digital?

[James Grebe]

Hi Terry,
That is the same description organ buff decry the digital organs with and 
yet the digital organs continue in increasing sales because of physical 
size, cost, and available features.  We better get used to it.
Jim
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: digital?


> Pianos are almost like organic "living" things with a soul! replacing the 
> acoustic piano with something digital  would be like replacing a human 
> with a robot. In some ways it might be more efficient at certain tasks, 
> would not require food, sleep or coffee breaks, but without a soul and and 
> personality and all the human characteristics, good and bad....what a 
> boring, anesceptic thing it would be! Howabout a fake lawn, because it 
> lasts longer, doesn't require mowing or water, or all plastic plants in 
> your house and yard? The simple fact is that digital keyboards are ok for 
> certain applications, but are in no way an improvement or even an 
> equivelent to the acoustic piano.
> Terry Peterson
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: &quot;Barbara Richmond&quot; &lt;piano57@flash.net&gt;
> Reply-To: Pianotech &lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt;
> To: &quot;Pianotech&quot; &lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt;
> Subject: Re: digital?
> Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:59:02 -0600
>
> Guy,
>
> Not only can one &quot;tucker&quot; out, tendonitis can occur!  Even 
> though I would tell myself I was only playing a keyboard, the musician in 
> me would automatically try to get that keyboard to react like a piano.  I 
> remember playing for an event and thinking, &quot;Well, at least in this 
> section I can settle for playing softly,&quot;  and then the sound man 
> took over and bumped up my volume.  So much for expression!    :-)
>
> Barbara Richmond
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Nichols
>   To: Pianotech
>   Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 4:36 PM
>   Subject: Re: digital?
>
>
>   At 09:19 PM 12/25/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
>     As a pianist, though, there is never any doubt about whether they are 
> as satisfying to play as a real piano.  There still is no comparison.
>
>     Don Mannino RPT
>
>
>   . But every one of those excellent players would tucker out after no 
> more than half an hour. Even when there was a &quot;zero&quot; volume, 
> like unspoken escapement, and good damper physical modeling (multi-step, 
> etc.), the control just wasn't there without Herculean effort.
>
>
>   Just my 2 ¢,
>   Later,
>   Guy Nichols, RPT
>
>
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