Hallelujah! Absolutely right. I hope, that perhaps some of the instruments we are now throwing away, will be more economically salvagable. Ron Poire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elwood Doss" <edoss at utm.edu> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] endangered European piano- newspaper article > As the Asian market takes over more of the piano production, the workers > will demand more income and a more lavish lifestyle. That will continue > to raise the price of overseas pianos. The energy crisis will make it > more expensive to ship overseas pianos to the US. All of this will > cause the piano manufacturers to move their operations back to the US. > The electronic keyboards will be made more and more cheaply which means > that, instead of having a life of 50 to 100 years, consumers will only > get 5 to 7 years out of one, and the cost of repair will be prohibitive, > let alone trying to get parts for them, and the consumer will continue > to purchase new and used pianos. The cost of purchasing a keyboard that > has the same touch as an acoustic piano will continue to go up and be > comparable to a used upright so the consumer will opt for the instrument > that will last the longest...I could go on.... > Is the acoustic piano doomed? Not on your life! > Joy! > Elwood > > Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT > Piano Technician/Technical Director > Department of Music > 145 Fine Arts Building > The University of Tennessee at Martin > Martin, TN 38238 > 731/881-1852 > FAX: 731/881-7415 > HOME: 731/587-5700 > > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of > Richard Brekne > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:07 PM > To: caut at ptg.org > Subject: [CAUT] endangered european piano- newspaper article > > It is as I have said many a time... the acoustic piano is doomed. Sooner > > or later the public market will not be large enough to be able to > support the industry.... and factories will close. The public... too > huge a majority will opt for cheaper and, to their ears.... just as good > > an option be it the cheaply made asian instruments or later on in our > immediate future inexpensive, highly versatile, portable and maintenance > > free electronics. The piano industry... and the acoustic industry as a > whole will be reduced to what is left of the Harpsichord industry > today.... if that much. > > Its a Brave New World out there folks... few seem to be very much aware > of whats just around the next corner. You think the Matrix movies were > all that far fetched ??? Think again, and ponder the consequences. > > Cheers > RicB >
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