I completely disagree with this cynical and pessimistic outlook. More likely the market will be dominated by manufacturers that can produce products of reasonable quality inexpensively--a continuation of the current trend. These manufacturers will probably continue to produce a line of higher quality, so called "hand built" pianos which they will still be able to deliver for considerably less money than the other "boutique" manufacturers. They will become more competitive in this part of the market as the public begins to accept the quality of these particular lines. An electronic keyboard simply doesn't and won't compete in this market, in my opinion. David Love davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > [Original Message] > > From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> > > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>; <pianoelf@lycos.com> > > Date: 3/22/2003 7:44:03 AM > > Subject: Re: Longterm future of piano business > > > > > > > > Julio Barea wrote: > > > > > I am curious about others opinions on the long term future of the piano business. Piano dealers are going under right and left. Used pianos are at historic lows and even then do not sell. There will always be tuning and rebuilding business since there are still millions of pianos out there. But do you feel about the long term growth of our field. > > > > Lets put it this way.... dont encourage your son to become a piano tech unless he's either into a very bohemian life style, or intends on becoming one of the few true all around artisians in our buisness > > > > I predict that within 30 years there will be only 4 or 5 manufactures making only very expensive instruments for an increasingly nostalgic rational and for the few music lovers left who insist on acoustic music. Everyone else will have keyboards of some sort or another. These will just plain become too competetive for the low end acoustic side of our > > industry to survive. > > > > > > > > -- > > Richard Brekne > > RPT, N.P.T.F. > > UiB, Bergen, Norway > > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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