digital?

[Vinny Samarco]

A Men
Vinny
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: digital?


> <<Concerts are already happening on digitals rather than acoustic.>>
>
>
> I'd sure like to know where and when there has been (or IS) a classical
> pianist (of any real note) playing a "digital" piano either as as soloist,
> or with orchestra. And WHY would a serious pianist prefer digital to
> acoustic? Maybe as an experiement or an oddity. If this is the future, can
> an all digital orchestra be far behind? If so, I'll stay home and listen
to
> Horowitz on my Record player!
> Terry Peterson
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Don &lt;pianotuna@accesscomm.ca&gt;
> Reply-To: Pianotech &lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt;
> To: Pianotech &lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt;
> Subject: Re: digital?
> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 22:49:41
>
> Hi James,
>
> Concerts are already happening on digitals rather than acoustic.
> The upper end of digitals do have a sustain pedal that works in this
manner.
>
> As for &quot;joining battle&quot; the battle has long since been lost.
>
> At 06:47 PM 25/12/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> &gt;
> &gt;I have always said that we know when the digital is a real contender
if
> classical
> &gt;musicians give concerts on them rather than a Steinway &quot;D&quot;.
> My own test
> is when
> &gt;the sustain pedal is used, does the piano sustain just the notes that
> have
> been
> &gt;played or does it give add convincing sound that the dampers have
lifted
> on all
> &gt;the strings to give there comunilative effect.
> &gt;So far piano techs have not joined the battle over real and digital.
> &gt;Or have we?
>
> &gt;James
>
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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>
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