You go, David... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "David Weiss" <davidweiss at embarqmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 2/15/2010 5:02:43 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Advice about intermittent note on Yamaha grand >Why? I mean it is acoustic, is it not? Like acoustic guitar and >electric guitar - Yamaha C1 and Yamaha CP-80. Digital piano? Seems >pretty digital to me. >Terry Farrell >By definition a piano is acoustic, and can only be acoustic, therefore >"acoustic piano" is redundant. Conversely, the term "digital piano" is an >oxymoron. >"Acoustic and digital piano" are terms created by corporate marketing >departments in their quest to cloud the distinction between pianos and >electric keyboard instruments. Yamaha publicly stated this as one of their >goals about 20 years ago. It's easier to sell an electric keyboard than it >is a piano, especially if you can make the public believe they are musically >equivalent. Additionally with two categories of options, acoustic and >digital, spanning a wide price range, fewer people leave the piano store >empty handed. >David Weiss >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf >Of Terry Farrell >Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:00 PM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: Re: [pianotech] Advice about intermittent note on Yamaha grand >Why? I mean it is acoustic, is it not? Like acoustic guitar and >electric guitar - Yamaha C1 and Yamaha CP-80. Digital piano? Seems >pretty digital to me. >Terry Farrell >On Feb 14, 2010, at 10:54 AM, David Weiss wrote: >> I will use the term baby grand when speaking with a client, but >> otherwise I >> will refer to grands by model number or length. >> >> The term I refuse to use, even if subjected to torture, is "acoustic >> piano". >> Conversely the term "digital piano" has never passed my lips. That >> however, >> is another subject. >> >> David Weiss
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