James, et al., Sometime in the early eighties I attended the presentation of a new musical instrument called the Kurzweil. Part of the presentation was an address by the genius behind the instrument, Mr Kurzweil himself. He began his address by stating that the nature of all musical instruments had significantly changed with the introduction of his new instrument, and in particular the roll of the piano in the music industry. If I remember accurately -- and it did make quite an impression on me at the time -- one of his statements was something like, "Within ten years no more traditional pianos will be built. The 'acoustic' piano is now totally obsolete." The last time I checked, Kurzweil was owned by Young Chang. And if I'm not mistaken, Young Chang still builds traditional pianos. The piano industry may well self destruct. But if it does, it will be because it has steadfastly refused to continue developing and evolving the acoustic design of the instrument. Not because it has been replaced by a digital box that obsoletes itself in eighteen months and self destructs in three or four years. Regards, Del pianoman wrote: > Hello All, > Today I tuned for my second school with back to school tunings. The piano > that used to be in the vocal teachers room is now in a back room. As I > passed her room, I seen a new digital piano. That means the school > district didn't buy a new acoustic but a digital instead. I usually have 4 > pianos at this school. Today I did only two. I have a feeling.... > James Grebe > R.P.T. of the P.T.G. > Since 1962 in St. Louis, MO. > > Caster Cup Center of the Universe > Home of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups > pianoman@inlink.com
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