Hello Frank, I can see, in some instances, in the classroom vocal music room for instance, that the daily heavy use of accompanying and trying to teach vocal music where the digital may do very well. A school I will be tuning at next Thursday has a couple P-2's and the string teacher mainly pounds the piano to be heard above her massed strings choir. The P-2 is getting very worn after about 6 years of this now. I think the digital could maybe take the abuse better than the P-2. I dunno. 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 ---------- > From: Frank Cahill <fcahill@erols.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Has it begun again? > Date: Thursday, August 27, 1998 8:50 PM > > 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 > > > Not a good sign, for sure. However, after 10 years, the manufacturer > will no longer support that keyboard. Wait 'till a major IC > blows...they won't be able to get it fixed. > > It would be interesting to investigate the economics of a keyboard vs. a > piano over a 30 year period. True, you need to maintain a piano, but > musician friends of mine replace keyboards on a regular basis and figure > the max life is 10 years. > > > > -- > > Frank Cahill > Associate Member > Northern Va
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