics.  The piano industry... and the acoustic industry as a 
whole will be reduced to what is left of the Harpsichord industry 
today.... if that much.

Its a Brave New World out there folks... few seem to be very much aware 
of whats just around the next corner.  You think the Matrix movies were 
all that far fetched ??? Think again, and ponder the consequences.

Cheers
RicB