Has it begun again?

[David Porritt]

Ray Kurzweil went on to do much better work in the area of speech recognition, and
optical character recognition.

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Delwin D Fandrich wrote:

> 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  Not because it has been replaced by a digital box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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David M. Porritt, RPT
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
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