[pianotech] Is this the work of an RPT?

[David Boyce]

I agree with you again, Jer.

For an advanced music student working on the fingering of a difficult 
passage far into the night, a 'digital piano' is surely a boon, because 
he/she can plug in headphones.  And if you are doing complex MIDI or 
other computery stuff and using 'Sibelius' or other notation software, 
again, the digital instrument has its place.  Or if you are in a small 
ensemble who visit care homes giving performances, a portable keyboard 
is great.  But for playing PLEASURE, there is an element missing in even 
the best of the electronic instruments. Some kind of physical response 
that you get from wooden levers, felt hammers, steel strings etc.  That 
surely goes for listening pleasure too - I can't think of a single CD of 
major piano repertoire recorded on a digital instrument.

I agree that "HMIE" sounds funny. In fact it's now subsumed into another 
body, but it was the goverment department in Scotland (not in England 
and Wales) responsible for monitoring quality in schools and colleges. 
http://www.hmie.gov.uk/   Those of us who have worked in education, have 
all known the apprehension of an impending Inspectorate visit! (Though 
in my twenty-one years of college teaching, I never got picked for a 
classroom observation).

Best regards,

David.

> 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

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