digital?

[Nichols]

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At 09:19 PM 12/25/2004 -0800, you wrote:

>As a pianist, though, there is never any doubt about whether they are as=20
>satisfying to play as a real piano.  There still is no comparison.
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>Don Mannino RPT

Don, List,
     When I had retail, I always had trouble selling the digitals. Had good=
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ones, too. At the end of my retail years, there were good actions and=20
relatively good sound generation. Better than some spinets or even=20
consoles, but.......
     Boredom and fatigue are definite problems with digitals because of the=
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simple physics of energy. Remember.... energy doesn't just "go away". A=20
real piano, with strings and hammers and sound boards and back checks,=20
returns some of the energy input. When input and output form a feedback=20
loop, response (control and satisfaction) invigorates the user.
     It was always fun to watch really good players, especially organists,=
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adapt the repertoire to the voice (stop) that was punched up for them.=20
Sometimes it was just amazing. For those digitals with multi-temperaments,=
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the instrument could actually inspire varying renditions of classical=20
pieces. Totally entertaining. But every one of those excellent players=20
would tucker out after no more than half an hour. Even when there was a=20
"zero" volume, like unspoken escapement, and good damper physical modeling=
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(multi-step, etc.), the control just wasn't there without Herculean effort.
    As it's been said, there is a place for these keyboards. Tools, like=20
ETDs, that can be used. The ear, though, is the final judge, and that=20
starts with the ear of the performer. On sound quality alone, some=20
keyboards might pass. When the feed back loop is valued, Don said=20
it..."there is still no comparison".


  Yet.




Just my 2 =A2,
Later,
Guy Nichols, RPT
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