digital?

[Don Mannino]

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James,

The newest digital pianos do pedal resonances and even allow ghosting of=20
notes (holding some silently and playing others to excite harmonics on the=
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silent notes).  I know that the high end Kawai CA series has both of these=
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features, and I believe some of the Yamaha models do as well.

The Kawai models also have variable tone quality on each note based on=20
velocity - something akin to hammers sounding mellow when played soft, and=
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have more brightness and bite when played hard.  In addition, there is a=20
featured called the "virtual technician" which allows fine adjustment to=20
the tone quality and tuning type.

As a pianist, though, there is never any doubt about whether they are as=20
satisfying to play as a real piano.  There still is no comparison.

Don Mannino RPT


At 04:47 PM 12/25/2004, you wrote:
>I have always said that we know when the digital is a real contender if=20
>classical musicians give concerts on them rather than a Steinway "D".  My=
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>own test is when the sustain pedal is used, does the piano sustain just=20
>the notes that have been played or does it give add convincing sound that=
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>the dampers have lifted on all the strings to give there comunilative=
 effect.
>Jim
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:collin.s@skynet.be>St=E9phane Collin
>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech
>Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 6:39 PM
>Subject: Re: Year End
>
>Hi Alan !
>
>You rise an interesting strange point here, when saying that you can only=
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>play a digital piano for about half an hour.  I feel exactly the=20
>same.  Even though the synthetic thing gets closer and closer to the real=
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>thing, one's intuition still can clearly (very clearly) make the=20
>difference between them, and the synthetic is still boring and makes the=20
>listener tired.  Makes me think of fake light (spots etc) versus day=20
>light.  Same scenario.  Your eyes never get tired of daylight.  What is=20
>amazing me is that the real thing is always much more complex than the=20
>fake one.  How comes that a more complex thing gives us more rest than a=20
>more simple one ?
>
>St=E9phane Collin
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk>Alan Forsyth
>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech
>Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 12:12 AM
>Subject: Re: Year End
>
>I also tell them that they will soon become tired of the sound of a=20
>digital piano (at least I do) "listener fatigue" and all that. I can only=
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>play a digital piano for about half an hour and have to switch it off.
>


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