digital?

[Robin Stevens]

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 The same thing is happening here in my area. Plenty of times I go to a
house where they have a "serious electric" keyboard, but, the kids prefer=
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play on the old "Banger"=0D
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I also are finding a "conflict" in churches where the non playing elders
decide to replace the acoustic piano with a "Electric Piano".  Much to th=
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disappointment and disgust of the piano players.=0D
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Personally think that they are a great  means to keep keyboard playing up
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Down the track a big majority will revert to a "REAL" piano=0D
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Robin Stevens=0D
South Australia=0D
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From: Pianotech=0D
Date: 12/27/04 11:02:27=0D
To: pianotech@ptg.org=0D
Subject: Re: digital?=0D
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Pianos are almost like organic "living" things with a soul! replacing the=
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acoustic piano with something digital  would be like replacing a human wi=
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a robot. In some ways it might be more efficient at certain tasks, would =
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require food, sleep or coffee breaks, but without a soul and and personal=
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and all the human characteristics, good and bad....what a boring, anescep=
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thing it would be! Howabout a fake lawn, because it lasts longer, doesn't=
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require mowing or water, or all plastic plants in your house and yard? Th=
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simple fact is that digital keyboards are ok for certain applications, bu=
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are in no way an improvement or even an equivelent to the acoustic piano.=
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Terry Peterson=0D
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From: "Barbara Richmond" <piano57@flash.net>=0D
Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>=0D
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>=0D
Subject: Re: digital?=0D
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:59:02 -0600=0D
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Guy,=0D
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Not only can one "tucker" out, tendonitis can occur!  Even thou=
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I would tell myself I was only playing a keyboard, the musician in me wou=
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automatically try to get that keyboard to react like a piano.  I remember=
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playing for an event and thinking, "Well, at least in this section I=
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can settle for playing softly,"  and then the sound man took over an=
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bumped up my volume.  So much for expression!    :-)=0D
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Barbara Richmond=0D
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   From: Nichols=0D
   To: Pianotech=0D
   Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 4:36 PM=0D
   Subject: Re: digital?=0D
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   At 09:19 PM 12/25/2004 -0800, you wrote:=0D
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     As a pianist, though, there is never any doubt about whether they ar=
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as satisfying to play as a real piano.  There still is no comparison.=0D
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     Don Mannino RPT=0D
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   . But every one of those excellent players would tucker out after no m=
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than half an hour. Even when there was a "zero" volume, like=0D
unspoken escapement, and good damper physical modeling (multi-step, etc.)=
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the control just wasn't there without Herculean effort.=0D
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   Just my 2 =A2,=0D
   Later,=0D
   Guy Nichols, RPT=0D
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