electronics replacing pianos

[Don]

Hi David,

Baldwin managed this on a keyboard over ten years ago.

Solo piano performances on keyboards while as yet rare, do happen. There
was even a CBC broadcast of one.

At 01:18 PM 1/13/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>Ric and all the others who worry about the acoustic piano going away:
>One of the things that we hear in an acoustic piano is the resonance of
>the other strings on the piano when a chord (or single note) are being
>played and the pedal is lifted. 
>
>David M. Porritt
>dporritt at smu.edu
>
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>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
>Behalf Of RicB
>Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:26 PM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: electronics replacing pianos
>
>All of which only goes to underline one of the main points I see in all 
>this.  The replica does not really need to ever fully reproduce the 
>sound of the acoustic to be able to take over.  It only needs to become 
>good enough so that the benefits outweigh the drawbacks enough the the 
>buying public... which as Stephane so eloquently points out are already 
>so very willing to accept a vulgarization of the instrument, are seduced
>
>into buying the replica instead of the acoustic.
>
>Its a sad development in so many ways to be sure.  Just today I was 
>sitting most of the day with Edward Griegs old B having technical 
>responsibilities for a recording session with Simax, and English 
>recording studio.  These thoughts this discussion deals with went 
>through my mind several times this morning during the initial tuning, 
>and I thought to myself.... my my my...  when THIS so intimate 
>connection between human and acoustic instruments disappears, what a sad
>
>day that will be... if it be.
>
>Ok... so I am afeared and and many others are far more optimistic.  But 
>in the end.... well... who was it that said there is no magic in our 
>work, no soul to a piano ?
>
>If they ever do manage to fully imitate the acoustic world (and I rather
>
>believe sooner or later they will)... they do indeed have a major task 
>in front of them.
>
>Cheers
>RicB
>
>
>    I confess, I have no idea what a clavinova costs.  The point is the
>    same.  My guess is that a lot of consumers would pay more for
>    technology.  Schools know the costs, they have done it for years. 
>    The 30 year old piano is sitting there and the school is on their
>    4th keyboard in 15 years.  They spent a lot on replacement to save
>    tuning costs.  People buy it because they want it.  The schools
>    mission statement mentions the teaching of technology, some
>    pricipals have asked music teachers to use their keyboards as part
>    of the technology education.  We buy stuff everyday that has no
>    value the next and know that we have to upgrade.  The larger point
>    of the Yamaha ad is that I was astonished that they really left no
>    room for the acoustic piano.
>    Phil Mosley
>
>
>        A complete new Yamaha grand action plus fancy keyboard for $2K?
>        Seems hard to imagine..
>        Farrell
>
>
>
>
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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