Hi Mark, A store I work for has a price point upright for sale. I recently played just one note on it and then compared to the *most expensive* (i.e FOUR times the price) digital in the store. There was no question the el cheapo blew the digital *out* of the water. Then too, there is the issue of technological change? (Hint just try to sell a spinet organ!) The keyboards 4 years from now may as well be considered worthless--where as the bottom of the line upgright would be accepted at full value on a trade in. Don't be penny wise and pound foolish. Upgrading to a better accoustic piano is now a fact of life in the piano biz! Digitals are *not* there yet. Just one tooners opinion, however. At 05:19 PM 1/28/99 +1100, you wrote: >Arlie, I suspect that you are discovering the general malaise many >manufacturers have at the lower end of the market. *snip* >What do other think about the possibility that digital pianos may replace >these low end pianos leaving the manufacturers producing only the higher end >real-pianos? I see it more and more in showrooms were people are being shown >el-cheapo uprights poorly set-up (because there's not enough in the margin >to do so) and then compare them to a reasonable digital and of course the >customer is astonished at how good these plug-in wonders are! Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts drose@dlcwest.com http://www.dlcwest.com/~drose/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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