Pianos

[Don]

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>Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 11:33:15 -0600
>Subject: Re: Pianos
>From: "Melody Wright" <wright88@midwest.net>
>To: Don <drose@dlcwest.com>
>
>Don,
>
>By all means forward my message. I welcome debate over this issue,
>because I really can't understand where these "a-bad-piano-is-good-enough"
>people are coming from. A child pounding the keys can't be putting more
>pressure on the mechanism than an artist would in performing any work of
>bravura. It might cause suffering for those in close proximity to the piano,
>but it does not "tear up" the piano any moreso. Pianos were meant to be
>played.  How can anyone, much less a musical  beginner,  be expected to
>create a beautiful sound on  an  "ugly" piano? I think the bottom line is we
>don't really place a high value on music or developing musical skills. But
>we haven't always been this way. I wonder just how bad it will get before it
>gets better?  Hopefully, the cultural pendulum will swing back to music  in
>my lifetime...   (Melody Wright , B.M., M.M. and continually looking forward
>to more learning...) )
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>>From: Don <drose@dlcwest.com>
>>To: "Melody Wright" <wright88@midwest.net>
>>Subject: Re: Pianos
>>Date: Mon, May 10, 1999, 12:16 PM
>>
>
>>Hi Melody,
>>
>>Right on!!! May I forward this to the pianotech listserv?
>>
>>At 10:09 AM 5/10/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>>Hi, 
>>>I'm a piano teacher who  can not fathom why teachers are reluctant to use
>>>quality instruments. It absolutely makes no sense, especially since it's a
>>>deductible expense.  And I'll never understand why parents pay for lessons
>>>and expect kids to practice on pianos out of tune with sticking keys
either.
>>>Why is it that people are perfectly willing to buy new cars every two or
>>>three years, or RVs, but they shrink about spending money on an instrument?
>>>It's a sad statement on American cultural values. 
>>>
>>>Melody 
>>>
>>>
>>Regards,
>>Don Rose
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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