Can't the same be said of the electric guitar? I mean before the invention of the electric guitar in the 30's, all guitars were acoustic - so why don't we have only guitars and electric guitars today? Are you familiar with the Yamaha CP-70 and CP-80? http://www.cathedralstone.net/Pages/YamahaCP70B.htm It has a grand piano action, hammers, piano damper system and strings strung in a cast iron frame - only thing different is no soundboard. I agree with your second paragraph, but not with the first. Some things can be a bit cloudy. You're saying a motorcycle is not a cycle - only a bicycle is. Nonsense. Things evolve and new creatures are created. Just because a salesperson tries to cloud the distinction between the two species, doesn't mean that they are indeed very different animals. I suspect we had better drop this one before someone scolds us for arguing minutia! :-) If you feel the need for one more retort, wind up and fire away!!! Terry Farrell On Feb 15, 2010, at 8:02 PM, David Weiss wrote: > 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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