<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: electronic pianos </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Mitch,    From a composers point of view, in the educaional arena,= other than for 'class piano' use, one great advantage of electronic pianos = (via MIDI)  is their ability to translate music  into multitrack /= tambre sequence's for composition students,  and their use for notatio= n programs. They are great tools. Their (ele. keyboards) success in the real= world of commercial music, (recording & performing)  and where the= jobs are after graduation,  has made it necessary to include them in a= music program.  Not a substitute for a piano though.    The theory and comp professors and students want some, r= ight? The piano majors want the real thing. Dan Reed PS  Kind of like comparing the differences between electric and acoust= ic guitars... on 2/21/01 10:00 PM, Mitch Staples at staples.13@osu.edu wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>This afternoon I was asked by= the director of the school of music what I thought of the idea of having <B= R> electronic pianos in the classrooms rather than acoustic.  They figure= that this way they could use some of the mounds of money slated for technology i. e. computers to buy pi= anos.  My reply was quite predictably that I thought it was a bad idea.   I would like some input: 1.  Does anyone have experience with= electronic pianos in classrooms?  Are they working out? 2.  I would like to hear some opinio= ns.  What do you see as the pros and cons? Thanks, Mitch Staples Ohio State University </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>