future of the acoustic piano

[Stephen Airy]

I agree with you Richard.  I personally like pianos
that were made in the 1910s and earlier.  My 56" 1913
Ricca & Son, although it needs to be restored (new
hammers/action felts/dampers/keytops (well they're
ivory maybe I should try to bleach them), new strings)
sounds excellent, even better than some new pianos.

--- Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
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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