At 06:11 PM 1/18/98 -0600, you wrote: >Les Smith wrote: >-- snip -- > >> Sorry, Ed, I gotta disagree, There'e a revolution in the making all right, >> but it's not in tuning. The acoustic piano has been dying a slow, steady, >> agonizing death for a long time now. The process is irreversable. The old, >> great pianos were silenced long ago. Those that remain today will inevi- >> tably follow in their wake. It's not a metter of "IF", it's only a matter >> of "When". Instead of wasting their time studying archaic temperaments, >> techs today would be well-advised to start taking courses in electronics >> so that they will be able to adapt to servicing not the instruments of the >> future, but the ones that are already here, and to whom the future unmis- >> takably belongs. >> >> In case anyone hasn't noticed, Classical music is dead. >-- snip -- > >Les: > >If I were as pessimistic about the future of classical music as you, I'd >be on the phone now asking my daughter for a job in the computer >business. A few thoughts on why pack animals wear blinders: I thought nepotism was frowned on. Doesn't SMU? I know its going to difficult, especially for you, but try and learn the electronic/acoustic connection. I have never thought Les Smith to be a pessimist. how about enlightenment? > >dave >_______________________________________________ > >David M. Porritt, RPT >Meadows School of the Arts >Southern Methodist University >Dallas, Texas >_______________________________________________ > > > Paul Graeber Piano Service pgraeber@1connect.com San Jose, California
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