electronics replacing pianos

[Farrell]

Curious, about how much does a top-of-the-line Yamaha Clavinova cost?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
> The top of the line Yamaha Clavinova already achieves all of this. Their
> sampling and reproducing technology is simply amazing. It also has built 
> in
> microphones that capture the sound of the surrounding environment and
> generates appropriate sympathetic strings sounds in response. Just like a
> real piano. Sitting side by side with a real piano you would still be able
> to easily tell the difference, and I think that will continue to be the
> major hurdle, but the lines are definitely blurring.
>
> -- Geoff Sykes