Thankfully, that's NOT the case at the university where I work! About all they use the "keyboards" for are for beginners and composing on the computer/keyboard!!!!!! Avery Todd University of Houston At 05:02 PM 1/13/2007, you wrote: >The dealer locally has told me they are selling a lot more keyboards >than acoustics. Does anyone have any real numbers, I can never >really find anything online? One dealer said that a rep has told >them he didn't think they would manufacture verticals in 5 >years. The public has already disagreed with us. Side by side in >an acoustic environment is a very thin part of the market for most >techs. Classical piano and orchestra where the acoustic matters is >not a large part of the tuning market. If we concede new home >purchases, public schools, churches, a lot of piano teachers it >seems the market has been already been heavily affected. Piano >majors are down in the universities I do, the music program is more >of a support for the liberal arts education. The music department >is doing a class on imovie, itunes, and garage band. It is all >digital tech with downloadable loops, put together to make music. >Phil > >"It's like professional wrestling, we know it's not real but we >listen anyway" - Tom Petty > > > >Well... they do a pretty fair job I'll admit... but most of the critics >statements still hold true about the thing in my book. Like you say.. >side by side in an acoustic environment its easy to tell the difference >still. But they are good... and they will get better and better... A >quick search showed around 5000 USD for the most expensive one I could >find on the net. > >btw... David Porritt I do agree its farther off then I will live.... but >whether or not the buying public will start dissagreeing with us in >large enough numbers to have the kind of impact I am afeared of is a >different matter. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070113/c53ce7fa/attachment.html
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