David I think the most important point made so far, is that reading the future is a tricky thing at best. Of course I am open for the very real possibility that my own reading is wrong, and indeed... I have expressed hope that I am wrong in this regard. Point being, neither you, or I or anyone else know what "always" will be. I would point out however that if history has shown anything, it is that "always" is asking quite a bit from anything. All that being said... it would comfort me also to think of our modern day piano and all the music that goes with it, as being timeless. Cheers RicB David Andersen wrote: > > on 11/10/03 8:13 PM, Allen Wright at awright440@cinci.rr.com wrote: > > > Although the world IS becoming "virtualized" (as Richard points out) at a > > great rate, I can't help but think that there will always be people around > > who want to play acoustic instruments. The physical act is such an important > > part of the equation (eg., blowing through a horn rather than playing a > > sample of one at a keyboard). I guess a crucial question is whether there > > will be enough acoustic players to sustain the kind of support for the > > instruments that's necessary to keep skills like ours alive. > > Great paragraph....the answer is yes, of course. Richard, and whoever, > please be open to the possibility that the violin analogy is sound; that > there's ALWAYS a swing back toward acoustic/analog music in pop; that some > of the classical repertoire is such gloriously beautiful music that it wil > never die; and that sticking your head in the middle of a world-class piano > that's been prepared properly is a profound altered-state experience that > holds endless pleasure for aficionados; I predict they'll ALWAYS be enough > aficionados around to keep the good technicians in business. > > David A. > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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