[pianotech] Is this the work of an RPT?

[Gerald Groot]

Same here David.  Funny line even if not meant to be humorous!  HMiE!  J  I
do not have even one reputable music teacher in my client database that
teaches on a digital.  Not do any of the professor's at my college while
teaching there.  Yes, they all say the same as yours do too.  Many will
simply say "they are a toy to be used for amusement for off-time pleasure
but not for real practicing or for real performing."   While some may own
one, they allow waiting students to "play with them" with head phones on
while awaiting their lesson time.   I can see that.  Keeps them from being
bored.  I don't see them as a threat either.  Just a new way of life, for
some, for now.  

 

Jer Groot RPT

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Boyce
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 5:45 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Is this the work of an RPT?

 

Not sure whether I should have started another thread with this, as it's
going off-topic a bit.  But I wanted to say, interesting anecdote Ger. I was
chatting to a client the week before last, who is a high school music
teacher, and also an HMiE (Her Majesty's inspectorate for Education) for
Music - a schools inspector for music. She was adamant that her electronic
keyboard was just "a tool", useful for doing certain things, but that for
playing pleasure, it would always be the old Bechstein.  Another client is
the same; a music teaqcher and performer with an excellent reputation (and
ability to match), he has a good quality 'digital piano' as well as a very
high quality upright piano.  For  playing pleasure, it's always the piano.
The 'digital piano' is a useful addition, but not a substitute.

The temptation for education departments to save money by buying keyboards
for learning on, is unfortunate.  They are better than nothing, and can be a
useful music tool, with headphones etc.  But just because they have 88 black
and white keys that go up and down, that doesn't mean they're really as good
as a piano!

Best regards,

David Boyce





Here is an interesting fact.  Last year, we purchased 25 brand new pianos
for our college music department but, due to budget constraints, the college
also purchased about (I didn't bother to count them, I could care less)
12-15 maybe, digital pianos.  Every single time I am there tuning, which is
often, 98 % to many times, 100 % of the digital pianos are NOT being used
but, ALL of the real pianos ARE.  

 

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