Year End

[Thomas Cole]

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I don't worry about electronic keyboards. They have their purposes which 
include replacing spinets as the entry level piano. They don't last 
nearly as long as spinets, though, and someone getting serious about 
playing the piano is going to upgrade to a real one sooner or later; if 
they play on a nice piano (maybe their teacher's) and have developed 
their ear some, they will hear the difference. Given that electronic 
keyboards are more affordable, don't take up much room and are easy to 
move, more people are apt to buy them and get exposed to playing music 
on a keyboard instrument.

Where we might have a worry is if electronic keyboards become developed 
to the point where most people can't tell whether it's a piano or Memorex.

Tom Cole

Alan Forsyth wrote:

> There is good news and there is bad news from this end. I am Down from 
> last year on appointments by 25% but only down by 7.5% financially, 
> which means that profitability is actually UP.
>  
> The one challenge we are going to have to address is the onslaught of 
> the digital piano. Traditional piano dealers are selling more of these 
> now than the real thing. I always try and put my customers off buying 
> them by saying that they lose their value very quickly, just like 
> computers because they become outdated (obsolete) within a few years. 
> I also tell them that they will soon become tired of the sound of a 
> digital piano (at least I do) "listener fatigue" and all that. I can 
> only play a digital piano for about half an hour and have to switch it 
> off.
>  
> Have any of you ever analysed the tuning on a digital piano: it's 
> terrible. The temperament is not very smooth at all and even the 
> unisons aren't all that great. However I do suspect that if they were 
> tuned the way we tuners would like them to be tuned, they probably 
> wouldn't sound like pianos at all!
>  
> Any other ammunition with which to bombard the onslaught is welcome.
>  
> Looking forward to another year.
>  
> Burp!
>  
>  
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: ANRPiano@aol.com <mailto:ANRPiano@aol.com>
>     To: pianotech@ptg.org <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>
>     Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 6:10 PM
>     Subject: Re: Year End
>
>     In a message dated 12/25/2004 11:39:29 A.M. Central Standard Time,
>     hubertliverman@bellsouth.net <mailto:hubertliverman@bellsouth.net>
>     writes:
>
>         I have had a disastrous year. Your insightful post eased my
>         panic,reminded me of the realities of my situation, gave me
>         hope for the coming year,and overcome a very bleak Christmas.
>          
>         Thank You,
>          
>         Hubert Liverman
>

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