<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This afternoon I was asked by the = director of the school of music what I thought of the idea of having </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>electronic pianos in the classrooms = rather than acoustic.  They figure that this way they could use </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>some of the mounds of money slated for = technology i. e. computers to buy pianos.  My reply was quite </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>predictably that I thought it was a bad = idea.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would like some input:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1.  Does anyone have experience = with electronic pianos in classrooms?  Are they working = out?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2.  I would like to hear some = opinions. What do you see as the pros and cons?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mitch Staples</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ohio State = University</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>