Hi all, I know the local orchestra here uses a keyboard instead of the celeste that they own. This has led to at least one performance of the sugar plum elephants as the keyboardist played the score one octave too low in concert. It is beyond me why the conductor can not hear the difference. I'm sure that 50 years ago no concert artist worth his salt would have been happy with plastic keytops. Now they are standard fare. Like it or not digital keyboards are "invading" the concert platform. Expect to see this more, not less, as time goes on. The classical music people will be the last bastion of the concert piano, but with ever rising costs and lots of worn out instruments the smaller centers will end up with ersatz piano sounds. When I am asked my opinion of keyboards I ask three simple questions. Does it look like a piano? (if they answer yes, then I ask exactly like one?) Does it sound like a piano? Does it feel like a piano? If it doesn't quack like a duck, look like a duck, nor waddle like a duck I guess it is NOT a duck. Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts mailto:drose@dlcwest.com http://donrose.xoasis.com/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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