Has it begun again?

[Dan M. Hallett, Jr.]

And what do they play when the electricity disappears?

Dan Hallett, Jr.

Richard Moody wrote:
> 
> ----------
> > From: Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
> > To: pianotech@ptg.org
> > Subject: Re: Has it begun again?
> > Date: Thursday, August 27, 1998 9:44 AM
> >
> >
> >
> > Richard Moody wrote:
> >
> > > >  Part of the presentation was an address by the
> > > > genius behind the instrument, Mr Kurzweil himself.
> > >
> > > I would have "loved"  to point out a few faulty unisons to him.
> > > Especially if it was the "sampled sound" model.
> >
> > I wasn't able to speak to Mr Kurzweil personally, however I did speak to
> several
> > of his many assistants.  They explained that the piano couldn't possibly
> have
> > sounded out of tune since it had been tuned just a week or two before it
> was
> > sampled.  When I mentioned the word "voicing" I was speaking another
> language
> > and was well on my way to becoming a rabble-rouser.
> >
> > -- Del
> 
> VOICING... ah... I thought that was a problem in the pressure sensors, and
> the problems of realisticaly reproducing touch. Like the Ampico and
> Duo-Art "problems"
> "tuned two weeks before recording samples"???  What idiots!!
> How is that for "rabble-rouser"?  Good word "rabble"
> 
> I suppose they are really gonna want to consult us now. ; )
> 
> All  I can say, is whoever does will most likely come up with a digital
> sound that will appeal to a much wider range of performers, players, and
> students. Don't worry about such devices doing away with pianos. It will
> be the spinets and  consoles and crappy grands done away with, what we
> shouldn't be spending time on to begin with.
>         And if they ever want a "realistic" action, who they gonna ask?
> 
> Richard Scathing