future of the acoustic piano

[Greg Newell]

Me thinks you wax eloquent and poetic here Richard. Nice going!

Greg

Richard Brekne wrote:

> Delwin D Fandrich wrote:
>
> > Oh, come on, Stephen. Next thing you'll be wanting pianos to go back to
> > having some kind of broad tonal dynamics and musicality and musical intimacy
> > and all that. No one wants that stuff any more -- just give me bright and
> > power. "
> >
>
> Actually I kind of tend to aggree with Stephen on this very important issue.
> Todays piano manufacturers have, well simply lost perspective... they
> continually explore the possibilites for making instruments more and more
> explosive in sound. These gargantuan monstrosities are soon capable of shaking
> smaller concert halls to their foundations... Combinations of powerfull
> acoustics and mega watt sound systems can result in grand pianos literally
> flageulating on stage. I say let them at it.... let the electronic industry take
> over the whole shooting match, and let us return to the days of the clavichord
> and early forte's. Let us renew ourselves by re-exploring our roots, let us find
> our spiritual birthing grounds...let us rediscover the arts and devices of the
> ancients in the light of our modern world... let us redefine the concept of
> nostalgia to arrive at something wholey different and more wonderfull then any
> musicalitie'  that has been experienced before. We CAN do this thing... you, I,
> .... we.... but we must first unite... take up that torch and bear it proudly,
> defiantly into the future. Ladies... gentlemen....(and you too Bob) I implore
> you... nay... I DEMAND it,,,,  think you twice about !
>
> >
> > Have a heart, Stephen. Do you want to disrupt and entire industry? If we go
> > the direction you're talking about where would all the modern hammer makers
> > be? They would have to start making piano hammers again and they've
> > forgotten how. We would have to start voicing for musicality and dynamics
> > again and we've forgotten how. Besides, most of us would have to get hearing
> > aids just to hear all those dynamics.
>
> sad.... but so true....so much has been forgotten... lost... sad... very sad...
>
> > Ah, well... Nice dream. That is what you were doing, right?
> >
> > Del
>
> What ???
>
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
> mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no

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