Well, Ric. Maybe so. Maybe no. At least until they all realize that an acoustic doesn't have to be replace every 5-10 years to stay "current"! We can always hope! Avery At 01:14 PM 1/3/2007, you wrote: >Hi Alan, and others. > >I know my position on this is an uncomfortable one. But I think I >really have to stick with it because I really do think sooner or >later the electronic version of the piano will simply become to >attractive an alternative to the market for the industry to be able >to sustain itself. I see the first serious stage of electronic >replacements happening already now in schools and in various less >serious minded concert situations. In hotels over here there are >very few acoustic pianos left around. They rip out the guts of a >grand and stick a keyboard in there.... literally. >As the electronic piano becomes more and more like its acoustic >ancestor the market will realize that they are cheaper, do not need >tuning, are portable and can do all kinds of things the acoustic >piano cant. When that happens all the low end pianos will start to >disappear.... and the companies that make them as well.... the >knowledge base will be substantially weakened exasperating the >situation. In the end.... not in my life time certainly... but >sooner or later... only a handfull of makers will survive as >specialty/nostalgic builders who only put out a few hundred world >wide each year. > >We are entering the age of virtual reality folks.... the industrial >revolution is going to look bleak compared to whats in store for us >in the comming 100 years. (if we can keep from blowing ourselves to >smithereens that is). >But for all you acoustic lovers out there... and I am one of them... >we can all hope I am dead wrong. :) > >Cheers >RicB > > > Ric and List, > > A hundred years ago the "home entertainment system" was a > piano. The piano's place took a hit when radio came along, but did not > disappear. T.V. stole much of radio's thunder, but did not replace > it entirely by a long shot. Electronic keyboards are, IMHO, a > welcome replacement to the lowest PSOs, but haven't had a > significant impact on pianos of good quality. Computers are another > predominant distraction from all of the aforementioned technologies, > yet we have new piano manufacturers throwing their hats into the > ring, satellite radio, more television stations than ever, and > electronic keyboards available for the price of a decent meal. > > I guess what I am getting at is that the world has become more > crowded with things that vie for our attention, but the competition > posed by the new doesn't necessarily mean the extinction of the old. > > Cheers, > > Alan Eder -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070103/553e7456/attachment.html
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